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situated near the Arabicus Mons, and contained a temple, in
which a sacred "white bull was preserved.
Tilosj, or Tisjol, or Delass, said by Coptic authors to have
been near Atfeb, and to have contained a convent, appears to
have been at Soal, a large village near the river.
Ancyuonpolis, so called by Stepbanus of Byzantium, and
Angyron by Ptolemy, was in this nome, and in the same latitude
as Ptolemais. No traces of it are, however, to be found in that
position ; but the situation of Crumba has the appearance and
the reputation of being an antient site.
Tuimotjepsi is described, in the " Notitia," to be a military
post, and, in the " Itinerary," to be twenty-four Roman miles
distant from Aphroditopolis. It was probably at Wady Bayad,
opposite Beni Souef.
NOMOS MEMPHITIS.
Memphis, the capital of Lower Egypt, is supposed to have
been built by Menes, the earliest king of the country. Diodorus
describes it to have been nineteen miles in circumference; and
his account is in some degree confirmed by the remains of build-
ings and of foundations. This great extent most probably
occasioned the contradictory statements given by antient his-
torians of its relative distance from the neighbouring places. Not-
withstanding the antient grandeur of Memphis, Edrisi, who wrote
in the twelfth century, says that it was then an insignificant
place, and indeed it may be supposed to have supplied materials
for the building of Cairo. Abou el Fedeh, however, 200 years
afterwards, mentions extensive ruins, consisting of great blocks
inscribed with figures ; and at the village of Metrahenni a large
tank may now be traced, near the foundations of a building,
which appears to have been the temple of Ptah or Vulcan,
mentioned by Herodotus, and by other antient historians; and a
colossal statue near it was probably the image of Rameses, said
to have been erected before the temple.4 The city appears to
have extended to the northward of the temple ; but, as it, was
built upon low ground, the foundations have probably been
covered by the annual deposit of the river.
Mons Psammius, near the above-mentioned city, was that part
of the Libyan Mountains, upon which the Pyramids of Saccara5
• This statue was excavated by Signore Caviglia, and presented by the
late Mr. Sloane, Vice-consul at Alexandria, to the British Museum.
1 The name of the deity of Memphis was Pthah Sakari.
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situated near the Arabicus Mons, and contained a temple, in
which a sacred "white bull was preserved.
Tilosj, or Tisjol, or Delass, said by Coptic authors to have
been near Atfeb, and to have contained a convent, appears to
have been at Soal, a large village near the river.
Ancyuonpolis, so called by Stepbanus of Byzantium, and
Angyron by Ptolemy, was in this nome, and in the same latitude
as Ptolemais. No traces of it are, however, to be found in that
position ; but the situation of Crumba has the appearance and
the reputation of being an antient site.
Tuimotjepsi is described, in the " Notitia," to be a military
post, and, in the " Itinerary," to be twenty-four Roman miles
distant from Aphroditopolis. It was probably at Wady Bayad,
opposite Beni Souef.
NOMOS MEMPHITIS.
Memphis, the capital of Lower Egypt, is supposed to have
been built by Menes, the earliest king of the country. Diodorus
describes it to have been nineteen miles in circumference; and
his account is in some degree confirmed by the remains of build-
ings and of foundations. This great extent most probably
occasioned the contradictory statements given by antient his-
torians of its relative distance from the neighbouring places. Not-
withstanding the antient grandeur of Memphis, Edrisi, who wrote
in the twelfth century, says that it was then an insignificant
place, and indeed it may be supposed to have supplied materials
for the building of Cairo. Abou el Fedeh, however, 200 years
afterwards, mentions extensive ruins, consisting of great blocks
inscribed with figures ; and at the village of Metrahenni a large
tank may now be traced, near the foundations of a building,
which appears to have been the temple of Ptah or Vulcan,
mentioned by Herodotus, and by other antient historians; and a
colossal statue near it was probably the image of Rameses, said
to have been erected before the temple.4 The city appears to
have extended to the northward of the temple ; but, as it, was
built upon low ground, the foundations have probably been
covered by the annual deposit of the river.
Mons Psammius, near the above-mentioned city, was that part
of the Libyan Mountains, upon which the Pyramids of Saccara5
• This statue was excavated by Signore Caviglia, and presented by the
late Mr. Sloane, Vice-consul at Alexandria, to the British Museum.
1 The name of the deity of Memphis was Pthah Sakari.