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CHAPTEE VIII.
DYNASTY XVIII.—continued.
MeN-KHEPEK-Ea TeHUTI-MES III. 1600 B.C. CIK.
(The Alexander the Great of Egyptian History.)
During so long a reign as 53 years, 11 months, and
1 day, an energetic king could accomplish much for his
country, and that Tehuti-mes did so is proved by innu-
merable ruined monuments which date from his time.
Egypt itself now forms the central point of the world's
intercourse, and affords us an insight into the national
histories of antiquity. For this king undertook to
measure himself in battle with the .mightiest empires,
and carried his arms to the frontiers of the then known
world, bringing home with him the spoils of the con-
quered people.
We shall be astonished at the countless riches which
were laid up in the treasuries of the temples. The
same inscriptions on the temple walls which, then in a
better state of preservation, the wise men of Thebes
read and explained to Germanicus, on his visit to the
old city of Amen, still confirm what Tacitus has related.
' There were read to him,' says the Eoman historian,
'the tributes imposed on the nations, the weight of
silver and gold, the number of weapons and horses, and
the offerings to the temples in ivory and sweet scents,
also what supplies of corn and utensils each nation
paid, which were no less immense than are now imposed
by the might of the Parthians or the power of Borne.'
CHAPTEE VIII.
DYNASTY XVIII.—continued.
MeN-KHEPEK-Ea TeHUTI-MES III. 1600 B.C. CIK.
(The Alexander the Great of Egyptian History.)
During so long a reign as 53 years, 11 months, and
1 day, an energetic king could accomplish much for his
country, and that Tehuti-mes did so is proved by innu-
merable ruined monuments which date from his time.
Egypt itself now forms the central point of the world's
intercourse, and affords us an insight into the national
histories of antiquity. For this king undertook to
measure himself in battle with the .mightiest empires,
and carried his arms to the frontiers of the then known
world, bringing home with him the spoils of the con-
quered people.
We shall be astonished at the countless riches which
were laid up in the treasuries of the temples. The
same inscriptions on the temple walls which, then in a
better state of preservation, the wise men of Thebes
read and explained to Germanicus, on his visit to the
old city of Amen, still confirm what Tacitus has related.
' There were read to him,' says the Eoman historian,
'the tributes imposed on the nations, the weight of
silver and gold, the number of weapons and horses, and
the offerings to the temples in ivory and sweet scents,
also what supplies of corn and utensils each nation
paid, which were no less immense than are now imposed
by the might of the Parthians or the power of Borne.'