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ALEXANDER THE GREAT and Alexandria 1
The Cradle of Christian Theology 2
Succession of Persians, Greeks, and Romans in Egypt 3
The Ptolemies and the Cæsars 4
Queen Cleopatra 5
Cleopatra and Anthony 6
Shakspeare’s Cleopatra 7
Queen Berenice: Coma Berenicis 9
Cleopatra’s Needles 10
Inscription on the Bronze Supports of Cleopatra’s Needles 11
Date of Erection of Cleopatra’s Needles at Alexandria 12
Cæsarium; or Palace of the Cæsars 12
The British, or London Obelisk 13
The Pharaohs, Thothmes III. and Rameses II. 14
Signification of “Cartouche” 16
Age of the British Obelisk 17
Battle of Alexandria in 1801 17
Cleopatra’s Needle in 1801 17
Burial of the British Obelisk with Obsequies 18
Obelisks and Needles 19
Monoliths of Syenite 20
Dimensions and Proportions of the Obelisk 21
The Paris Obelisk 22
Beauty and Durability of Syenite 23
Injury done by Sand-storms 24
Probable effect of British Climate 25
Time required to complete an Obelisk 25
Colossal Obelisks 26
Obelisks Carved when Erect 27
Pliny, the Younger, on Obelisks 28
Transport of Obelisks 29
Journey of the British Obelisk 29
Adoption of Obelisks by the Greeks 30
Export of Obelisks to Rome 31
Galleys of the Greeks and Romans 32
Maritime Prejudices of the Egyptians 33
Circumnavigation of Africa 34
The Emperor Constantine’s Love of Obelisks 34
The Obelisk of Constantinople 35
Ruins of Alexandria 36
Pompey’s Pillar at Alexandria 37
Diocletian’s Title to Pompey’s Pillar 38
CAIRO and the DELTA 40
Ismailia, a Health Resort 41
The Marvellous Nile 42
The Seven Cataracts of the Nile 42
Lady Duff Gordon and her “Letters from Egypt” 43
Christianity and Theology 44
West Bank of the Nile 45
Memphis and England’s Colossus 46
The Great Pyramids of Geezeh 51
The Patriarch of Pyramids 52
The Colossal Sphynx 53
East Bank of the Nile 56
The Land of Goshen and Field of Zoan 56
Heliopolis and its Obelisk 58
Cartouches of the Pharaoh Usertesen 60
Temple of the Sun, dedicated to Ra and Tum 61
The Obelisk, Symbol of the Rising Sun and Life 63
Pharaoh’s Needles 63
Napoleon’s Address to the Army of the Pyramids 64
What have the Obelisks looked down upon 64
Abraham, Jacob, and Joseph in the Land of Goshen 65
Village of Matareeah; the Virgin’s Tree 65
Hot Sulphur Springs of Helwân 66
Chronology of Ancient Egypt 68
Manetho, the Egyptian Chronologist and Priest 70
Analogies between Obelisk and Pyramid 72
Ornamentation of Obelisks 74
Scientific Knowledge evinced in their Construction 74
Carving of the Obelisk 75
Legend of the British Obelisk, by M. Chabas 76
The Flaminian Obelisk, of the Porta del Popolo 79
Legend of the Flaminian Obelisk 81
Standard of the King 82
The Grand Assemblies called Panegyries 86
Legend of the Paris Obelisk 87
Legend of the Alexandrian Obelisk 88
Moses and the British Obelisk 89
The Pharaoh of the Exodus 90
Era of Joseph in Egypt 90
Nile Voyage from Cairo to Thebes 90
Habits of the Crocodile 91
Geology of Egypt 92
The Mighty Ruins of Thebes 93
Memnonian Colossi; the Vocal Memnon 94
Earthquake before the Christian Era 96
Granite Colossus of Rameses the Great 98
Queen Hatasou’s Western Obelisks 99
Village of Luxor 100
Tomb Architecture 100
Reign of the Mummies 101
The Pylon and Propylon 103
The Architect of Karnak 106
Colossal Statues and Sphynxes 107
Obelisk of Thothmes I. at Karnak 108
Obelisk of Hatasou, appropriated by Thothmes III. 108
Usertesen’s Sanctuary 109
Lost Obelisks of Amenophis III. 110
The Luxor Obelisks 111
Obelisks of Rameses II. 113
Confusion of Thothmes and Hatasou, Seti and
Rameses, and Rameses and Thothmes 114
Sacred Scarabæi and Manufacture of Antiques 117
Humanity of the Egyptians 119
Symbolism of the Scarabæus 120
Voyage from Luxor to As-souan 121
Unfinished Obelisk at As-souan 122
Mode of cleaving Obelisks from the Rock 123
“Beautiful Philæ” and “Pharaoh’s Bed” 125
Obelisks of Philæ 126
The Bankes Obelisk 128
Resistance of Religious Faith to Theodosian Violence 131
Hieroglyphic Writing; how deciphered 133
The Rosetta Stone 134
Cartouches of Ptolemy and Cleopatra 135
Apotheosis of Egyptologists 137
USERTESEN and his Obelisks, Heliopolis and Biggig 138
Monolithic Monuments of the Hebrews 144
Abyssinian Obelisks 145
Inscription on the Biggig Obelisk 147
Obelisks of Thothmes I. 148
Obelisks of Queen Hatasou 148
Obelisks of Thothmes III. 149
Obelisk of Amenophis II. 152
Inscription on the Syon House Obelisk 153
Obelisks of Amenophis III. 154
Obelisks of Seti I., or Osirei 154
Obelisks of Rameses II. 156
Obelisks of Menephtah I. 158
Obelisks of Psammeticus I. and II. 159
Obelisks of Nectanebo I., or Amyrtæus 160
Obelisks of Nectanebo II. 162
Prioli Obelisk at Constantinople 164
Obelisk of Nahasb 166
Assyrian Obelisks 166
Ptolemaic Obelisks of Philæ 167
The Bankes Obelisk at Kingston-Lacy Hall 167
Albani Obelisk 168
Roman Obelisks 168
Obelisks at Alnwick 170
Obelisks in the Florence Museum 170
The Arles Obelisk 170
Egyptian Founders of Obelisks 172
Aggregate number of Obelisks 174
Bonomi’s List of Altitudes of Obelisks 176
Classification and Distribution of Obelisks 178
Site of the British Obelisk 182