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274 THE MONUMENTS OF UPPER EGYPT.
allowed the grand traditional art of sculpture in
relief to perish in their hands, almost from their
arrival in Egypt; hut, on the other hand, archi-
tecture, heing less hieratic in its character, took
a fresh start from that same period; for it was
only under the Greek dynasties that a form of
column began to appear which no longer seemed
crushed under its architraves, together with that
form of capital with curiously interlaced lines, of
which the pronaos at Esneh offers some remark-
able specimens.
VI.-EDFOU.
From Esneh to El-Kab
« El-Kab to Edfou
Milos
20
12
From Esneh to Edfou........32
From Boolak to Edfou, 532 miles.
Between Esneh and Edfou the only spot worth
stopping at is El-Kab, the ancient Eileithyias,
or the " city of Lucina " — a place famous for
its grottoes and for a very small temple of the
XVIIIth dynasty, built in the plain, about two
miles away from the river. This was formerly
a strategical point, being situated at the entrance
of the mountain-gorge down which the Herous-
allowed the grand traditional art of sculpture in
relief to perish in their hands, almost from their
arrival in Egypt; hut, on the other hand, archi-
tecture, heing less hieratic in its character, took
a fresh start from that same period; for it was
only under the Greek dynasties that a form of
column began to appear which no longer seemed
crushed under its architraves, together with that
form of capital with curiously interlaced lines, of
which the pronaos at Esneh offers some remark-
able specimens.
VI.-EDFOU.
From Esneh to El-Kab
« El-Kab to Edfou
Milos
20
12
From Esneh to Edfou........32
From Boolak to Edfou, 532 miles.
Between Esneh and Edfou the only spot worth
stopping at is El-Kab, the ancient Eileithyias,
or the " city of Lucina " — a place famous for
its grottoes and for a very small temple of the
XVIIIth dynasty, built in the plain, about two
miles away from the river. This was formerly
a strategical point, being situated at the entrance
of the mountain-gorge down which the Herous-