Excerpt from The Cities of Egypt Tms work, a reprint of articles on the Cities of Egypt mentioned in the Bible, has been written with the object of awaking such a popular interest in the famous sites described as may lead to their farther exploration. The Biblical notices of these cities, slight as they often are, have been chosen for their liveliness and human interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.