Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. The Old Testament; 2. Herodotus; 3. Diodorus Siculus; 4. Manetho; 5. The tablet of kings at Abydus; 6. The Egyptian buildings; 7. Eratosthenes; 8. Flavius Josephus; 9. Aristotle; 10. Dicaearchus; 11. Strabo; 12. Tacitus; 13. Pausanias; 14. Pliny; 15. Valerius Flaccus; 16. Homer; 17. Hesiod; 18. Plutarch; 19. Ammianus Marcellinus; 20. Xenophon; 21. Quintus Curtius; 22. Porphyry; 23. On the Egyptian year; 24. On the physical character of the Egyptians; 25. On the mythology of the Egyptians; 26. On the Coptic language; 27. On the Ethiopic language; 28. On the hieroglyphics and hieratic writing; 29. On the enchorial language; 30. On the date of the Trojan war; 31. On the date of the Jewish exodus; Chronological table; Descriptions of the plates.

Promotional Information

Sharpe's objective in this 1836 book is to collect the ancient literary sources, including hieroglyphic inscriptions, on early Egyptian history.