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152 THE MONUMENTS OP UPPER EGYPT.
attention, but Farschout lias an industrial estab-
lishment of great importance. Tombs of the
VIth dynasty are to be seen at Kasr-es-sayad.
Some of the rock tombs of this locality are
covered with numberless Coptic inscriptions
which are worth studying. Keneh is with
Siout, Esneh and Assouan, one of the modern
towns of Upper Egypt which travellers usually
visit.
Keneh is situated on the right bank of the
river; and almost immediately opposite, on the
left bank, is the temple of Denderah. This is
one of the best preserved and the most impor-
tant of Egypt's temples. It was built, like all
Egyptian temples, in the centre of a vast encir-
cling wall of crude bricks, which was so high and
so thick that when the two gates were closed
through which admission was obtained, nothing
could be seen or heard of what was taking place
inside. The history of the temple of Denderah
may be summed up in a few words. Its foun-
dations were laid under Ptolemy XL; its con-
struction was finished under Tiberius, and its
decoration under Nero. Jesus Christ was living
at Jerusalem when this temple was being
completed.
attention, but Farschout lias an industrial estab-
lishment of great importance. Tombs of the
VIth dynasty are to be seen at Kasr-es-sayad.
Some of the rock tombs of this locality are
covered with numberless Coptic inscriptions
which are worth studying. Keneh is with
Siout, Esneh and Assouan, one of the modern
towns of Upper Egypt which travellers usually
visit.
Keneh is situated on the right bank of the
river; and almost immediately opposite, on the
left bank, is the temple of Denderah. This is
one of the best preserved and the most impor-
tant of Egypt's temples. It was built, like all
Egyptian temples, in the centre of a vast encir-
cling wall of crude bricks, which was so high and
so thick that when the two gates were closed
through which admission was obtained, nothing
could be seen or heard of what was taking place
inside. The history of the temple of Denderah
may be summed up in a few words. Its foun-
dations were laid under Ptolemy XL; its con-
struction was finished under Tiberius, and its
decoration under Nero. Jesus Christ was living
at Jerusalem when this temple was being
completed.