Berkley, E.: The pharaohs and their people: scenes of old Egyptian life and history (New York, [1883])

218 THE TWENTIETH DYNASTY.

of repose from hostile attack, is inscribed upon
the walls of the great temple which Rameses
in. erected not far from the colossi of Amen-
hotep in. in Western Thebes. Here are also
pictorial representations of the scene where
naval warfare is for the first time depicted.
No doubt the services of the mercenaries,
so largely employed in the fleet, stood the
Egyptians in good stead at this crisis, the
naval service never being popular with the
native population.

The great temple of Rameses in. at Medinet
Habou (to which, for the first time, so far as we
know, a palace was annexed) was enriched with
vast donations by the king; he also conferred
immense gifts on other temples, which are
detailed in almost endless lists. For Rameses in.,
at some period, undertook wars of retribution,
and won victories, and acquired rich spoil, both
on the mainland and in the Mediterranean
isles, more especially in Cilicia and in Cyprus.
Fabulous stories were current in after times
concerning King Rampsinitus (as the Greeks
called this monarch) and his wonderful treasure-
house. Herodotus heard some of these sensa-