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Excerpt from Egypt's Place in Universal History, Vol. 2 of 5: An Historical Investigation in Five Books I am aware that I must claim the indulgence of my English readers for having allowed so long a time to elapse in the continuation of this work, the First Volume of which appeared in 1848. The Second and Third Books contained in the present Volume were indeed printed in German in 1845, as the First Book was in 1843, being the result of researches into the authorities upon Egyptian Chronology and History commenced in 1834. It was, at that time, my intention to have sent the Fourth to press in the following year. I soon, however, became convinced that it was due, both to my readers and myself, to publish the two remaining Books, the Fourth and Fifth together, in order to remove as much as possible all questions and misunderstandings which these researches might occasion on various points. The Second and Third Books, moreover, required a thorough revision. It was very naturally my wish not to conclude that revision for the English edition, until the main results of the great Prussian Expedition to Egypt and Ethiopia should be promulgated. 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.