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The Higher Life of the Empire and its Fall 51
Then more dangerous foes arose. We find them pictured in
the temple sculptures, such as we have seen (Fig. 26),-and it
is interesting to discover that these new enemies are many
of them Europeans from the northern Mediterranean lands,
•where we left them (§ 16) in the Late Stone Age. These
northerners finally en-
tered Egypt in such
Ambers after 1200
B-c. that the weakened
Egyptian Empire fell
(about 1150 b.c). Egypt
never again recovered
ner old
leadership.
Thus ends the story
of the Empire at Thebes.
Jhe pyramids, tombs,
and temples along the
^•e have told us the
history of early Egypt
m three epochs: the
fyramids of Gizeh and
tne neighboring ceme-
teries of Memphis have
told us about the Pyra-
mid Age;the cliff-tombs,
which we found on the
Nlle voyage, have re-
vealed the history of
tne Feudal Age; and
th-e temples and cliff-tombs of Thebes have given us the story
of the Empire. The Nile has become for us a great volume of
hist°ry. As we look backward, however, let us remember that,
Preceding these three great chapters of civilization on the Nile,
We also found here the earlier story of how man passed from
83. Fall of
the Egyptian
Empire
(1150 B.C.).
Earliest his-
toric Euro-
peans
84. The story
told by the
Nile voyage
ended
Fig. 34. Body of Seti I as he lies
in his Coffin in the National
Museum at Cairo
This king lived in the Empire in the four-
teenth century b.c. He was buried in the
valley shown in Fig. 35. His successors,
being unable to protect his body and those
of other emperors from tomb robbers, hid
them all in a large secret chamber exca-
vated near the valley in the eleventh cen-
tury b.c. Here the bodies lay unmolested
for about three thousand years, until they
were discovered and brought forth in 1881
The Higher Life of the Empire and its Fall 51
Then more dangerous foes arose. We find them pictured in
the temple sculptures, such as we have seen (Fig. 26),-and it
is interesting to discover that these new enemies are many
of them Europeans from the northern Mediterranean lands,
•where we left them (§ 16) in the Late Stone Age. These
northerners finally en-
tered Egypt in such
Ambers after 1200
B-c. that the weakened
Egyptian Empire fell
(about 1150 b.c). Egypt
never again recovered
ner old
leadership.
Thus ends the story
of the Empire at Thebes.
Jhe pyramids, tombs,
and temples along the
^•e have told us the
history of early Egypt
m three epochs: the
fyramids of Gizeh and
tne neighboring ceme-
teries of Memphis have
told us about the Pyra-
mid Age;the cliff-tombs,
which we found on the
Nlle voyage, have re-
vealed the history of
tne Feudal Age; and
th-e temples and cliff-tombs of Thebes have given us the story
of the Empire. The Nile has become for us a great volume of
hist°ry. As we look backward, however, let us remember that,
Preceding these three great chapters of civilization on the Nile,
We also found here the earlier story of how man passed from
83. Fall of
the Egyptian
Empire
(1150 B.C.).
Earliest his-
toric Euro-
peans
84. The story
told by the
Nile voyage
ended
Fig. 34. Body of Seti I as he lies
in his Coffin in the National
Museum at Cairo
This king lived in the Empire in the four-
teenth century b.c. He was buried in the
valley shown in Fig. 35. His successors,
being unable to protect his body and those
of other emperors from tomb robbers, hid
them all in a large secret chamber exca-
vated near the valley in the eleventh cen-
tury b.c. Here the bodies lay unmolested
for about three thousand years, until they
were discovered and brought forth in 1881