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the monuments of upper egypt.

Thebes spreads itself on both banks of the
Nile, just as London and Paris extend over
both banks of the Thames and Seine.

On the right bank are the temples of Karnak
and of Luxor. On the left bank, going from N.
to S., are the temple of Goornah, the temple
of Deir-el-Bahari,* the Rameseurn, the Colossi,
the temple of Deir-el-Medineh, and the temple of
Medinet-Abou. Besides these there were other
temples which adorned the left side of Thebes;
but they are utterly demolished, and some among
them have hardly left any traces by which their
site may be ascertained. On the left bank are
also to be found the various cemeteries of
Thebes. Behind the temple of Goornah is that
which is called Drah-Abou'l-neygah. In front of
Deir-el-Bahari.* is a second necropolis called El-
Assassif, and on the slope of the hills situated
behind the Rameseurn is another called Scheikh
Abd-el- Goornah, and Goornah-Moural. We may
further mention the Valley of Queens and the
two Valleys of Kings (Bab-el-Moloulc), situated
in the desert at some little distance to the west.

Thinis (Abydos) and Memphis are the two
most ancient capitals of Egypt, being coteni-
* See note D in the Appendix. — [Ed.]