OF THE

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

OF

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS,

INCLUDING

THEIR RELIGION, AGRICULTURE, &c.

DERIVED FROM A COMPARISON OF

THE PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES, AND MONUMENTS STILL EXISTING,
WITH THE ACCOUNTS OF ANCIENT AUTHORS.

BY SIR J. GARDNER WILKINSON, F.R.S.

F. R. G.S. M. R. S. L. M.I.B. A. &c.

LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE,

New-Street-Square.

PREFACE.

In the previous portion of this work I was under the necessity of omitting certain subjects, which, though intimately connected with the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians, could not have been introduced without increasing it to a disproportionate size. But, in order to fulfil my original intention of giving a summary view of the most striking usages of that people, I have now put together those which were omitted in the previous volumes; and if there appears any want of connection in the agriculture and religion, it will be explained by the reason already stated. It may also occur to the reader, that I have repeated some remarks previously introduced; but this I have sometimes thought preferable to a too frequent reference to the preceding part of the work, especially when they were directly connected with the present subjects.

It has been thought better to arrange the plates in a separate volume, many of which, from their size, might be inconvenient with the letter-press; and thus the necessity of publishing volumes of