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Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé

by F. Barham Zincke

Chapters (67)
  1. THE EXPLANATION OF THE COVER-PLATE. 0:00
  2. BY THE SAME AUTHOR. 3:58
  3. DEDICATION 4:53
  4. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 5:09
  5. INTRODUCTION 6:29
  6. EGYPT OF THE PHARAOHS, AND OF THE KHEDIVÉ. CHAPTER I. EGYPT AND THE NILE. 8:34
  7. CHAPTER II. HOW IN EGYPT NATURE AFFECTED MAN. 24:22
  8. CHAPTER III. WHO WERE THE EGYPTIANS? 43:41
  9. CHAPTER IV. EGYPT THE JAPAN OF THE OLD WORLD. 1:09:41
  10. CHAPTER V. BACKSHEESH.—THE GIRL OF BETHANY. 1:13:26
  11. CHAPTER VI. ANTIQUITY AND CHARACTER OF THE PYRAMID CIVILIZATION. 1:23:44
  12. CHAPTER VII. LABOUR WAS SQUANDERED ON PYRAMIDS, BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE BOTTLED UP. 1:31:25
  13. CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT PYRAMID LOOKS DOWN ON THE CATARACT OF PHILÆ. 1:50:30
  14. CHAPTER IX. THE WOODEN STATUE IN THE BOULAK MUSEUM. 1:53:10
  15. CHAPTER X. DATE OF BUILDING WITH STONE. 1:57:36
  16. CHAPTER XI. GOING UP TO THE TOP OF THE GREAT PYRAMID. 2:13:06
  17. CHAPTER XII. LUNCHEON AT THE PYRAMIDS—KÊF. 2:23:10
  18. CHAPTER XIII. ABYDOS. 2:29:41
  19. CHAPTER XIV. THE FAIOUM. 2:40:48
  20. CHAPTER XV. HELIOPOLIS. 2:59:19
  21. CHAPTER XVI. THEBES—LUXOR AND KARNAK. 3:09:11
  22. CHAPTER XVII. THEBES—THE NECROPOLIS. 3:23:43
  23. CHAPTER XVIII. THEBES—THE TEMPLE-PALACES. 3:40:16
  24. CHAPTER XIX. RAMESES THE GREAT GOES FORTH FROM EGYPT. 3:55:22
  25. CHAPTER XX. GERMANICUS AT THEBES. 4:07:40
  26. CHAPTER XXI. MOSES’S WIFE. 4:12:14
  27. CHAPTER XXII. EGYPTIAN DONKEY-BOYS. 4:14:24
  28. CHAPTER XXIII. SCARABS. 4:24:16
  29. CHAPTER XXIV. EGYPTIAN BELIEF IN A FUTURE LIFE. 4:31:33
  30. CHAPTER XXV. WHY THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES IGNORE THE FUTURE LIFE. 4:47:42
  31. CHAPTER XXVI. THE EFFECT OF EASTERN TRAVEL ON BELIEF. 6:08:45
  32. CHAPTER XXVII. THE HISTORICAL METHOD OF INTERPRETATION. 6:28:07
  33. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DELTA: DISAPPEARANCE OF ITS MONUMENTS. 6:41:45
  34. CHAPTER XXIX. POST-PHARAOHNIC TEMPLES IN UPPER EGYPT. 7:11:14
  35. CHAPTER XXX. THE RATIONALE OF THE MONUMENTS. 7:18:54
  36. CHAPTER XXXI. THE WISDOM OF EGYPT, AND ITS FALL. 7:32:15
  37. CHAPTER XXXII. EGYPTIAN LANDLORDISM. 8:18:44
  38. CHAPTER XXXIII. CASTE. 8:23:39
  39. CHAPTER XXXIV. PERSISTENCY OF CUSTOM IN THE EAST. 8:30:50
  40. CHAPTER XXXV. ARE ALL ORIENTALS MAD? 8:37:07
  41. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE KORAN. 8:42:27
  42. CHAPTER XXXVII. ORIENTAL PRAYER. 8:47:32
  43. CHAPTER XXXVIII. PILGRIMAGE. 8:57:17
  44. CHAPTER XXXIX. ARAB SUPERSTITIONS.—THE EVIL EYE. 9:03:01
  45. CHAPTER XL. ORIENTAL CLEANLINESS. 9:12:32
  46. CHAPTER XLI. WHY ORIENTALS ARE NOT REPUBLICANS. 9:19:40
  47. CHAPTER XLII. POLYGAMY.—ITS CAUSE. 9:25:08
  48. CHAPTER XLIII. HOURIISM. 9:35:35
  49. CHAPTER XLIV. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE FOR THE EAST? 9:47:18
  50. CHAPTER XLV. ACHMED TRIED IN THE BALANCE WITH HODGE. 9:57:37
  51. CHAPTER XLVI. WATER-JARS AND WATER-CARRIERS. 10:07:04
  52. CHAPTER XLVII. WANT OF WOOD IN EGYPT, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 10:10:59
  53. CHAPTER XLVIII. TREES IN EGYPT. 10:17:35
  54. CHAPTER XLIX. GARDENING IN EGYPT. 10:23:40
  55. CHAPTER L. ANIMAL LIFE IN EGYPT.—THE CAMEL. 10:27:49
  56. CHAPTER LI. THE ASS.—THE HORSE. 10:38:02
  57. CHAPTER LII. THE DOG.—THE UNCLEAN ANIMAL.—THE BUFFALO.—THE OX.—THE GOAT AND THE SHEEP.—FERÆ NATURÆ. 10:43:46
  58. CHAPTER LIII. BIRDS IN EGYPT. 10:56:20
  59. CHAPTER LIV. THE EGYPTIAN TURTLE. 11:02:58
  60. CHAPTER LV. INSECT PLAGUES. 11:05:27
  61. CHAPTER LVI. THE SHADOOF. 11:07:45
  62. CHAPTER LVII. ALEXANDRIA. 11:11:12
  63. CHAPTER LVIII. CAIRO. 11:25:30
  64. CHAPTER LIX. THE CANALIZATION OF THE ISTHMUS. 11:47:39
  65. CHAPTER LX. CONCLUSION. 12:21:51
  66. INDEX. 13:36:51
  67. SELECTION FROM NOTICES BY THE PRESS OF Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé. 13:47:09
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