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therefore be supposed to have been situated near the antient
mounds called Kom Achmar. Cercasura was probably at El
Eksass. The ruins near the Pyramid of Abou Roash are
supposed to mark the position of Cociione, Cochoma, Cno, or
Choe, because Clio signified a hill — and the elevation, upon
which the pyramid was built, is higher than the surrounding
country—and because the decayed state of the materials seems
to correspond with the remote era of Venephres, the fourth king
of the first dynasty, who, according to Manetho, erected a
pyramid near that city.
NOMOS HELIOPOLITIS.
An obelisk and a few mounds arc all that remain of IIelio-
polis, famous for its grandeur, and also for the learning of its
inhabitants. At this city Plato and Eudoxus studied, and
Herodotus obtained materials for the history of Antient Egypt.
Cairo occupies the site of an antient city, or probably, of two
small towns called Liou and Tikes-chromi. The adjacent rocks
have been excavated, and contain antient quarries, both of sand-
stone and of limestone; and Greek and Coptic inscriptions are
found in some grottoes at a little distance to the south, which
seem to have been the retreat of the early Christians.
The situation of the modern town of Cairo (Misr el Kahirah,
built by Moez e Deen, 359 a.h.) was probably chosen on account
of its strength.
Boulac, the port of Cairo for vessels arriving from the north-
ward, seems, from its name, to have had an Egyptian origin.
The Nilometer on the Island of Rhoda appears, from the
length of the cubit employed, and from other circumstances, to
be much older than the building, in which it is placed. The
building, according to El Makim, was erected by the Kalif
Soliman ebn Abd el Melik, a.h. 97, and was afterwards repaired
under Almamon and Mutawakel. It is said that the French
intended to build a fortified town on this island, and to have
established a citadel on the island opposite to Boulac.
According to Strabo, Babylon was an antient military post;
and, according to Josephus, it was built by Cambyses, on the
deserted site of Latopolis.2 It was afterwards the station of a
legion, and the present remains are evidently of Roman con-
struction. Coptic authors state that it held out for seven months
2 Many towns had this name.
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therefore be supposed to have been situated near the antient
mounds called Kom Achmar. Cercasura was probably at El
Eksass. The ruins near the Pyramid of Abou Roash are
supposed to mark the position of Cociione, Cochoma, Cno, or
Choe, because Clio signified a hill — and the elevation, upon
which the pyramid was built, is higher than the surrounding
country—and because the decayed state of the materials seems
to correspond with the remote era of Venephres, the fourth king
of the first dynasty, who, according to Manetho, erected a
pyramid near that city.
NOMOS HELIOPOLITIS.
An obelisk and a few mounds arc all that remain of IIelio-
polis, famous for its grandeur, and also for the learning of its
inhabitants. At this city Plato and Eudoxus studied, and
Herodotus obtained materials for the history of Antient Egypt.
Cairo occupies the site of an antient city, or probably, of two
small towns called Liou and Tikes-chromi. The adjacent rocks
have been excavated, and contain antient quarries, both of sand-
stone and of limestone; and Greek and Coptic inscriptions are
found in some grottoes at a little distance to the south, which
seem to have been the retreat of the early Christians.
The situation of the modern town of Cairo (Misr el Kahirah,
built by Moez e Deen, 359 a.h.) was probably chosen on account
of its strength.
Boulac, the port of Cairo for vessels arriving from the north-
ward, seems, from its name, to have had an Egyptian origin.
The Nilometer on the Island of Rhoda appears, from the
length of the cubit employed, and from other circumstances, to
be much older than the building, in which it is placed. The
building, according to El Makim, was erected by the Kalif
Soliman ebn Abd el Melik, a.h. 97, and was afterwards repaired
under Almamon and Mutawakel. It is said that the French
intended to build a fortified town on this island, and to have
established a citadel on the island opposite to Boulac.
According to Strabo, Babylon was an antient military post;
and, according to Josephus, it was built by Cambyses, on the
deserted site of Latopolis.2 It was afterwards the station of a
legion, and the present remains are evidently of Roman con-
struction. Coptic authors state that it held out for seven months
2 Many towns had this name.