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Excerpt from Ancient Egypt Under the Pharaohs, Vol. 1 of 2 Egyptian archaeology and history have undergone a complete revolution since the commencement of the present century, and especially since the discovery of the hieroglyphical character. Hitherto, however, no work has appeared in our language from which the historical student can obtain a comprehensive view of the results of the combined labours of travellers and artists, interpreters and critics, during the whole of this period. The object of my work is to supply this deficiency. It describes, according to the present state of our knowledge, the land and the people of Egypt, their arts and sciences, their civil institutions, and their religious faith and usages; and relates their history from the earliest records of the monarchy to its final absorption in the empire of Alexander. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.