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CONCLUDING REMARKS.
tern is the consistency of its component parts. This
is the case with the ancient Egyptian divisions of time
as here explained ; and it should be added that they
were discovered by a laborious process, not all at once,
nor in regular sequence, but at different times, and
often without any aid from previous discovery. These
subjects are considered in the First Part of this work.
In the Second Part, I have illustrated the History of
the first Nineteen Dynasties from the monuments, and
I have applied the Egyptian Chronology to that His-
tory, showing their entire consistency. The contem-
poraneousness of certain of the first Seventeen Dynas-
ties with others of the same portion of Manetho's list
is clearly proved by the evidence of coeval monuments.
This is the most important fact of this part of the
present work ; and it shews that no system of Egyptian
Chronology but one exactly or nearly the same as that
explained in Part I. can be correct. The discovery
that the commencement of the first Great Panegyrical
Year B.C. 2717 is the Era of Menes, the first King of
Egypt, ranks next to this in importance. I may also
particularize the explanation for the first time of the
upper line of the Tablet of Abydos, and of the whole
of the List of the Chamber of Kings. I might men-
tion many other subjects upon which I have thrown
new light, but these will suffice. If the reader will
compare the results of my studies with the statements
of ancient authors, he will find many points of agree-
ment, some of which I have had occasion to point out,
especially in the cases of Herodotus and Manetho.
But what is far more important and interesting, is the
fact that these results vindicate the Bible, shewing
that the monuments of Egypt in no manner, on no
point, contradict that sacred book, but confirm it.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
tern is the consistency of its component parts. This
is the case with the ancient Egyptian divisions of time
as here explained ; and it should be added that they
were discovered by a laborious process, not all at once,
nor in regular sequence, but at different times, and
often without any aid from previous discovery. These
subjects are considered in the First Part of this work.
In the Second Part, I have illustrated the History of
the first Nineteen Dynasties from the monuments, and
I have applied the Egyptian Chronology to that His-
tory, showing their entire consistency. The contem-
poraneousness of certain of the first Seventeen Dynas-
ties with others of the same portion of Manetho's list
is clearly proved by the evidence of coeval monuments.
This is the most important fact of this part of the
present work ; and it shews that no system of Egyptian
Chronology but one exactly or nearly the same as that
explained in Part I. can be correct. The discovery
that the commencement of the first Great Panegyrical
Year B.C. 2717 is the Era of Menes, the first King of
Egypt, ranks next to this in importance. I may also
particularize the explanation for the first time of the
upper line of the Tablet of Abydos, and of the whole
of the List of the Chamber of Kings. I might men-
tion many other subjects upon which I have thrown
new light, but these will suffice. If the reader will
compare the results of my studies with the statements
of ancient authors, he will find many points of agree-
ment, some of which I have had occasion to point out,
especially in the cases of Herodotus and Manetho.
But what is far more important and interesting, is the
fact that these results vindicate the Bible, shewing
that the monuments of Egypt in no manner, on no
point, contradict that sacred book, but confirm it.