Ancient Records of Egypt: The Eighteenth Dynasty

James Henry Breasted

University of Illinois Press, May 1, 2001 - History - 456 pages

This volume extends Breasted's remarkable documentary history through the reign of King Tutankhamun. By providing the first definitive transcription and the first English version of hundreds of historical records inscribed on papyrus or leather or carved in stone, Breasted gave unprecedented access to details of royal succession, military conquest, religious upheaval, administrative complexity, and other aspects of ancient Egyptian civilization. Originally published in the first decade of the twentieth century, his monumental work appears here in paperback for the first time.The Eighteenth Dynasty saw the consolidation of the cult of Amun and the expansion of the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, as well as a religious revolution under King Akhenaten that involved abandoning Thebes as a religious capital and royal residence and founding a new city devoted to the service of the new solar god, Aten. Breasted presents records of the biography and coronation of Queen Hatshepsut, including reliefs that depict the queen's expedition to the land of Punt. Also in this volume are the annals of Thutmose III, providing the most complete account of the military achievements of any Egyptian king; scenes representing the supernatural birth and coronation by the gods of his son, Amenhotep II; and inscriptions from the tomb of Rekhmire, prime minister or vizier under Thutmose III, that include a listing of taxes paid to the temple and foreign tribute proceeding from the king's two decades of military activity in Asia.A herculean assemblage of primary documents, many of which have deteriorated to illegibility since its original publication, Ancient Records of Egypt illuminates both the incredible complexity of Egyptian society and the almost insuperable difficulties of reconstructing a lost civilization.

Contents

• Reign of NibtowereMentuhotep IV 434459: 3
• Plan of Scenes and Inscriptions in Medinet Habu Temple: 5
• Seti I on the Route through Southern Palestine: 9
• Quarry Inscription 2628: 12
• Inscription of Harnakht 717718: 13
• Biography of Ahmose Son of Ebana 3839: 18
• Reign of Thutmose I 54H4: 24
• INDEX: 31
• Reign of Sesostris III 640748: 32
• CHRONOLOGY 3857: 38
• Reign of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut 128390: 53
• CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 5875: 58
• Figure of an Unknown Prince Inserted in a Fragmen: 66
• Reign of Ramses I 7479: 74
• Reign of Seti I 80250: 83
• Council of Amon and Hathor 209: 85
• THE FIRST TO THE F1FTH DYXASTITS 76167: 90
• Coronation before the Court 232239: 94
• Biography of Ineni 99108: 99
• THE TWELFTH DYNASTY 460750: 103
• Stela of Yuf 109114: 109
• Reign of Thutmose II 115127: 115
• HI Second Dynasty 117144: 117
• Temple of Dcrr 503: 122
• The Karnak Obelisks 304307: 126
• Reliefs of Transportation of Obelisks 323: 135
• H The Elephantine Inscription 649650: 141
• Reign of Thutmose III 39r779: 142
• VOLUME IV: 144
• Third Dynasty 145148: 145
• THE TWENTIETH DYNASTY 1603: 150
• Fifth Dynasty 153167: 153
• THE THIRD DYNASTY 168175: 168
• Seventeenth Campaign 528539: 175
• THE FOURTH DYNASTY 176212: 176
• Building Inscriptions 199250: 199
• Reign of Takelot I 738740: 237
• Second Purification 240241: 240
• Temple Model of Heliopolis 244246: 244
• Reign of Ramses II 251568: 251
• Medinet Habu Building Inscriptions 637641: 256
• Reign of Sheshonk HI 756777: 258
• Reign of Merneptah 569638: 262
• THE SIXTH DYNASTY 282390: 282
• Reception of Dues to the AmonTemple 746751: 289
• The Asiatic War 294391: 296
• Reign of Amenhotep II 780: 304
• Reign of Khafre 188209: 320
• Reign of Amenhotep HI 841931: 334
• Biography of Ineni 340343: 340
• Inscriptions on the Karnak Statue 349358: 349
• nI Palestinian Revolt 352362: 352
• n Tomb Inscriptions 382387: 382
• THE NINTH AND TENTH DYNASTIES 391414: 391
• Relations of Egypt with the Hittites after the War 392491: 394
• THE TWENTYFIRST DYNASTY 604692: 419
• Reign of Siptah 639650: 420
• Reign of Eye 10421043: 428

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ancient Records of Egypt: The Eighteenth Dynasty; Volume 2 of Ancient Records of Egypt, James Henry Breasted; Volume 2 of Ancient records of Egypt : historical documents from earliest times to the Persian conquest
• Editor: James Henry Breasted
• Translated by: James Henry Breasted
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, annotated
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2001
• ISBN: 0252069749, 9780252069741
• Length: 456 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / Egypt; History / Middle East / Egypt; Social Science / Penology