Contents

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE

PREFACE

EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA

CHAPTER I—THE DISCOVERY OF PREHISTORIC EGYPT

CHAPTER II—ABYDOS AND THE FIRST THREE DYNASTIES

CHAPTER III—MEMPHIS AND THE PYRAMIDS

CHAPTER IV—RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN WESTERN ASIA AND THE DAWN OF CHALDÆAN HISTORY

CHAPTER V—ELAM AND BABYLON, THE COUNTRY OF THE SEA AND THE KASSITES

CHAPTER VI—EARLY BABYLONIAN LIFE AND CUSTOMS

CHAPTER VII—TEMPLES AND TOMBS OF THEBES

CHAPTER VIII—THE ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRES IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT RESEARCH

CHAPTER IX—THE LAST DAYS OF ANCIENT EGYPT