Thomas Dobson. Encyclopædia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature. Stone house, no. 41, South Second street, 1798. Page 785
A History of Egypt, from the XIXth to the XXXth Dynasties. By Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie. p336.
United States Exploring Expedition: Volume 15. By Charles Wilkes(d), United States. Congress. p53
Essay on the Hieroglyphic System of M. Champollion, Jun., and on the Advantages which it Offers to Sacred Criticism. By J. G. Honoré Greppo. p128
Egypt Under the Pharaohs: A History Derived Entireley from the Monuments. By Heinrich Brugsch(d), Brodrick(d). p444 (cf. Neku then attempted to assert the Egyptian supremacy in Asia.)
Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia. Edited by Henry Smith Williams(d). p118
The Geographical system of Herodotus by James Rennel. p348+
Die umsegelung Asiens und Europas auf der Vega. Volume 2. By Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. p148
History of Egypt. By F. C. H. Wendel. American Book Co., 1890. p127 (cf. Herodotus relates a story of a great maritime enterprise undertaken at this time which seems quite credible. He states that Nekau sent out Phoenician ships from the Red Sea to circumnavigate Africa, and that in the third year of their journey they returned to the Mediterranean through the Straits of Gibraltar.)
'The Historians' History of the World. Edited by Henry Smith Williams. p286 (cf. Syria seems to have submitted to him, as far as the countries bordering the Euphrates. Gaza offered resistance, but was taken. But it was only for a short time that Neku II could feel himself a conqueror.)
Egypt Under the Pharaohs: A History Derived Entireley from the Monuments. By Heinrich Brugsch(d), Brodrick(d). p444 (cf. Neku then attempted to assert the Egyptian supremacy in Asia.)
Israel, India, Persia, Phoenicia, Minor Nations of Western Asia. Edited by Henry Smith Williams(d). p118
Lloyd is to hold the position that geographical knowledge at the time(d) of Herodutus was such that Greeks would know that such a voyage would entail the sun being on their right but did not believe Africa could extend far enough for this to happen. He suggests that the Greeks at this time understood that anyone going south far enough and then turning west would have the sun on their right but found it unbelievable that Africa reached so far south. He wrote: "Given the context of Egyptian thought(d), economic life(d), and military(d) interests, it is impossible for one to imagine what stimulus could have motivated Necho in such a scheme and if we cannot provide a reason which is sound within Egyptian terms of reference, then we have good reason to doubt the historicity of the entire episode." Alan B. Lloyd, "Necho and the Red Sea: Some Considerations", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 63 (1977) p.149.
