Historical studies

SECT.
EGYPTIAN FESTIVALS AND
NILE SHRINES.
By VV. M. F. PETRIE.
1. The composition of the numbers
2. The Temple provisions .
3. The priesthood and nobles
4. The populace
5. The August feast
6. The priesthood and nobles
7. The populace
8. Other sections
9. The Nile offerings
10. The Nile stages
1 1. The Nile shrines
12. The nusa weight
13. The stages in Upper Egypt
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THE HELIACAL RISING OF SIRIUS.
CONTENTS
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By E. B. KNOBEL.
14. The length of the Sothis period ... 6
1 5. The material of the tables .... 6
16. Table of Sothis and ist Thoth ... 7
17. The seasonal dates ..... 7
APPLICATION OF THE KALENDAR
TO HISTORY.
By W. M. F. PETRIE.
18. The continuous kalendar
19. The Sothis period and the seasons
20. The movements of Sirius
21. The Egyptian observations .... 9
22. The first month of the kalendar ... 9
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23. The seasonal dates
24. The diagrams
THE LENGTH OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY
By IV. M. F. PETRIE.
25. The importance of the history
26. The date of the iiird dynasty
27. Comparison with Manetho
28. The frequency of monuments
29. The datings in a reign .
30. Remains of xiiith-xviith dynasties
31. The Hyksos kings
32. The Turin Papyrus
33. Contrast of xiith and xviiith dynasties
34. The descent of style
35. The Semitic conquests of Egypt .
36. The periods compared .
n. The value of Manetho .
38. Manetho and external history
39. Comparison of totals
40. The attempt to shorten history .
41. The month of the Exodus
42. Dates of dynasties
THE NOMES OF EGYPT.
By IV. M. F.
43. Sources of nome lists
44. The Delta nomes .
45. The earliest lists .
46. The geographical order
47. xixth dynasty divisions
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