Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

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CHAPTER IX.

AMEN-IIOTEP II.—TEHUTI-JIES IV.—AMEN-IIOTEP III.

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Amen-hotep II. goes to war with the ' Bed Land '—Naharain and the
South—Inscription at Amada—Erection and extension of
temples—Campaigns of Tehuti-rnes IV.—The Sphinx—Amen-
hotep III. erects fine monuments—Is an ardent soldier and
keen sportsman—Campaigns in the South—Catalogue of pri-
soners—Inscription of Amen-hotep the courtier—Opening of new
quarries at Mokattam and Turah—Temple at Karnak enlarged
and connected with Luqsor by sphinxes—Temple at Medinet
Habfi—The ' vocal Memnon '—Temple at Kak—Elephantine-
Gifts to temple at Karnak—Thefts at the king's coronation—
Queen Thi—The Tell-el-Amarna tablets.....194

CHAPTER X.

THE HERETIC KINGS.

The king's aversion to the worship of Amen—Adores the solar disk—
Builds Khu-aten—Bek, the architect—Meri-Ra, the chief prophet
—Aahmes, ' superintendent of the store-houses of the temple '—
The queen's address to the rising sun—Arrival of the king's
mother—Family life—Bock-sculptures at Khu-aten—Victories
over the Syrians—Names of the king's daughters—Saa-nekht—
Tut-ankh-Amen—Arrival at Thebes of a negro queen and the
princes of Buthen—The ' Holy Father Ai'—Conquers the
Asiatics and subdues Cush—Hor-em-heb—His early history—
Historical inscription—His wife—Adds to the temple at Karnak
—Bas-reliefs at Silsilis—Presents to faithful retainers . . 215

. CHAPTER XL

RAMSES I. AND SETI I.

Rising of the Kheta—Short account of that people—List of con-
quered Kheta towns—Belationship between Hor-em-heb and
Bamses I.—Memorial stone at Wady Halfah—Seti I.—Wars
with the Shasu—Inscription commemorative of his victories-
Campaigns against the Kheta and the Libyans—Memorial tablet
at Karnak—The queen—The young prince associated with his
father in the government of the country—Victories in Cush and
Pmri—The temples at Karnak and Abydos—The king's tomb—
Abd-el-Gurnah—The Tablet of Abydos—New buildings at
Memphis, Heliopolis, and El-Kab—Amen-uah-su, the ' first
painter '—Opening up of gold mines—Sinking of a well in the
desert.......... .287