The monuments of Upper Egypt, a translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute Égypte" of Auguste Mariette-Bey
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THE MONUMENTS
OF
UPPER EGYPT.
MAP SHOWING PRINCIPAL EXCAVATIONS BY MARIETTE.
"
THE MONUMENTS
UPPER EGYPT
A TRANSLATION OF THB
" ITINERAIRE
DE LA HAUTE EGYPTE
OF
,
AUGUSTE MARIETTE^BEY
A
BV
ALPHONSE MARIETTE
REVISED WITH NOTES
AND ADDITIONS BY
LYSANDER DICKERMAN
Metnder a/ the Briiisk Society of Biblical A rckaology^ American Orientai
Society, etc.^etC', etc*
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THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE,
An
unpretending
1869 under the
S.
A.
le
little
volume was published in
title of ItinSraire
de« InvitSs de
lOiSdive aux Fites de V Inauguration du
Canal de Suez.
The very
title of
the
work
is
a
record of the great historical event which gath-
ered together
many
distinguished personages in
Egypt.
The
Itiniraire
and a
served,
met with
first
all
the favor
it
de-
edition having been rapidly
exhausted, a second one, with some slight alterations,
appeared in 1872.
became evident, however, that as the
majority of regular tourists on the Nile belong
It soon
to the
two great English-speaking
nations, an
English edition of the Itiniraire would not prove
otherwise than acceptable.
At
Mariette-Bey's
request, being myself no stranger to Egypt, I
readily undertook the required translation into
English
— a somewhat
difficult task, in
which I
THE TRANSI>fTOE's PREFACE.
6
was encouraged, however, by my brother's kindly
expressed opinion that I would be all the better
qualified for it by my genuine sympathy with
the whole subject.
I have
endeavored
to
original text, keeping in
be faithful
view the author's
syncrasy, and I have but seldom thought
avail myself of the discretionary
been given me.
My
task, I
the
to
idiofit
to
power that had
need scarcely say,
has been a pleasant one, and I shall feel amply
repaid for the trouble incurred
if
I can
but think
that I have in the very remotest degree contributed to popularize Egypt's wonders,
and
to
bring them and their English and American
visitora into closer intercourse.
As
stated in the second French edition, this
little work does not pretend to replace Murray's
Handbook for Travellers in Egypt, especially
now
that that excellent guide has been revised
by a most competent
volume is altogether
writer.
sively with the antiquities,
to introduce the visitor to
Upper Egypt, and
The aim of
different;
to
and
the
it
this
deals exclu-
its sole
object
Monuments
is
of
supply him with sucli
information as will best enable him to under-
stand their meaning.
•
THE translator's PREFACE.
7
In conclusion, I would take this opportunity
of appealing earnestly to all travellers in
Egypt.
those
Upper
For the sake of science, for the sake of
who
will
in sheer justice
—
and I will add,
come after us
to him whose persevering labors
and truly heroic exertions have bro.ught to light
many hidden treasures, I would entreat all
so
visitors to
Sakk&rah, Abydos, Denderah, Thebes,
watch with a jealous care over the integmonuments which no educated man can
gaze upon without the keenest interest, and to
etc., to
rity of
prevent, as far as in their
power
lies,
any further
desecration of those relics of a glorious past.
ALPH.
MARIETTE. King's College, London, May, 187'?. ' CONTENTS. THE TRANSLATOK'S TRErACK ....... LIST OF BOOKS FOR REFERENCE .... FRANCOIS AUGUSTE FERDINAND MARIETTE 5 15 19 INTRODUCTION. I. SonncBS 27 28 29 A Monuments The Temples The Tombs B Manetho C Classical Historians II. 82 87 38 40 History 1 Ancient Empire 2 Middle Empire 41 42 New Empire 3 43 4 Lower Period III. CiinoNOLOOY IV. Religion 43 45 49 50 Language and Whitinq 64 The Dynasties V. 50 Rosetta Stone Hieroglyphs VI. 58 Generalities 62 A The Decoration B Their Signification of the Temples .... 02 05 C TheMammisi 09 D 70 E Royal Cartouches Epitome of the Best-known Epochs in Egyptian History Tiie C8] 72 CONTENTS. y Entreaty to Travellers to spare the Monu- I" ments Papyrus 79 ... 82 DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENTS EXCURSIONS IN THE ENVIRONS OF CAIRO. 85 G I. II. to be carefully preserved 87 Heliopolis 88 Pykamids The Three Great Pyramids 93 92 Their Especial Purpose 'The Sphinx The Great Pyramid III. IV. 94 97 99 MlTRAHENNTP Memphis 106 Colossus of Rameses II 112 113 Sakkarah A 106 . . . . Necropolis 113 Step-shaped Pyramid 114 Serapeum Discovery Tomb of Apis Its 115 ............ . B Tomb of Tih 118 121 ...... The Mastabah, the Serdab Scenes relating to the Personage while still 115 122 124 living Scenes relating to the Death of the Personage Scenes relating to the bringing in of Funereal Gifts Tomb of Phtah-IIotep .......... JOURNEY INTO UPPER EGYPT. Beni-Hassan Pyramid of Meydoum 126 127 128 131 132 Tombs Tomb of Ameni-Amenemha 133 135 137 Tomb 138 , Grotto of Noum-Hotep 10 CONTENTS. II. Abtdos Tel-Amama 141 Crocodile Caves of Temple of Sethll Temple of Barneses Tablet of Abydos 142 143 146 148 148 149 Maabdeh II Kom-es-Sultan III. Denderah The Temple 161 152 ., Divided into Four Groups 153 HypostylHall 2 Chambers of Assembly Sacred Barks Treasury, Vestments, Offerings, 8 Hypethral Temple 4 Sanctuary 1 IV. The Crypts The Osiris of Denderah Hathor and her Different Attributes Thebes Its i. . . . 158 166 171 173 Name 180 182 183 183 . Antiquities 184 Khons 186 Temple 184 of Usurpation of Authority by the Priests, ii. 157 157 162 Its Special Divinity Sham KARNAK 155 156 104 History Its Hieroglyphic Luxon Temple 153 The Great Temple Hypostyl Hall Bas-reliefs of Shishak Poem of Peu-ta-our 187 188 189 190 192 Bas-reliefs of Sethi 1 192 The Pylons The Obelisks The Granite Chambers 195 196 199 11 CONTENTS. Geographical Lists of Tliothmes III. . 201 . Etlinological Lists 201 Synoptical Table of the Promised Land, 202 Large Court to the East The Sanctuary 204 205 206 208 209 210 210 212 Hall of Ancestors The lluins to the North The Euins to the South The Lake The Four Pylons The Temple of Mout TUB TBMFI.E OF OOORKAH THB BAMESEUM iil. iv. . . . . 214 216 Episode in the Life of Barneses Gigantic Statue of THE COLOSSI The Colossus of Rameses II. ... 218 221 II Meranon Laudatory Inscriptions . 223 224 226 DBIR-EI/-MEDINEH 228 MEDINET-ABOU Temple of Thothmes III Temple of Kameses III. 228 A 229 • 231 i The Palace Ethnological Inscriptions .... B The Temple 237 Battle Scenes . Valuable Inscription on Pylon More Battle Scenes Coronation and Procession of Rameses Naval Battle TUB KEOROPOLIS Drah-abou'1-neggah 231 233 III : 237 240 242 243 249 El-Assassif 200 250 251 Scheikh-abd-el-Goornah and GoomatHou-rai 252 12 CONTEKTS. Tomb Tomb of Houi of Fetamenophis . . DBIB-EL-BAHABI Triumphal Entry of Troops BAB-EL-MOLOUK . , ....... TorabofSethll Tomb of Kameses Tomb of Sethi II. Tomb of Barneses V. ESNBH III. . . . : ; IV. . Decadence of Hieroglyphs Development of Architecture VI. ...... Edfou El Kab Temple of Edfou. Name . of Architect ........... The Sanctuary VII. Dimensions Masts for Pennants Gebel-Silsileh Stone Quarries Speos Triumph of Horus Vin. ........... ........... Assouan Orabos Mountains— Change of Scenery Small Temple Island of Elephantine IX. Phil^ Inscriptions on Bocks Laat Besort of the Priests 253 25S 256 258 261 264 267 269 270 271 272 273 274 274 275 277 277 278 279 279 280 281 282 282 282 284 285 285 286 287 289 13 CONTENTS. APPENDIX. vibooviiriics hinoll maribttd, Ptkamids beobntly openjed Pyramid of King Pepi I. Pyramid of Ounas . 291 . . Tomb Robbers The Abbot Papyrus Pyramid of King Tela The Rotai/ Mumuies of Deir-el-Bahabi . . . Story of the Discovery List of Mummies found Unwinding of Rameses PiTHOM The " Store Cities " Route of the Exodus San-Tanis Temple of Rameses II. II. 301 302 304 ... 306 306 . 307 300 Tahi-anes 300 IIouBO of riiaraoli Uophra ". BUDASTIS Great Hypostyle Hall 012 31.3 . 314 The FAYonM The Great Labyrinth Tomb of 202 206 295 296 297 299 299 ............. Amenembat III Dead Portraits of the Papyrus of Homer's " Iliad " .'. .' Alphabetic Writing Tel-el-Amarna Letters and Despatches Tomb and Mummy of Amenophls IV Othee Explobations . Table of the Egyptian Dynasties How to Ascend the Nile 316 319 321 323 324 324 326 326 329 329 330 331 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. 14 MAPS' Those with an AND ILLUSTRATIONS. * are new with the American edition. PAGE Map showing Principal Excavations by Mariette, Frontispiece. I •Obelislt; at Heliopolis 88 •Approach to the Pyramids *The Grand Gallery of the Great Pyramid *The Great Pyramid,.... »
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