Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Sidebars xiii
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction xvii
7. Abbreviations xxi
8. Chapter One The Beginnings 1
9. Chapter Two The Advent of Horus 8
10. Chapter Three In the Time of the Residence 18
11. Chapter Four The Collapse 42
12. Chapter Five The Mysterious Centuries: The Middle Kingdom 58
13. Chapter Six Mendes under the Empire Pharaohs 67
14. Chapter Seven The Great Chiefs of the Meshwesh 95
15. Chapter Eight Egypt in the Time of Troubles 111
16. Chapter Nine The Ram, Lord of Djedet 124
17. Chapter Ten The Saite Revival 138
18. Chapter Eleven Mendes, the Capital of Egypt 144
19. Chapter Twelve The Great Disaster 179
20. Chapter Thirteen Dusk and Darkness: The End of Mendes 188
21. Notes to Chapters and Further Readings 211
22. Index 231