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Excerpt from Rameses, an Egyptian Tale, Vol. 1 of 3: With Historical Notes of the Era of the Pharaohs The mind of the author is strongly'im pressed with the necessity of presenting to the reader an introduction to his Egyptian tale. It may seem objectionable to exhibit Egypt as possessing at so early'a period of the world knowledge and science in certain branches of learning and art surpassing all that the modems, With the advantages iof the experience and wisdom of ages, can pro duce. The Notes contain the evidence and authority for such a representation of the Wisdom of the Egyptians. 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.