DOVER BOOKS ON EGYPT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; I. PAGAN; I -- STORIES OF THE MARVELLOUS DEEDS WROUGHT BY THE MAGICIANS OF THE OLD KINGDOM; [THE FIRST STORY WHICH WAS TOLD BY PRINCE HERTETEF]; [PRINCE KHFR (KHEPHREN) TELLS THE SECOND STORY]; [THE CIVILIAN AND THE WIFE OF UBANER MEET IN THE GARDEN]; [UBANER MAKES A WAX CROCODILE]; [THE FATE OF THE ADULTEROUS WIFE]; [THE SECOND STORY, WHICH WAS TOLD BY PRINCE BAIUFRA]; [HIS MAJESTY SUMMONS DJADJEMNKH]; [THE NEW MALACHITE BUCKLE IS RECOVERED]; [THE THIRD STORY, WHICH WAS TOLD BY PRINCE HERTETEF].
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[COPY OF THE ROYAL COMMAND WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO THE SERVANT THERE (i.e. SANEHE) CONCERNING HIS RETURN TO EGYPT[A ROYAL COMMAND TO THE FOLLOWER OF THE KING SANEHE]; [SANEHE'S REPLY TO THE ROYAL LETTER]; [COPY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RECEIPT OF THE ROYAL COMMAND]; [SANEHE BEGS THE KING TO CONSULT CERTAIN PRINCES AS TO HIS LOYALTY]; [SANEHE LEAVES SYRIA]; [SANEHE SETS OUT ON HIS JOURNEY TO EGYPT]; [SANEHE'S RECEPTION AT THE PALACE]; [SANEHE AND THE KING'S CHILDREN]; [THE CONSTRUCTION OF SANEHE'S TOMB]; [THE COLOPHON]; IV -- THE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR AND HIS ADVENTURES.
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[KING NEBKAUR WISHES TO HEAR THE APPEAL OF KHUNANPU IN PERSON][THE SECOND APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE THIRD APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE FOURTH APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE FIFTH APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE SIXTH APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE SEVENTH APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE EIGHTH APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [THE NINTH APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI]; [HOW KHUNANPU WAS REWARDED AND DJEHUTI-NEKHT PUNISHED]; III -- THE STORY OF SANEHE; [SANEHE'S INTRODUCTION TO HIS STORY]; [SANEHE'S FLIGHT TO SYRIA]; [THE NOBLES SEND FOR THE HEIR TO THE THRONE].
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[PRINCE HERTETEF ARRIVES AT TETA'S HOUSE][TETA IS PRESENTED TO KING KHEPS]; [THE WONDERFUL DEEDS OF TETA]; [THE SECRET SHRINE OF THOTH]; [THE THREE SONS OF RUDJ-TETET]; [THE BIRTH OF THE SECOND CHILD]; [THE BIRTH OF THE THIRD CHILD]; [RUD]-TETET DISCOVERS THE CROWNS]; II -- THE APPEALS OF THE WRONGED PEASANT KHUNANPU; [HOW THE APPEALS CAME TO BE MADE]; [THE PEASANT SETS OUT FOR EGYPT]; [THE PEASANT MEETS THE OFFICIAL DJEHUTI-NEKHT]; [THE PEASANT KHUNANPU APPEALS TO THE CHIEF STEWARD RENSI]; [THE FIRST APPEAL OF KHUNANPU TO RENSI].
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[SANEHE OVERHEARS A TREASONABLE DISCUSSION][SANEHE'S FLIGHT THROUGH THE LIBYAN DESERT]; [SANEHE CROSSES THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ]; [SANEHE ARRIVES IN KEDEM]; [SANEHE'S LIFE IN PALESTINE]; [SANEHE'S PRAISES OF THE KING]; [SANEHE SETTLES IN SYRIA]; [SANEHE BECOMES THE SHAIKH OF A TRIBE]; [SANEHE AS A MILITARY LEADER]; [SANEHE'S AUTHORITY IS CHALLENGED BY A NATIVE ROBBER]; [SANEHE MEETS THE WARRIOR IN DEADLY COMBAT]; [SANEHE'S REJOICINGS]; [SANEHE LONGS TO RETURN TO EGYPT : HIS PRAYER TO GOD]; [SANEHE RECEIVES A GENEROUS LETTER FROM THE KING OF EGYPT].
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Spanning the early dynastic period to modern times, treasury of Egyptian folklore encompasses 36 beguiling stories. First part contains tales originally written in hieratic characters; second part documents Christian influence; third part recounts stories of Muslims who succeeded Copts. 40 black-and-white illustrations.