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Ancient Records of Egypt vol 5

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Around the turn of the last century, James Breasted took on the challenge of assembling all the available historical documents of ancient 
Egypt and translating them into English. This prodigious undertaking involved traveling to the monuments extant in the Nile valley and in 
outlying areas of Egyptian conquest, as well as to museums throughout Europe where Egyptian relics were housed. Breasted made his own copies 
of hundreds of Egyptian records inscribed on papyrus or leather or carved in stone and engaged in a thorough study of the published records 
of Egyptian history in conjunction with his own transcription of the documents themselves. This five-volume compendium is the result.
Breasted's monumental work, originally published from 1906 to 1907, encompasses twenty-six dynasties spanning more than three millennia: 
from ca. 3050 B.C. to 525 B.C. For each document, Breasted provides information on the location, condition, historical significance, 
and content. Beginning with the earliest known official annals of Egypt, the Palermo Stone, Breasted catalogs the realm's official activities, 
including royal succession, temple construction, property distribution, and foreign conquest. He tracks the careers of scores of kings, queens, 
government officials, military leaders, powerful statesmen, and influential courtiers, reproducing their autobiographies, letters of favor, 
paeans, mortuary gifts, and tomb inscriptions. Clearly annotated for the lay reader, the documents provide copious evidence of trade relations, 
construction activities, diplomatic envoys, foreign expeditions, and other aspects of a vigorous, highly organized and centrally controlled society.