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Excerpt from Egypt Under the Pharaohs, Vol. 2 Ramses II. marries the daughter of the king of Khita; Negro-hunting razzias and wars with Kush and Libyans; Pictures of courts held after these victories; Names of Ethiopians and Libyans subdued; Names of viceroys of the South under Ramses; The Nubian gold-mines in the land of Akita; Well and gold-washing works of Ramses II.; Inscription about them at Kuban; Earlier wells in the valley of Hammamat; Temples built by Ramese II. At abydus, Thebes, and Memphis; The memorial tablet of Ibeambul; Relations of Ramses II. To the Khita; His temple of Ptah at Memphis (near Qasrieh); The great torsa of Ramse at Mitranenne; Labours of the Apusrui, i.e. Erythræans, not Hebrews; The architect Ameneman and his family; Probably the overseer of the Israelites in Egypt; Great works of Ramses II. At Thebes; At Karnak: the Hall of Columns completed; At Luqsor: the Temple of Amon, obelisks and statues; At Old Qurnah: sepulchral temple of Seti I.; The Rameeseum, with the greastestcolossus of Ramses, said to have been thrown down by Cambyses; Boast of Ramses, that 'he made Egypt anew'; Numerous temples and towns in Nubia; The great rock temple of Ibsambul; Derivation of the name from Pimas (Greek, Psampolis); The Rameeseum and obelisks at Heliopolis; Zoan- Tanis the special residence of Ramses II.; Its locality – the key of Egypt on the East; New temple-city built by Ramses to the gods of Egypt, with Baal-Sutekh, and himself; Memorial stone of the 400th year of King Nub; Present aspect of the 'field of Zoan': ruins and inscriptions; New name of Zoan, Pi-Ramessu, the City of Ramses; Vivid description in an old Egyptian letter; It is the same as the 'temple-city' Raamses (Ex. i. 13); The Pharaoh of the Oppression can be no Other Than Ramses II.; Absence of the name of the Israelites explained; Importance of Zoan-Tanis in Egyptian history; Immense number of foreign prisoners in Egypt; Their various employments; soldiers; sailors; slaves; Se