Epiphanes. The Roman has the title of guardian to the king. On the other side is a female head crowned with battlements, for the city of Alexandria. (From the Pembroke coins.) Fig. 247. A coin of Ptolemy Epiphanes; his crown is formed like rays of light. (Visconti, Iconographie Grecque.) Fig. 248. An Egyptian ship with one sail and several rowers, for navigating the Nile. Fig. 249. The name of Ptolemy Philometor, meaning, son of the two gods Epiphanes, approved by Pthah and Horus, like Ra and Amun. Fig. 250. The name of Ptolemy Euergetes II. In the second oval, beloved by Pthah, living for ever; in the first oval, son of the gods Epiphanes, approved by Pthah, like Ra, a living image of Amun. Fig. 251. The elevation of the portico of the temple of Antæopolis. (Description de l'Egypte, iv. 56.) Fig. 252. View of the temple of Apollinopolis Magna. (Denon, pl. 58.) Fig. 254. Side elevation of the same. (J. Bonomi.) Fig. 255. Bas-relief of the Apotheosis of Homer in the British Museum. At the top is seated either Jupiter on Mount Olympus, or the poet on Mount Parnassus. Beneath him stands a figure of Memory. Then follow the Nine Muses and the female Apollo. On a pedestal stands the critic, holding a book in his hand. In the second division Homer is seated, and crowned by the king and queen, who are known to be Philometor and his mother by the queen standing before the king. The figures in front of the poet are, Fable, History, Poetry, Tragedy, Comedy, Nature, Virtue, Memory, Faith, and Wisdom. Fig. 256. Hero's Steam Engine, copied from the manuscripts. Fig. 257. Coin of Ptolemy Philometor. (Visconti, Iconographie Grecque.) Fig. 258. View of the small temple of Athor in the island of Philæ. (Hector Fig. 259. The figure of the Nile-god as Aquarius, in the Zodiac of the temple of Dendera. (Denon, pl. 132.) Fage xxxvi. The collar, the badge of office, is being placed on the governor of a province. From a bas-relief in the British Museum. Fig. 260. Hebrew writing from the rock at Wady Mokatteb (Trans. R. Soc. Lit., 1832): ל דכרן עבג דכרן רע זר: דקן ניר דקא עם רק יהו רן חהך : שלם רע • For a memorial [offering] for Abeg, A memorial for his foreign companion [or concubine]. Keep alive the broken lamp of the rejected people, O Jehovah; Make [the nation] that has waited rejoice. A worthless peace offering. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. B. C. PAGE 1 The Pyramids built; their size and use The copper mines and temple in Sinai Women in the priesthood, their condition ib. ib. ib. ib. 1450? CHEBROS-AMOSIS of Thebes expels the Shepherd kings Hebrew names of months which do not belong to the same seasons THOTHMOSIS IV. He builds a temple to the great sphinx Mautmes, the birth of the son The Greeks driven out of the Delta; Erechtheus, Cadmus, and RAMESES II.; his palace of the Memnonium; of Karnak His victories; colony at Colchis 1000? RAMESES IV., V., and VI., at the time of the Trojan war. Thebes described of Theban greatness The Egyptian knowledge of geography The rise of the Hebrew monarchy; Solomon's trade on the Red SHISHANK of Bubastis; his alliance with the Jews Superstitions and magical arts Shishank helps the Edomites to rebel against Judæa PSAMMETICHUS I.; Greek mercenaries Egyptian troops desert into Ethiopia The inroad of Gog, or the Scythians Begins the canal from the Nile to the Red Sea 610 Conquers Josiah; takes Jerusalem He is defeated by Nabopolassar 591 HOPHRA or PSAMMETICHUS III.; he conquers Palestine Defeats the Phenician fleet, takes Tyre and Sidon Nebuchadnezzar defeats the Egyptians and leads the Jews into The prophet Ezekiel dissuades the Jews from alliance with Egypt |