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THE BURIED CITIES OP ANCIENT EGYPT.
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settlement of Greeks in Egypt—a settlement ninety years
earlier than that of Naukratis.
The foreigners continued to occupy Daphna? for nearly a
century, till King Amasis, the fourth successor of Psammeti-
THK RUINS OF THK SANCTUARY. (GREAT TEMPLE OF T.1N1S.)
chus, removed them to Memphis. Now, the immediate pre-
decessor of Amasis was Uabra, called by the Greek " Apries,"
and in the Bible " Ilophra," It was during the reign of
Apries, about 5S5 b.c. that Jerusalem was besieged by Neb-
uchadnezzar, who took King Zedekiah captive, pot out Ids
eyes, and bore him away, with the bulk of the Jewish citi-
zens, to Babylon. But Zedekiah's daughters were left be-
hind in Jerusalem, then occupied by a Chaldean garrison un-
der a Chaldean governor. It was a time of plot and strife
and disorder; and finally Johanan. the son of Kareah, act-
ing as the guardian and adviser of the forlorn princesses,
61
settlement of Greeks in Egypt—a settlement ninety years
earlier than that of Naukratis.
The foreigners continued to occupy Daphna? for nearly a
century, till King Amasis, the fourth successor of Psammeti-
THK RUINS OF THK SANCTUARY. (GREAT TEMPLE OF T.1N1S.)
chus, removed them to Memphis. Now, the immediate pre-
decessor of Amasis was Uabra, called by the Greek " Apries,"
and in the Bible " Ilophra," It was during the reign of
Apries, about 5S5 b.c. that Jerusalem was besieged by Neb-
uchadnezzar, who took King Zedekiah captive, pot out Ids
eyes, and bore him away, with the bulk of the Jewish citi-
zens, to Babylon. But Zedekiah's daughters were left be-
hind in Jerusalem, then occupied by a Chaldean garrison un-
der a Chaldean governor. It was a time of plot and strife
and disorder; and finally Johanan. the son of Kareah, act-
ing as the guardian and adviser of the forlorn princesses,