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The Project Gutenberg EBook of History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12), by G. Maspero This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12) Author: G. Maspero Editor: A.H. Sayce Translator: M.L. McClure Release Date: December 16, 2005 [EBook #17326] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF EGYPT, CHALDAEA *** Produced by David Widger [Illustration: Spines] [Illustration: Cover] HISTORY OF EGYPT CHALDEA, SYRIA, BABYLONIA, AND ASSYRIA By G. MASPERO, Honorable Doctor of Civil Laws, and Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford; Member of the Institute and Professor at the College of France Edited by A. H. SAYCE, Professor of Assyriology, Oxford Translated by M. L. McCLURE, Member of the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund CONTAINING OVER TWELVE HUNDRED COLORED PLATES AND ILLUSTRATIONS Volume VI. LONDON THE GROLIER SOCIETY PUBLISHERS [Illustration: Frontispiece] [Illustration: Titlepage] [Illustration: 001.jpg Page Image] _THE CLOSE OF THE THEBAN EMPIRE--(continued)_ _RAMSES III.: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS--POPULATION--THE PREDOMINANCE OF AMON AND HIS HIGH PRIESTS._ _The Theban necropolis: mummies--The funeral of a rich Theban: the procession of the offerings and the funerary furniture, the crossing of the Nile, the tomb, the farewell to the dead, the sacrifice, the coffins, the repast of the dead, the song of the Harper--The common ditch--The living inhabitants of the necropolis: draughtsmen, sculptors, painters--The bas-reliefs of the temples and the tombs, wooden statuettes, the smelting of metals, bronze--The religions of the necropolis: the immorality and want of discipline among the people: workmen s strikes._ _Amon and the beliefs concerning him: his kingdom over the living and the dead, the soul's destiny according to the teaching of Amon--Khonsu and his temple; the temple of Amon at Karnak, its revenue, its priesthood--The growing influence of the high priests of Amon under the sons of Ramses III.: Hamsesnakluti, Amenothes; the violation of the royal burying-places--Hri
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