Chapter XLIII: Introduction

On the previous Conditions necessary for the Origin of a Chronology
among the Egyptians, and the Possibility of its Restoration.

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Favourable Conditions for an early Egyptian History and
Chronology 368-396

External Circumstances in favour of an Historical Development 368-374

Influence of the Local Character and Climate upon the
Preservation of the Monuments 368-371

Abundance of Building Stone 371

Bricks. Papyrus used as a Writing Material 372

Intellectual Basis and Proofs of Historical Activity 374-396

National Historical Sense of the Egyptians 374-380

Earlier and more extended Habit of Writing 377-380

Books. Libraries 380

Fame of Egyptian Wisdom and Learning among the Greeks 382

Sacred Writings of the Egyptians 387

Remains of Historical Literature 392

Retrospective View 397-400

FIRST PART OF THE CHRONOLOGY.

Criticism upon the Authorities.

The Hebrew Tradition 401-493

Uncertainty of the Hebrew Numbers 401

The Exodus according to Manetho 404

The Exodus according to Hecataeus and Diodorus 408

The Exodus of the Lepers the same as that of the Israelites 411

The Pharaoh of the Exodus according to Manetho 417

The Pharaoh of the Exodus according to Ptolemy Mendesius,
Apion Josephus 420

The Pharaoh of the Exodus according to Eusebius 422

The Pharaoh of the Exodus according to Lysimachus 423

Intimations concerning the Time of the Exodus in the Old
Testament 424

The Situation of Abaris 425

The Situation of Heroonpolis 434

The Situation of Ramses 437

The Town of Ramses built by Ramses-Miamun (Ramses II.) 438

Canal Connection between the Nile and the Red Sea 439

The Towns Pithom and Ramses, on the Canal of Ramses II.,
built in the Reign of Ramses II. 446

The Exodus of the Israelites later than Ramses II. 449

The Exodus in the year B.C. 1314 according to the Rabbinical
Chronology 450

The Date of the Exodus according to the Jewish Generations 457

The Date of the Exodus according to the Book of Judges 470

The Period from Jacob and Joseph to Moses 475-485

The Pharaoh of Joseph in Herodotus and Diodorus 480

The Period from Abraham to Moses 485-492

Joseph placed during the Reign of Aphophis 487

End of Hebrew Tradition 492

The genuine Manethonic Numbers 494

Retrospective View 496

Tables of Egyptian Dynasties 499