37
Summary of Chapters 42
Hymns, Litany, and Extracts from the Book of the Dead 44
The Great Judgment 51

V. BOOKS OF THE DEAD OF THE GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD: 59
Book of Breathings 59
Book of Traversing Eternity 61
The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys 62
The Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys 64
The Book of Making Splendid the Spirit of Osiris 64

VI. THE EGYPTIAN STORY OF THE CREATION 67

VII. LEGENDS OF THE GODS: 71
The Destruction of Mankind 71
The Legend of Ra and Isis 74
The Legend of Horus of Behutet 77
The Legend of Khnemu and the Seven Years' Famine 83
The Legend of the Wanderings of Isis 87
The Legend of the Princess of Bekhten 92

VIII. HISTORICAL LITERATURE: 98
Extract from the Palermo Stone 100
Edict against the Blacks 101
Inscription of Usertsen III at Semnah 101
Campaign of Thothmes II in the Sudan 102
Capture of Megiddo by Thothmes III 103
The Conquests of Thothmes III summarised by Amen-Ra 106
Summary of the Reign of Rameses III 110
The Invasion and Conquest of Egypt by Piankhi 116

IX. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL LITERATURE: 126
The Autobiography of Una 127
The Autobiography of Herkhuf 131
The Autobiography of Ameni Amenemhat 135
The Autobiography of Thetha 137
The Autobiography of Amasis, the Naval Officer 140
The Autobiography of Amasis, surnamed Pen-Nekheb 143
The Autobiography