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THE POLITICAL CONSTITUTION OF EGYPT THE KING, QUEEN, AND ROYAL PRINCES-PHARAONIC ADMINISTRATION FEUDALISM AND THE EGYPTIAN PRIESTHOOD, THE MILITARY-THE CITIZENS AND THE COUNTRY-PEOPLE. The cemeteries of Gizeh and Saqqâra: the Great Sphinx; the mastabas, their chapel and its decoration, the statues of the double, the sepulchral vault-Importance of the wall-paintings and texts of the mastabas in determining the history of the Memphite dynasties. The king and the royal family-Double nature and titles of the sovereign: his Horus-names, and the progressive formation of the Pharaonic Protocol-Royal etiquette an actual divine worship; the insignia and prophetic statues of Pharaoh, Pharaoh the mediator between the gods and his subjects-Pharaoh in family life; his amusements, his occupations, his cares-His harem: the women, the queen, her origin, her duties to the king-His children: their position in the State; rivalry among them during the old age and at the death of their father; succession to the throne, consequent revolutions. The royal city: the palace and its occupants-The royal household and its officers: Pharaoh’s jesters, dwarfs, and magicians-The royal domain and the slaves, the treasury and the establishments which provided for its service: the buildings and places for the receipt of taxes-The scribe, his education, his chances of promotion: the career of Amten, his successive offices, the value of his personal property at his death. Egyptian feudalism: the status of the lords, their rights, their amusements, their obligations to the sovereign-The influence of the gods: gifts to the temples, and possessions in mortmain; the priesthood, its hierarchy, and the method of recruiting its ranks-The military: foreign mercenaries; native militia, their privileges, their training.
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