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PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. EGYPT AND THE BIBLE.

I. The Rosetta Stone: Decipherment of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

2. Kings and Dynasties of Egypt.

3. The Finding of the Mummies.

4. Egyptians in Palestine before the Exodus.

The Hittites.

5. Semites in Egypt before the Oppression.

6. Israel in Egypt.

7. Buried Cities of the East—Preliminary.

8. Biblical Sites in Egypt.

9. The Route of the Exodus.

10. The Wilderness Wanderings.

CHAPTER II. PALESTINE.

1. Palestine generally.

2. Physical Features of Palestine.

3. The Dead Sea, Salt Sea, or Sea of Lot.

4. The Cities of the Plain.

5. “ Lot’s Wife. ”

6. The Natural History of Palestine, as dependent on its Physical Geography.

7. The Topographical Survey of Western Palestine.

8. Israel’s Wars and Worship, considered in connection with the Physical Features of the Country.

9. Sacred Sites of the Hebrews.

10. The Method of the Survey, and Incidents of the Work.

11. The East of Jordan.

CHAPTER III. JERUSALEM.

1. The City as it is.

2. The Sieges of Jerusalem, and the Fortunes of its Walls.

3. Excavations at Jerusalem.

4. Jerusalem as it was.

5. The Walls and Gates of the City.

6. Incidents of the History better realised.

CHAPTER IV. GOSPEL HISTORY IN THE LIGHT OF PALESTINE EXPLORATION.

1. Christ in the Provinces.

2. Christ in the Capital.

CHAPTER V. MESOPOTAMIA AND THE BIBLE.

1. Assyria.

2. Babylonia.

3. How the Writings were Read.

THE VANDALISM OF THE ORIENTALS.