XXVII.

THE LIGHT GOES OUT IN DARKNESS 393-402

Reign of Te-her (Tacho), 393--Reign of Nectanebo II. (Nekht-nebf), 394--Revolt of Sidon, and great expedition of Ochus, 394, 395--Sidon betrayed by Tennes and Memnon of Rhodes, 396--March upon Egypt: disposition of the Persian forces, 397--Skirmish at Pelusium, and retreat of Nekht-nebf to Memphis, 398, 399--Capture of Pelusium, 399--Surrender of Bubastis, 400--Nehkt-nebf flies to Ethiopia, 401--General reflections, 402.

INDEX 403

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PILLARED HALL OF SETI I _Frontispiece_

DOM AND DATE PALM TREES 17

FIGURES OF TAOURT 36

FIGURE OF BES 37

TABLET OF SNEFERU AT WADY-MAGHARAH 55

PYRAMID OF MEYDOUM 59

GREAT PYRAMID OF SACCARAH 61

SECTION OF THE SAME 61

GROUP OF STATUARY--HUSBAND AND WIFE 63

SECTION OF THE THIRD PYRAMID 69

TOMB CHAMBER IN THE SAME 69

SARCOPHAGUS OF MYCERINUS 73

SECTION OF THE SECOND PYRAMID 73

SECTION OF THE GREAT PYRAMID 76

KING'S CHAMBER AND CHAMBERS OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE GREAT PYRAMID 77

THE GREAT GALLERY IN THE SAME 79

VIEW OF THE FIRST AND SECOND PYRAMID 87

SPEARING THE CROCODILE 103

OBELISK OF USURTASEN I. ON THE SITE OF HELIOPOLIS 107

BUST OF A SHEPHERD KING 141

HEAD OF NEFERTARI-AAHMES 155

BUST OF THOTHMES I 159

HEAD OF THOTHMES II 171

HEAD OF QUEEN HATASU 171

GROUND-PLAN OF TEMPLE AT MEDINET-ABOU 175

EGYPTIAN SHIP IN THE TIME OF HATASU 183

HOUSE BUILT ON PILES IN THE LAND OF PUNT 181

THE QUEEN OF PUNT AT THE COURT OF HATASU 183

SECTION OF THE PILLARED HALL OF THOTHMES III. AT KARNAC 201

BUST OF THOTHMES III 205

TWIN COLOSSI OF AMENHOTEP III. AT THEBES 209

BUST OF AMENHOTEP III 221

KHUENATEN WORSHIPPING THE SOLAR DISK 225

HEAD OF AMENHOTEP IV. OR KHUENATEN 229

HEAD OF SETI I. 250

BUST OF RAMESSES II. 251

HEAD OF MENEPHTHAH 255

SEA-FIGHT IN THE TIME OF RAMESSES III. 279

CARICATURE OF THE TIME OF THE SAME 286

HEAD OF HER-HOR 291

FIGURE RECORDING THE CONQUEST OF JUDÆA BY SHISHAK 305

HEAD OF SHISHAK 307

PIANKHI RECEIVING THE SUBMISSION OF TAFNEKHT AND OTHERS 320

HEAD OF SHABAK 325

SEAL OF SHABAK 327

HEAD OF TIRHAKAH 329

FIGURE OF ESAR-HADDON AT THE NAHR-EL-KELB 335

HEAD OF PSAMATIK I 344

BAS-RELIEFS OF THE TIME OF PSAMATIK 351

HEAD OF NECO 355

THE STORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT.