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History

• Dynasties I to II: The unification
  • The Bull Palette
  • The Narmer Palette
  • Herodotus on Menes
• Dynasties III to XI: From the first pyramid builders to the beginning of the Middle Kingdom
  • The subjugation of Nubia
  • Ancient Egypt and the Middle East
  • Might and right in international relations
  • The Famine Stele (The famine referred to : ca.2660 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Khufu (ca.2585-2566 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Khafre (ca.2558-2532 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Menkaure (ca.2532-2514 BCE)
  • The Campaigns of Pepi I (ca.2313-2279) in Southern Canaan
  • Sixth dynasty tomb inscription
  • The Instructions of Merikare (ca.2200 BCE)
  • The end of the Old Kingdom
• Dynasties XII to XVII: The growth of the middle class, the decline of central power and the conquest of the Hyksos
  • Asiatics in Egyptian Household Services
  • Herodotus on Amenemhet III (1817-1772 BCE)
  • The Semna stelae of Senusret III
  • Herodotus on Sesostris (perhaps Senusret II or Ramses II)
  • Manetho on the Hyksos
  • Kamose Inscription
  • The autobiography of Ahmose, son of Abana (ca.1550 BCE)
  • Description of Asiatic life from the Tale of Sinuhe
• Dynasties XVIII to XX: The reassertion of Egyptian power and the building of an empire
  • The priests of Amen-Re and the Theban kings
  • Marriage as a tool of foreign politics
  • Hatshepsut's (ca.1498-1483 BCE) Inscription on the Hyksos
  • Tombs of the Noblemen
  • The Asiatic Campaigns of Thutmose III (ca.1482 BCE)
  • The battle of Megiddo (ca.1482 BCE)
  • An Egyptian account of the battle of Megiddo (ca.1482 BCE)
  • The Asiatic campaigns of Amenhotep II (ca. 1448 BCE
  • The Napata (Gebel Barkal) Stele
  • Amarna Letters
    • A Letter from Kadashman Enlil of Babylon to Amenhotep III
    • A Letter from the King of Babylon to the King of Egypt
    • Burnaburiash trying to get more gold from Akhenaten
    • Burnaburiash asking for more gold
    • Letter from a princess
    • A Letter from Tushratta, king of Mitanni
    • A Letter from Tushratta loaning a statue of the goddess Shauskha to Amenhotep III
    • A Letter from Tushratta wishing Akhenaten good health
    • Letters from Suppiluliuma to Akhenaten
    • Letter from the king of Alasiya
    • Letter by Ashur-Uballit
    • A Letter from Abdu-Heba of Jerusalem
    • A Letter from Shuwardata of Keilah
    • Another translation of the complaint of Shuwardata of Keilah against his neighbours
    • Another Letter from Abdu-Heba
    • Letter by Rib-Addi of Biblos
    • Letters by Biridiya of Megiddo
    • Letter from Labayu of Shechem
    • Letter from Yapahu of Gezer
    • Letter from the ruler of Acco
    • Letter from Pharaoh to Endaruta of Akshapa
    • Letter from Pharaoh to Milkilu of Gezer
    • Letter from Abi-Milku, king of Tyre
    • Letter from Yabitiri to Amenhotep III
    • Letter from Pabi to Akhenaten
    • Letters from Aziru to his brother Khai concerning the incusrions of the Hittites, to pharaoh and to Dudu
    • Letters from Akizzi of Qatna
  • Tutankhamun's (ca.1334-1325 BCE) Restoration
  • The 'Zannanza' affair
  • Stelae of Ramses I (ca.1318 BCE) and Seti I at Wadi Halfa
  • Campaign of Seti I in Northern Palestine (ca.1318 BCE)
  • The Journal of a Frontier Official
  • Ramses II: The Battle of Kadesh (1286 BCE)
  • Picture of the battle of Kadesh (1286 BCE)
  • Egyptian accounts of the battle of Kadesh (1286 BCE)
  • Commemorative Stela of the Family of Ramses at Tanis
  • Egyptian-Hittite Correspondence
  • Beit Shean Stela of Ramses II
  • The Asiatic Campaigning of Ramses II (ca.1300 BCE)
  • The End of the Egyptian-Hittite Hostilities
  • Peace Treaty between Ramses II and Hattusili III (ca.1283 BCE)
  • Hymn of Merneptah (ca.1230 BCE)
  • Report of an officer chasing runaway slaves
  • The end of the 19th Dynasty (1200 BCE)
  • The Report of a Frontier Official
  • The Incursions of the Sea Peoples
  • Assassination attempts against Ramses III (ca.1167 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Rhampsinitos (Ramses III)
  • The Decline of Egyptian power: Wen-amen's journey to Gebal (Byblos) (ca.1100 BCE)
• Dynasties XXI to XXXI: The rule of the foreigners
  • The rise to power of the Libyans
  • The Palestine campaign of Sheshonq I (930 BCE)
  • The Assyrian Expansion into Palestine (732 BCE)
  • The beginnings of the Ethiopian Dynasty (716 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Sethos (Shebitku) (ca.697-689 BCE)
  • The Assyrian Conquest of Egypt (671 BCE)
  • The end of the Kushite involvement (663 BCE)
  • The fall of Thebes (663 BCE)
  • The pharaohs of Sais and the Ionians
  • Social changes in the Late Dynastic Period
  • Psammetic's unsuccessful policy of containment towards Babylon
  • Herodotus on Psammetic I (656-609 BCE)
  • Necho's first campaign (609 BCE) and the Babylonian conquest of Egypt's traditional sphere of influence in Asia (605 BCE).
  • Herodotus on Necho (609-594 BCE)
  • Maritime Policies of the Saite Kings
  • Herodotus on Psammetic II (594-587 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Apries (Wahibre) (587-569 BCE)
  • Late Period: Desertion and revolt of a discontented army
  • Egypt and the rising Persian empire (560-525 BCE)
  • Herodotus on Amasis (Ahmose II) (569-526 BCE)
  • The Persian Satrapy (525-404 BCE)
  • The last national Dynasties (404-343 BCE)
• The Graeco-Roman Period: The Hellenists
  • Troubled times towards the end of the 4th century BCE
• List of dynasties

Cultural chronology

• Until 3000 BCE : Predynastic Period
• 3000 - 2600 : From the unification to the buiding of the great pyramids
• 2600 - 2100 : 5th Dynasty to the First Intermediate Period
• 2100 - 1700 : Middle Kingdom :12th and 13th Dynasty
• 1700 - 1550 : The Second Intermediate Period
• 1550 - 1300 : New Kingdom: 18th Dynasty
• 1300 - 1200 : 19th Dynasty
• 1200 - 1100 : 20th Dynasty
• 1100 - 530 : The Third Intermediate Period
• 530 - 340 : The Persian and Greek Conquests
• 340 - 30 BCE : The Ptolemaic Period

Aspects of life in ancient Egypt

• Accommodation
  • Furniture
  • House and Garden
  • Housing in a workers village
  • The townhouse of Djehutinefer
• Art and artefacts
  • Portraiture
    • 3rd dynasty portraiture
    • 4th dynasty portraiture
    • 5th dynasty portraiture
    • 6th dynasty portraiture
    • 12th dynasty portraiture
    • 18th dynasty portraiture, from the beginning of the dynasty to the reign of Akhenaten
    • 18th dynasty portraiture, from the reign of Akhenaten to the end of the dynasty
    • 19th dynasty portraiture
    • 25th and 26th dynasty portraiture
    • Roman portraiture
  • The decorative palettes of the late 4th millennium
  • The Gebel el Arak knife: A pre-dynastic battle scene
  • The back of the haft of the Gebel el Arak knife
• Building
  • Architectural elements Foundations, arches, pillars, obelisks, stairs
  • Building in stone
  • Planning, materials, tools
  • Town planning
  • Hotep-Senusret, map of a planned city
  • Walls and ramparts
  • Contemporary plan of the tomb of Ramses IV
• Clothing and jewellery
  • Garments
  • Linen
  • Dyeing fabrics and other materials
  • Personal ornaments
• The Country: its geography, population, flora and fauna
  • A Bestiary—Animals divine, wild, domestic and imaginary: Addax, Ama-bird, Ammit, Antelopes, Baboons, Bats, Bears, Bees, Beetles, Benu bird, Birds, Bitterns, Bubale, Bustards, Butterflies, Camels, Cats, Cattle, Centipedes, Chats, Chickens, Chimaerae, Civets, Cobras, Cormorants, Cranes, Crocodiles, Crows, Cuckoos, Deer, Dikdik, Dogs, Dolphins, Donkeys, Doves, Ducks, Dung beetles, Egrets, Elephants, Falcons, Fish, Flamingoes, Flies, Foxes, Frogs, Gazelles, Geese, Giraffes, Goats, Griffins, Guinea fowl, Hares, Hartebeest, Hedgehogs, Herons, Hippopotami, Hoopoes, Horned viper, Horses, Hyaenas, Ibex, Ibis, Ichneumons, Insects, Jackals, Jerboas, Kingfishers, Lapwing, Leopards, Lions, Lizards, Locust, Lynxes, Molluscs, Mongooses, Mice, Monkeys, Mosquitoes, Moths, Onagers, Oryx, Ostriches, Owls, Panthers, Partridges, Pelicans, Phoenix, Pigs, Plovers, Porcupines, Praying mantis, Quail, Reptiles, Scarabs, Scorpions, Serpopards, Sheep, Shrews, Snails, Snakes, Songbirds, Sparrows, Sphinxes, Storks, Swallows, Swans, Turtles, Unicorns, Vultures, Water scorpions, Weasels, Winged serpents, Wolves,
  • Ancient Egyptian plants: Acacia trees, Almond tree, Barley, Blue water lily, Boswellia sacra, Carob tree, Cereals, Cornflower, Daisy, Date palm, Dellach palm, Doum palm, Emmer, Fig tree, Flax, Flowers, Frankincense, Garlic, Grasses, Hemp, Ished tree, Lettuce, Lotus, Mandrake, Millet, Onions, Papyrus, Palm tree, Persea, Pomegranate, Sedges, Sorghum, Sycamore, Tamarisk, Trees, Vegetables, Vines, Wheat, Willow,
  • Nomes, cities and sites
  • The Nile and ancient Egypt
  • W.M. Flinders Petrie: The weather in ancient Egypt
  • The geography of Egypt through the eyes of Herodotus
  • The people: Composition, numbers, language
  • Procreation
  • Cities and citizens
  • Egyptians and foreigners
  • Counting and measuring
  • Gender in the economy, literature and art
  • Seals and sealings
• Drink and Food
  • Drink Beer, milk, wine, water
  • Food
    • Bread
    • Meat and Fish
    • Slaughtering cattle
    • Fruit and vegetables
• Farming
  • Agriculture - The role of the Nile, irrigation, the crops
    • The Grain Harvest
    • The farmer and his tools
  • Horticulture
  • Flax - The crop and the production of linen
  • Bee-keeping
  • Domesticated animals - Farm animals and pets
• Health and Hygiene
  • Medical Care: The healers, the diseases, herbal medicine, pregancy and childbirth, surgery, prosthetics, dentistry, historical perspective.
    • The Edwin Smith Papyrus
    • The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus
    • Extracts from the Ebers medical Papyrus
    • The Hearst medical Papyrus
  • Personal Hygiene and Cosmetics: Cosmetics, perfumes, washing, hair
  • The extermination of vermin
• Institutions
  • Libraries
  • The House of Life
  • The House of Morning
  • The Mansion of Life
• Leisure and enjoyment
  • Conviviality: Banquets
  • Drink, drugs and sex
  • Fishing and hunting
  • Humour
  • Music and Dance
  • Pets
  • Play and games
    • Games found at Ballas by W.M.Flinders Petrie
  • Theatre: Mysteries and satires
  • Zoos and parks
• Religion, mythology, world view
  • Funerary practices
    • The Funerary Cortège and the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony, Ptolemaic period
    • Mummification - the embalmers and their art
    • Funerary objects
    • Funerary practices: Preparations and burial
    • The Judgment of the Dead
    • Solar Ships and Funerary Boats
  • The Egyptians and their dead
  • Heka, the Magic of Ancient Egypt
  • The Religion of the People
  • The Memphite Mythology
  • The gods: Aker   Amaunet   Amen   Amset   Anat   Anhuret   Anubis   Anuket   Apis   Apophis   Ash   Atem   Aten   Ayebt   Baal   Banebdjedet   Bastet   Bes   Buchis   Duamutef   Duau   Ennead   Esye   Four sons of Horus   Geb   Ha   Hah   Hapi, Nile god   Hapi, son of Horus   Harakhte   Haroeris   Harpocrates   Harsaphes   Harsomtus   Hathor   Hauhet   Hauron   Heka   Hemsut   Heqat   Herishef   Herwer   Hesat   Horus   Hu   Iah   Iati   Imsety   Isfet   Isis   Kadesh   Kebhsenuf   Khenti-amenti   Khenti-kheti   Khepri   Khnum   Khons   Maat   Mafdet   Mandulis   Marul   Mehet-uret   Mehit   Menhyt   Menkeret   Menqet   Meretseger   Meskhenet   Min   Mnevis   Montu   Mut   Naunet   Nebetu   Nefertem   Neith   Nekhbet   Nepri   Nephthys   Nun   Nut   Ogdoad   Onuris   Osiris   Panebtawy   Ptah   Re   Reshef   Satet   Satis   Seed Goddess   Sekhet   Sekhmet   Selket or Selkis   Sematawy   Sepa   Seshat   Seth   Seven Hathors   Shed   Shesemtet   Shu   Sia   Sobek   Sopdet   Sopdu   Sothis   Sukhos   Tait   Ta-bitjet   Tatenen   Taweret   Tefnut   Thoth   Two Ladies   Triad   Upuaut   Uto   Wadjet   Waset   Wennofer
  • The Negative Confessions
  • Public Ceremonies: Processions, festivals
  • Theatre: Religious plays
  • Corn mummies
  • Body and Soul
  • The four kas: Human happiness as gift of the gods
  • Divine and royal headdresses and crowns
• Social relationships and institutions
  • Man and woman: Gender roles and relationships, the family
  • Masters and workers: Labour relations in ancient Egypt
  • Slavery
  • The social classes of ancient Egypt
  • Childhood
  • Friendship
• State institutions
  • The administration: The court, the civil adminstration, the military, foreign relations, the temples, regional governments, the vice-royalty of Nubia.
    • The pharaoh: man, ruler and god
    • The vizierate: Historic development, rules of conduct, duties
  • The armed forces: The army and navy
    • The rewards of military life
    • The Chariot: History, design and use
    • The Weapons: (Clubs, maces, axes, swords, bow and arrow, slingshot, shields, helmets and body armour)
    • A pre-dynastic battle scene
    • Fortresses
    • Siege warfare
  • Law enforcement: The police, the criminals and their crimes, the courts, the punishments
    • The police in ancient Egypt
    • Diodorus Siculus on the Egyptian judicial system
    • Herodotus on Egyptian laws
    • Contracts and other legal documents
  • Duties: Taxation, forced labour, military service
• Economy and trade
  • Craftsmen and artists
    • Composition and development of tools
    • Carpenters and their tools
    • Gold- and silversmiths
    • Foundry workers
    • Scents - incense and perfumes
    • Potters
    • Basketry
    • Glass
      • About glass making at Akhetaten from Tell el Amarna by W. M. F. Petrie,
    • Stone vessels
    • Household utensils and materials
    • Rope-making
      • Knots
  • The economy: Population, sources of wealth, duties imposed and beneficiaries of the system
    • Landed property
    • Wages and prices
  • Trade
    • Domestic trade: Barter, the exchange of gifts, abstract equivalence values, credit, market places, the merchants
    • Asiatic traders in Egypt
    • Old Kingdom market scene
    • Overseas trade
  • Raw materials
    • Animal products: Leather, fur, eggshells, bone, ivory
    • Clay
    • Metals: sources, technologies, uses
    • Mining of metals, precious stones, natron etc.
      • Diodorus Siculus on mining in ancient Egypt
      • Pliny on Nitre
    • Papyrus
    • Stone
    • Wood
  • Travel and transportation
    • Ships and Boats: The archaeological evidence, the state involvement, ship construction, navigation, constructions facilitating navigation
      • Sea-going vessels - warships and merchant men
      • River shipping: Fishing boats, transportation barges, pleasure boats
      • Solar ships and funerary boats
      • Early ship construction: Khufu's boat
    • Canals
    • Roads
    • Travel in ancient Egypt
    • Journeys of exploration: Henenu's exploration of the Red Sea, journeys to Punt under Hatshepsut, the circumnavigation of Africa
    • Means of transportation: Walking, ferries, litters, chariots, beasts of burden, ships and boats
• Language
  • Transliteration and pronunciation of ancient Egyptian
  • The Gardiner list of hieroglyphs

Egyptian texts

• Hymn to Osiris
• The mouse as vizier
• Incantations against reptiles and noxious creatures in general
• The Legend of the Destruction of Mankind
• Two versions of the creation myth
• Hammamat inscriptions
• The biography of Metjen (4th dynasty)
• The instructions of Kagemni (4th dynasty)
• A decree of Neferirkare Kakai (5th dynasty)
• Tomb inscription of the nomarch Henku (5/6th dynasty)
• The offering of Uha (5th dynasty)
• The tomb inscription of the vizier Weshptah (5th dynasty)
• Precepts of the prefect, the lord Ptah-hotep (5th dynasty)
• The inscription of Ptahshepses (4/5th dynasty)
• The instructions of Merikare, extracts (6th dynasty)
• 6th dynasty tomb inscription
• The autobiography of Weni (6th dynasty)
• The inscription of Djau (6th dynasty)
• The inscription of Pepinakht (6th dynasty)
• The inscription of Sebni (6th dynasty)
• Letter from count Iru to General Merrenakht (6th dynasty)
• An Old Kingdom judgment: Sobek-hotep vs. Tchau (6th dynasty)
• Hymn to the Nile (6/7th dynasty)
• The decree of Demedjibtawy protecting mortuary foundations and exempting them from dues and duties (8th dynasty)
• Letters to the Dead (6th - 11th dynasty)
• The biography of Ankhtifi
• The biography of Tefibi
• The inscriptions of Kheti, son of Tefibi (9/10th dynasty)
• The inscriptions of Kheti, son of Sit (9/10th dynasty)
• The admonitions of Ipuwer
• Harper's lay (c. 2000 BCE)
• The stela of Mentuhotep, a self-made man (11th dynasty)
• The stela of Irtisen (11th dynasty)
• The Heqanakht papyri (11th dynasty)
• Extracts from an official journal (Middle Kingdom)
• The teaching of Amenemhet I to his son Senusret (12th dynasty)
• The prophecies of Neferti (12th dynasty)
• The inscription of Khnumhotep I (12th dynasty)
• The inscription of Ameni (12th dynasty)
• The inscription of Khnumhotep II (12th dynasty)
• The stela of Khusobek (12th dynasty)
• The Herdsman's Tale (12th dynasty)
• The Loyalist Instruction from the Sehetepibre Stela (12th dynasty)
• Excerpts from the Tale of Sinuhe (12th dynasty)
• The Tale of Sinuhe (12th dynasty)
• The Contracts of Hepzefi (12th dynasty)
• The tale of the shipwrecked sailor
• The tale of the eloquent peasant
• The stela of the policeman Kay
• The Ikhernofret stela
• Hymn to Senusret III (12th dynasty)
• The Inscriptions of Thuthotep (12th dynasty)
• Petrie Papyri: Legal documents - Memorandum of price of services (12th dynasty)
• Petrie Papyri: Legal documents - Conveyance by Mery (12th dynasty)
• Petrie Papyri: Legal documents - Will of Uah (12th dynasty)
• Petrie Papyri: Legal documents - Statement of Claim (12th dynasty)
• Debate between a man tired of life and his ba (12th dynasty)
• The admonitions of Khekheperre-sonbu (12th dynasty)
• Petrie Papyri: Legal documents - Enumeration of the persons composing the Middle Kingdom household of Kha-kau-Ra (12th dynasty)
• Petrie Papyri: Account papyri - Land allocation (12th dynasty)
• The instructions of Khety (Middle Kingdom)
• The teaching of a man for his son (Middle Kingdom)
• The tales from the Westcar Papyrus (Middle Kingdom or later)
• The fowler's speech (Middle Kingdom)
• The Pleasures of Fishing and Fowling (Middle Kingdom)
• The inscriptions of Ameniseneb (13th dynasty)
• The quarrel between Apophis and Sekenenre (15th dynasty)
• The contendings of Horus and Seth
• Charm for the protection of a child, ca. 16th century
• The Kamose inscription
• The stela of Beka
• The Tempest Stela of Ahmose I (18th dynasty)
• The Donation Stela of Ahmose I (18th dynasty)
• The Ahmose memorial (18th dynasty)
• Quarry inauguration under Ahmose I (18th dynasty)
• Regulation laid upon the vizier, Rekhmire (18th dynasty)
• An Egyptian account of the battle of Megiddo (18th dynasty)
• The Armant Stela of Thutmose III (18th dynasty)
• The autobiography of Ahmose Pen-nekhbet (18th dynasty)
• Legal records concerning property
• The autobiography of Amenemhab , (18th dynasty)
• The Sphinx Stela of Thutmose IV (18th dynasty)
• The Konosso Inscription of Thutmose IV (18th dynasty)
• Accounts of royal elephant hunts, (18th dynasty).
• The taking of Joppa, a tale of conquest by Djehuti under Thutmose III.
• The stela of Nebwawi (18th dynasty)
• The Semna stela of the viceroy Merimose (18th dynasty)
• The inscription of the royal scribe Amenhotep (18th dynasty)
• Scarab inscriptions of Amenhotep II (18th dynasty)
• Two marriages of Amenhotep III (18th dynasty)
• Hymns to the Aten (18th dynasty)
• The Restoration Stela (Tutankhamen) (18th dynasty)
• The Great Edict of Horemheb (18th dynasty)
• An ideal autobiography (18 dynasty)
• The 400 year stela
• From the journal of a frontier official under Seti I (19th dynasty)
• King Neferkare and General Sasenet, (18th/19th dynasty)
• The autobiography of Bekenkhonsu
• Inscription of Paser (19th dynasty)
• An Egyptian account of the battle of Kadesh (19th dynasty)
• The peace treaty between Ramses II and Hattusili III (19th dynasty)
• The Marriage Stela of Ramses II (19th dynasty)
• Letter of Panbesa (19th dynasty)
• Inscription of a First Charioteer of his Majesty at Horbeit (19th dynasty)
• Papyrus Anastasi I: A satirical letter
• The Merneptah Hymn
• New Kingdom love poetry
• Ancient Egyptian tales: Truth and Falsehood (19th dynasty)
• Ancient Egyptian tales: Anpu and Bata (19th dynasty)
• Tale of the garden of flowers (19th dynasty)
• Koller Papyrus: Warnings to the idle scribe
• Koller Papyrus: A letter concerning Nubian tribute
• The Tale of the Doomed Prince
• The inscription of Mes
• Records of the strike at Deir el Medina under Ramses III (20th dynasty)
• Records of the harem conspiracy against Ramses III (20th dynasty)
• Tomb inscription of Panehsi
• Will of Nau-nakht (20th dynasty)
• Records of legal proceedings at Deir el Medine
• Instruction in letter-writing by Nebmare-nakht (20th dynasty)
• The teaching of Amennakht (20th dynasty)
• An adoption papyrus
• The Abydos stela of Ramses IV (20th dynasty)
• The Great Abydos stela of Ramses IV (20th dynasty)
• Wenamen's journey to Byblos (20th dynasty)
• The Turin papyrus (Papyrus 55001)
• The Abbott Papyrus (20th dynasty)
• Letter by Djehuti-mesu to Bu-teh-Amen (20th dynasty)
• A letter by the scribe Djehuti-mesu concerning a joke and the reaction to it (20th dynasty)
• Letter by Ramses-nakht concerning supplies for the troops protecting gold miners in Nubia (20th dynasty)
• Letter concerning an extramarital sexual relationship (20th dynasty)
• Ramesside tomb robberies: the Amherst Papyrus and the Turin Fragment (20th dynasty)
• Ramesside tomb robberies: the Mayer Papyri (20th dynasty)
• pLeyden 371: To the wise spirit of Onkhari (20th dynasty or later)
• The literary letter of Wermai (20/21st dynasty)
• Princess Ahura: The Magic Book (c. 1100 BCE)
• The Will of Amonkhau in Favor of His Second Wife (c. 1100 BCE)
• The Stela of Smendes I (21th dynasty)
• Letters concerning livestock and agriculture (NK and later)
• The Stela of the banishment (21th dynasty)
• Trial by oracle (21th dynasty)
• Stela of endowments of Sheshonq
• The Stela of Rudamen (23rd dynasty)
• The Stela of Piye (25th dynasty)
• The Shabaka Stone (25th dynasty)
• The autobiographical inscription of the general Psamtik (26th dynasty)
• The Adoption Stela of Nitocris (26th dynasty)
• Inscription of the chief steward Ibi (26th dynasty)
• The stela of Ankhenesneferibre (26th dynasty)
• Inscription of Nesuhor (26th dynasty)
• The stela of Besmut (26th dynasty)
• Inscription of Udjahorresne (26th dynasty)
• The petition of Pediese (6th century BCE)
• Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine (27th dynasty)
• A Ghost Story
• The Bentresh Stela (Persian - Ptolemaic periods)
• The second demotic tale of Khamuas
• The Naukratis Decree (380 BCE)
• The inscription of Hor-nefer (c. 300 BCE)
• Decree of the satrap Ptolemy Lagides (Ptolemaic Period)
• The Great Mendes Stela (Ptolemaic period)
• A taxcollector's oath (236 BCE)
• The biographical inscription of Petosiris (Ptolemaic period)
• The Canopus Decree (Ptolemaic period)
• The potter's oracle (Ptolemaic period)
• The Demotic legal code of Hermopolis (Ptolemaic period)
• The negative confessions from the Papyrus of Ani (Ptolemaic period)
• The Legend of Horus of Behutet and the Winged Disk (Ptolemaic period)
• Procès verbal (Ptolemaic period)
• The book of victory over Seth
• Marriage contracts
• Divorce agreements
• The Famine Stela
• Demotic papyrus of moral precepts (32nd dynasty)
• Hymn to Hathor: the Egyptian agricultural cycle
• The Greek section of the Rosetta Stone with annotations (Ptolemaic Period)
• Translations of the Greek and demotic sections of the Rosetta Stone (Ptolemaic Period)
• Decrees of King Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, 28th April 118 BCE (Ptolemaic Period)
• Demotic papyri relating to economic aspects of religious life in the Ptolemaic Period
• Allotment of crown lands to soldiers and their rents in Ptolemaic times
• Graeco-Roman tax-receipts
• Legal records concerning land
• The Legend of Re and Isis
• Fragment of a Demotic dreambook
• The demotic magical papyrus of London and Leiden
• Texts on mourning and burial
• Diodorus Siculus: The daily routine of the pharaohs
• Diodorus Siculus on Egyptian medicine
• Pliny the Elder: The Geography of Egypt
• The last funerary stela of a Buchis bull (340 CE)

Herodotus on the pharaohs

• Menes
• Khufu, 2585-2566
• Khafre, 2558-2532
• Menkaure, 2532-2514
• Asychis
• Nitocris
• Moeris (Amenemhet III, 1817-1772 ?)
• Sesostris
• Pheros
• Proteus
• Rhampsinitos : An Ali Baba story
• Anysis
• Sabacos, 711-697
• Shebitku, 697-689
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