. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . gs of the Society of BiblicalArchxology, vol. xiii. pp. 429 431. 4 It was found there by Sayce (The Academy, 1892, vol. i. p. 332). 5 Golénischeff, Le Papyrus No. 1 de Saint-Pélersburg, in the Zeitschrift, 1876, p. 109. 6 Maspero, Les Contes populaires de VEyypte Ancienne, 2nd edit., pp. 59-62. Cf. what is said ofthe hippopotamus as the avenger of the gods on p. 235, note 5, and of Akhthoës on p. 440. 7 The most probable estimate of the duration of the first Heracleopolitan dynasty is that KH1TI I. AND THE HERACLEOPOLITAN DYNASTIES. U9 Nibkaûiî—
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . gs of the Society of BiblicalArchxology, vol. xiii. pp. 429 431. 4 It was found there by Sayce (The Academy, 1892, vol. i. p. 332). 5 Golénischeff, Le Papyrus No. 1 de Saint-Pélersburg, in the Zeitschrift, 1876, p. 109. 6 Maspero, Les Contes populaires de VEyypte Ancienne, 2nd edit., pp. 59-62. Cf. what is said ofthe hippopotamus as the avenger of the gods on p. 235, note 5, and of Akhthoës on p. 440. 7 The most probable estimate of the duration of the first Heracleopolitan dynasty is that KH1TI I. AND THE HERACLEOPOLITAN DYNASTIES. U9 Nibkaûiî—that a travelling fellah, having been robbed of his earnings by anartisan, is said to have journeyed to Heracleopolis to demand justice from thegovernor, or to charm him by the eloquence of his pleadings and thevariety of his It would, of course, be idle to look for the record ofany historic event in this story ; the common people, moreover, do not longremember the names of unimportant princes, and the tenacity with which the. PART OF TIIE WALLS OF EL-KAB ON HIE NORTHERN Egyptians treasured the memories of several kings of the Heracleopolitan lineamply proves that, whether by their good or evil qualities, they had at leastmade a lasting impression upon the popular imagination. The history of thisperiod, as far as we can discern it through the mists of the past, appears to beone confused struggle : from north to south war raged without intermission •the Pharaohs fought against their rebel vassals, the nobles fought amongthemselves, and—what scarcely amounted to warfare—there were the raids onall sides of pillaging bands, who, although too feeble to constitute any seriousdanger to large cities, were strong enough either in numbers or disciplineto render the country districts uninhabitable, and to destroy national provisionally adopted by Lepsius (ESnigtbucli, pp. 56, 57), Allowing it one hundred and nineteen years(cf. Maspero, Quatre Année* de fou
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