The priests enumerated to me from a papyrus roll the names of other kings, three hundred and thirty in number.Translated by George C. Macaulay

This installment ends with the profession of undertakers and how they embalm the dead. Can hardly wait to meet the famous Egyptian

Describing daily life in ancient Egypt. Places and customs Herodotus observed first-hand.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project

As regards the Oracles both that among the Hellenes and that in Libya, the Egyptians tell the following tale.Translated by George C. Macaulay --

I moreover, desiring to know something certain of these matters so far as might be, made a voyage also to Tyre of Phoenicia.Translated by George

Of Egypt I shall make my report at length because it has wonders more in number than any other land.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our

The Nile then, besides that part of its course which is in Egypt, is known as far as a four months' journey by river and land.Translated by

He writes about Egypt, its geography, its people, its culture, and its rulers.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting

Today we begin the second book of Herodotus’ great work. It begins at the death of Persia’s first great emperor.Translated by George C. Macaulay