Mariette, Auguste; Dickerman, Lysander [Hrsg.]: The monuments of Upper Egypt (Boston, 1890)

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been so entirely changed by those excavations,
that it has lost much of its attraction for the
ordinary traveller. Let us state, in conclusion,
that the tombs of the necropolis of Abydos
belong principally to the VIth dynasty (3700
years B.C.), to the XIIth dynasty (3000 years
B.C.), and to the XIIIth dynasty(2800 years B.C.).
We may further notice that the greater number
of tlie tombs of the XIIIth dynasty consist of
pyramids economically built of crude bricks,
the interior being hollowed out in the form of a
cupola; and again, that it is not at all unusual,
among the tombs of this period, as also of the
VIth dynasty, to find vaulted roofs which take
the form of a pointed arch, and where, more-
over, the bricks of the ogive are wedge-shaped.

III. — DENDERAH.

Miles

From Bellianeh to Farschout .... 20
" Farschout to Kasr-es-sayad . . 8
" Kasr-es-sayad to Keneh ... 30

From Bellianeh to Keneh.....58

From Boolak to Keneh, 425J miles.
Between Bellianeh and Keneh there is no
place particularly deserving of the traveller's