A history of Egypt under the Pharaohs, derived entirely from the monuments, tr. by H.D. Seymour, completed and ed. by P. Smith. To which is added a Memoir on the exodus of the Israelites and the Egyptian monuments

1200. RAMSES III., HAQ-ON, 'Prince of Heliopolis'

Commonly called Ramessu-pa-nuti, 'Ramses the god,
the RHAMPSINITUS of Herodotus .

Account of his reign in the Harris Papyrus

Restoration of the several ranks in the state

Punishment of the late invaders of Egypt

New war with the Libyan and Maxyan invaders

Great fortress and well in the land of the Aperiu

Fleet on the Red Sea-Voyages to the Indian Ocean

Mines of 'Athaka and the peninsula of Sinai

Planting of trees: peace and security in Egypt

Memorials in his Ramesseum at Medinet-Abu

Immense wealth in this 'treasury of Rhampsinitus' (Herod.) 145

Troubled state of Egypt at his accession

146

Great victory by sea and land over the Carian-Colchian in-

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Other works at Thebes-Ramessea in foreign lands

Remarkable account of a conspiracy at court

Foreign names of Ramses' chief wife and her father

His sons and the order of their succession

His rock-hewn tomb and its coloured pictures

1166. RAMESSU IV. MIAMUN III. (Haq Maa or Mama)

His expeditions to the rocky valleys of Arabian Egypt

Great memorial tablet at Hammamat .

Insignificance of his architectural works.

His rival and successor RAMESSU V. AMUNIKHOPESHEF,

not of the family of Ramses III.

His inscribed rock-tablet at Silsilis.

Ramessu Miamun Meritum (7th son of Ramses III.), prob-

ably viceroy of his brother, RAMESSU VI,

Astronomical and chronological value of this king's tomb

Record respecting boundaries of lands in Nubia .

The district of Wawa and its sun-city Pira (Dirr)

The Adon Penni, and the viceroy, Meri, of Kush

Historical importance of family records .

RAMESSU VII. and RAMESSU VIII. insignificant.

1133. RAMESSU IX.-Growing power of the priests of Amon
Inscription of the chief priest and architect, Amenhotep
Burglaries in the royal tombs at Biban-el-Moluk
Names of RAMESSU X., RAMESSU XI., and RAMESSU XII.,
in the oracle-temple of Khonsu

Curious inscription of Ramses XII.

His visit to Naharain, and marriage to the daughter of the

tributary king of Bakhatana

Cure of the queen's demoniac sister by the image of Khonsu 184, f.

Agreement between the spirit and the god

186

of Ramses XIII.

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RAMESSU XIII. apparently ends the Twentieth Dynasty

But petty kings of the Ramessid family still under the

Twenty-first and Twenty-second Dynasties.

The temple at Khonsu and family chapel of the Ramessids

Deposition of Ramessu XIII. by the priest Hirhor .

Memorial at Abydus, and (probable) autograph

List of Values and Prices about B.c. 1000

CHAPTER XVI.

THE TWENTY-FIRST DYNASTY.

THE PRIEST HIRHOR AND HIS SUCCESSORS.

1100-966. Usurpation of HIRHOR SI-AMON (son of Amon)

His previous high position at the court

The Ramessids banished to the Great Oasis

Rise of the Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia.

Alliance of its kings with the Ramessids

Marriage of Ramessu XVI. to an Assyrian princess

The Assyrians under King Nimrod invade Egypt

PINOTEM I. king, of the line of Hirhor

His son, Men-kheper-ra, recals the banished Ramessids

Death of Nimrod-His burial at Abydus

His father, Shashanq, visits Thebes and Abydus

Avenges the neglect of Nimrod's tomb

His inscription at Abydus: an historic revelation

B.C.

A real Assyrian conquest of Egypt, and a new foreign dynasty,

with Shashanq son of Nimrod as king

Statue of Nimrod in the Museum at Florence

Karamat, wife of Shashanq I., an Egyptian princess

Inscription concerning her property in Egypt.

THE TWENTY-FIRST DYNASTY, OF ASSYRIANS.

966. SHASHANQ I.-His royal residence at Bubastus

His good understanding with the Ramessids .

Shashanq (Shishak) receives the fugitive Jeroboam

His invasion of Judah recorded at Karnak

Long list of conquered towns and districts

Close relations of the Fenekh (Phœnicians) to the Hebrews 210

Shashanq's 'Hall of the Bubastids' at Karnak

Record of its building preserved at Silsilis

Its architect, Hor-em-saf, and his genealogy

Memorial tablet of Shashanq and his eldest son Auputh.

933. USARKON I. (Sargon), son and successor of Shashanq.

Contest between his two sons for the crown

900. Succession of the elder, THAKELOTH I. (Tiglath).

866. His son, USARKON II., the last king of the elder line

833. SHASHANQ II., grandson of Shashanq, the second son

Usarkon I.

800. THAKELOTH II. and his son, the high priest Usarkon

700. Residence transferred from Bubastus to Memphis

Tombstones of an Apis bull under these kings

Petty kings appearing as Assyrian satraps

Upper Egypt under USARKON, king and high priest of Amon 223

The three kings of Dynasty XXIII., of Tanis

224

Record of an eclipse of the moon

766.) Irruptions of the Ethiopians and Assyrians
733. SHASHANQ III., PIMAI, and SHASHANQ IV.

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH DYNASTY.-THE ETHIOPIANS.

The dethroned line of Hirhor retire to Ethiopia .

Egyptian civilisation and religion in Ethiopia

Nap or Napata, at Mount Barkal, the new capital

Political and religious constitution on the Egyptian model. 227

B.C.

Distinguished position of the women of the royal house

Extension of the kingdom to Upper Egypt, Patoris

Petty kings in Lower Egypt, Muzur, under the Assyrians

Middle Egypt a 'march' between the two powers

The Ethiopians the 'Princes of Noph' of Scripture

766. Revolt of TAFNAKHTH (Tnephachthus) king of Saïs and

Memphis

He conquers the Ethiopian vassals in Middle Egypt

List of petty kings and satraps in Lower Egypt

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The great inscription of King PIANKHI at Mount Barkal,

recording his conquest of Middle and Lower Egypt.

The three divisions of Patoris (Thebes), Takhont or Meluhha

(Nubia), and Kush (capital, Napata).

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New light from the Annals of Assur-bani-pal

700. TAHARAQA, Tirhaka, Tearko, Tarkus, Etearchus

Conquest of Lower Egypt by Tirhaka, and its reconquest by

Assurbanipal

Campaign against URDAMANEH or RUDAMON, the successor

of Tirhaka, and twofold capture of Thebes by the

Assyrians

Review of these transactions

Important part played by Nikun (Necho), son of Tafnakht.

Obscurity of the succeeding period.

Taharaqua, Piankhi and his wife Ameniritis, Shabak
(Sabaco), Shabatak (Sebichus), all contemporary
Monument at Thebes of Taharaqa and Monthemha.
Rudamon, step-son of Taharaqa, and an earlier Rudamon
Dynasty XXIV., the BOCCHORIS of Manetho, discovered in
Bek-en-ran-ef (in the Assyrian list, Bu-kur-ni-ni-ip)

Psamethik, of Saïs, unites the rival claims

Statue and inscription of Queen Ameniritis.

Etymology of the Ethiopian proper names illustrated from

the existing language of the Nubian Barabra