Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt - Paperback

by Gaston C. Maspero (Author), A. S. Johns (Translator)

1915. Here is a picture of Egyptian moral and society found in seventeen stories and six fragments. These stories present Egyptian life, culture and thought and give the reader a first hand account of Egyptian times. Contents: Story of the Two Brothers; King Khufui and the Magicians; Lamentations of the Fellah; Memoirs of Sinuhit; Shipwrecked Sailor; How Thutiyi Took the City of Joppa; Cycle of Satni-Khamois; Cycle of Ramses II; Doomed Prince; Story of Rhampsinitus; Voyage of Unamunu to the Coasts of Syria; Cycle of Petubatis; Fragments.