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THE PHARAOHS AND THEIR PEOPLE.
CHAPTER I.
Reign of the gods—Osiris, Isis, and Horus Myth—Ancient cities and early kings.
The first royal name that meets us on the
monuments of Egypt, which was inscribed
there during the lifetime of the king who
bore it, is that of Senefru (predecessor of
Khufu who built the Great Pyramid), and belongs
to a remote antiquity.[1] And yet we must
look back through the dimness of many more
centuries still before we come to the name of
Mena, first King of Egypt—a name that seems
to twinkle faintly from beyond the abyss of long
- ↑ The date that has been assigned to the Great Pyramid varies by at least a thousand years, and is generally placed from about 3000 to 4000 B.C. The present tendency is certainly rather in favour of the remoter dates, as agreeing best with the requirements of historic data, and harmonising with the results of recent discovery and research.
