works on mathematics, medicine, morals, legal and other reports; while the great religious work is the Book of the Dead.
[Authorities and Sources:—"Egypt's Place in Universal History." By Christian C. J. Bunsen. "The Monuments of Upper Egypt." By Auguste Mariette-Bey. "The Monumental History of Egypt." Rede Lecture. By S. Birch, LL.D.]
2. Kings and Dynasties of Egypt.
It will be useful to give here a table of Egyptian Dynasties, so that when we come to speak of Israel in Egypt the reader may have some idea of the long antecedent history of the Empire, and the political circumstances of the time. Unfortunately we must be content at present with approximate dates, for the records of the Egyptians are not dated, and the chronology is but very imperfectly known.
Table of the Egyptian Dynasties.[1]
| Dynasty. | Capital. | Modern Name. | Approximate Date, according to ariette. |
Approximate Date, according to Wiedemann. | ||
| The Old Empire. | ||||||
| I. | Thinite | This | Girgeh | 5004 | 5650 | |
| II. | Thinite | This | Girgeh | 4751 | 5400 | |
| III. | Memphite | Memphis | Mitrahenny | 4449 | 5100 | |
| IV. | Memphite | Memphis | Mitrahenny | 4235 | 4875 | |
| V. | Memphite | Memphis | Mitrahenny | 3951 | 4600 | |
| VI. | Elephantine | Elephantinê | Geziret-Assouan | 3703 | 4450 | |
| VII. | Memphite | Memphis | Mitrahenny | 3500 | 4250 | |
| VIII. | Memphite | Memphis | Mitrahenny | 3500 | 4250 | |
| IX. | Heracleopolite | Heracleopolis | Ahnas el-Medineh | 3358 | 4000 | |
| X. | Heracleopolite | Heracleopolis | Ahnas el-Medineh | 3249 | 3700 | |
| XI. | Diospolitan | Thebes | Luxor, &c. | 3064 | 3510 | |
- ↑ From "Records of the Past." New Series, vol. ii.
