An Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Classic Reprint)

The Committee of theE gypt Exploration Fund issues this volume of Maps of Ancient Egypt as aS pecial Publication, in the belief that many of its friends and subscribers may desire to possess such an Atlas exhibiting the latest identifications of ancient sites, and more especially marking the important geographical discoveries which have resulted from the work of theS ociety. Egypt changes but little, and the modern Map, with the natural as well as the artificial features depicted upon it, will give a truer insight into the physiography of the country in ancient times than the skeleton maps of Ancient Egypt which follow it. This map also shows the lines of the modern desert roads (which generally coincide with those of the old roadways), theE gyptian railway system, and theS uez Canal; it will therefore be appreciated by travellers, as well as by archaeological enquirers. Opposite to the maps of Ancient Egypt will be found tables containing the names of theN omes and their capitals, and of the local gods, but the state of our present knowledge does not enable us to delineate their boundaries; which, moreover, often varied. Maps of theW ady Tumilat and theL and of Goshen have already been published by theE gypt Exploration Fund as part of the results of M. Naville sresearches conducted for theS ociety, and explained at length in his Memoirs of 1884 and 1887. The present Map of that district is compiled from them, and extracts from theM emoirs which bear upon the maps are also reprinted. A reference list of localities in Egypt mentioned in theB ible is appended for the use of Bible students. Since this Atlas will doubtless fall into the hands of many who have had neither time nor opportunity for the study of Egyptology, interested as they may be in its results, a few notes on certain geographical aspects of Ancient Egyptian history are here given.
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