. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . h the con-temporaneous monuments teach us concerning these rulers. Khnûmû-Khiifûi,4 1 The discovery of these statues has been described by Daninos-Pasha, Letter to M. G. Maspero,in the Recueil de Travaux, vol. viii. pp. 69-73. They are reproduced in Maeiette, Monumentsdivers, pi. 20. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph taken by Emil Brugsch-Bey. 3 We have evidence that his worship was observed under the Vth dynasty (Mariette, Le»Mastabas de lAncien Empire, p. 198 ; cf. possibly Lepsius, Denkm., ii. 152), later under the XIIth(Mariette, Catalog
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . h the con-temporaneous monuments teach us concerning these rulers. Khnûmû-Khiifûi,4 1 The discovery of these statues has been described by Daninos-Pasha, Letter to M. G. Maspero,in the Recueil de Travaux, vol. viii. pp. 69-73. They are reproduced in Maeiette, Monumentsdivers, pi. 20. 2 Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph taken by Emil Brugsch-Bey. 3 We have evidence that his worship was observed under the Vth dynasty (Mariette, Le»Mastabas de lAncien Empire, p. 198 ; cf. possibly Lepsius, Denkm., ii. 152), later under the XIIth(Mariette, Catalogue général des monuments dAbydos, p. 588), and lastly under the Ptolemies(Louvre, D. 13, and Leemans, Lettre à M. François Salvolini, p. 141, pl. xxviii. No. 284). * The existence of the two cartouches Khûfûi and Khnûmû-Khûfui on the same monuments hascaused much embarrassment to Egyptologists : the majority have been inclined to see here twodifferent kings, the second of whom, according to M. Kobiou, would have been the person who. i#2 i&Z^j: ..ÎOFRÎT, LADY OF MÊDÛM* SG4 THE MEMPH1TE EMPIRE. abbreviated into Khûfûi, the Kheops1 of the Greeks, was probably theson of Snofrû He reigned twenty-three years,8 and success-fully defended the mines of the Sinaitic peninsula against theBedouin ; he may still be seen on the face of the rocks in theWady Maghara sacrificing his Asiatic prisoners, now beforethe jackal Anubis, now before the ibis-headed Thegods reaped advantage from his activity and riches; herestored the temple of Hâthor at Dendera,5 embel-lished that of Bubastis,6 built a stone sanctuary tothe Isis of the Sphinx, and consecrated theregold, silver, bronze, and wooden statues ofHorus, Nephthys, Selkît, Phtah, Sokhît,Osiris, Thot, and Hâpis. Scores of otherPharaolis had done as much or more,on whom no one bestowed a thought acentury after their death, and Kheopswould have succumbed to the sameindifference had he not forciblyattracted the cont
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