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I. THOTH, THE AUTHOR OF EGYPTIAN LITERATURE. WRITING MATERIALS,
PAPYRUS, INK AND INK-POT, PALETTE, &c. 1

II. THE PYRAMID TEXTS: 9
The Book of Opening the Mouth 13
The Liturgy of Funerary Offerings 16
Hymns to the Sky-goddess and Sun-god 18
The King in Heaven 20
The Hunting and Slaughter of the Gods by the King 21

III. STORIES OF MAGICIANS WHO LIVED UNDER THE ANCIENT EMPIRE: 25
Ubaaner and the Wax Crocodile 25
The Magician Tchatchamānkh and the Gold Ornament 27
Teta, who restored Life to Dead Animals, &c. 29
Rut-tetet and the Three Sons of Rā 33

IV. THE BOOK OF THE DEAD: 37
Summary of Chapters 42
Hymns, Litany, and Extracts from the Book of the Dead 44
The Great Judgment 51

V. BOOKS OF THE DEAD OF THE GRÆCO-ROMAN PERIOD: 59
Book of Breathings 59
Book of Traversing Eternity 61
The Lamentations of Isis and Nephthys 62
The Festival Songs of Isis and Nephthys 64
The Book of Making Splendid the Spirit of Osiris 64

VI. THE EGYPTIAN STORY OF THE CREATION 67