Bk I. Egyptology Ancient and modern
The Egyptian language and writing
The land, its neighbours and resources
The foundations and nature of Egyptian history
Excursus: Regnal years and method of dating
The rise and fall of the middle Kingdom
From collapse to recovery
The religious revolution and after
The Ramesside period: the Nineteenth dynasty
The last assertions of independence
Manetho's first two dynasties. Epilogue
Appendix: The Kings of Egypt from Manetho, the Kinglists and the monuments