Ancient Records of Egypt: The eighteenth dynasty

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James Henry Breasted
University of Illinois Press, 2001 - History - 456 pages
This volume extends Breasted's remarkable documentary history through the reign of King Tutankhamun. By providing the first definitive transcription and the first English version of hundreds of historical records inscribed on papyrus or leather or carved in stone, Breasted gave unprecedented access to details of royal succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative complexity, and other aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. Originally published in the first decade of the twentieth century, his monumental work appears here in paperback for the first time.

The Eighteenth Dynasty saw the consolidation of the cult of Amun and the expansion of the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, as well as a religious revolution under King Akhenaten that involved abandoning Thebes as a religious capital and royal residence and founding a new city devoted to the service of the new solar god, Aten. Breasted presents records of the biography and coronation of Queen Hatshepsut, including reliefs that depict the queen's expedition to the land of Punt. Also in this volume are the annals of Thutmose III, providing the most complete account of the military achievements of any Egyptian king; scenes representing the supernatural birth and coronation by the gods of his son, Amenhotep II; and inscriptions from the tomb of Rekhmire, prime minister or vizier under Thutmose III, that include a listing of taxes paid to the temple and foreign tribute proceeding from the king's two decades of military activity in Asia.

A herculean assemblage of primary documents, many of which have deteriorated to illegibility since its original publication, Ancient Records of Egypt illuminates both the incredible complexity of Egyptian society and the almost insuperable difficulties of reconstructing a lost civilization.
 

Contents

Reign of Ahmose I I37
3
Biography of AhmosePenNekhbet 1725
9
Temple of Karnak 509513
12
VII
13
Reign of Amenhotep I 3853
17
THE ELEVENTH DYNASTY 415459
20
Reign of Thutmose I 54114
24
Reign of Sesostris II
32
THE FOURTH DYNASTY 176212
176
THE TWENTYFIFTH DYNASTY 885934
179
The Second Semneh Stela
185
502
187
Great Inscription in the Second Court
192
Building Inscriptions 199250
199
XVII
213
Hammamat Inscription
220

Laudation of the King and Conclusion Left
34
CHRONOLOGY 3857
38
The Punt Reliefs
51
Reign of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut
53
Alexandria Fragments
55
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 5875
58
Tomb of Neferhotep 6873
68
Reign of Ramses I 7479
74
39
76
VIII
83
THE FIRST TO THE FIFTH DYNASTIES 76167
90
VII
94
Presentation of the Tribute to the Queen by
110
Reign of Thutmose II 115127
115
Formal Announcement of the Success of
118
The Karnak Obelisks
126
LIST OF FIGURES
131
Reliefs of Transportation of Obelisks
135
Rock Inscription in Wadi Maghara
141
THE TWENTYFOURTH DYNASTY 884
142
Building Inscriptions
144
Assuan Inscription
150
Fifth Dynasty 153167
153
Inscriptions of Puemre
158
Inscriptions of Redesiyeh 162198
162
THE THIRD DYNASTY 168175
168
Fourth Campaign
172
Biography of Amenemhab
227
Feasts and Offerings from the Conquests
235
Reign of Sahure 236241
236
Building Inscription of the Karnak PtahTemple
243
Temple Model of Heliopolis 244246
244
Obelisks
249
Reign of Ramses II 251568
251
New York Obelisk
255
INDEX 521
261
THE FIFTH DYNASTY 213281
281
THE SIXTH DYNASTY 282390
282
Reception of Dues to the AmonTemple 746751
289
THE TWENTYFIRST DYNASTY 604692
295
Reign of Amenhotep II 780
304
Reign of Thutmose IV 810840
320
High Priesthood of Menkheperre 650661
332
Reign of Amenhotep III 841931
334
THE TWELFTH DYNASTY 460750
335
2021
337
Reign of Merneptah 569638
353
In the South
373
Reign of Ikhnaton 9321018
382
THE NINTH AND TENTH DYNASTIES 391414
391
THE TWENTYSIXTH DYNASTY 9351029
420
Reign of Ramses IV 457472
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James Henry Breasted (1865-1935), the first American scholar to hold a professorship in Egyptology, was the author of The Battle of Kadesh, A History of Egypt, Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt, Ancient Times: A History of the Early World, and The Conquest of Civilization. Peter A. Piccione is an Egyptologist and professor of comparative ancient history at the University of Charleston, South Carolina, and director of the University of Charleston Serapis Research Institute Theban Tombs Publication Project.

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