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of columns; the grand procession of New Year's
day was prepared within the chapel, the offerings
were stored up in certain chambers, etc. As for
the pylon, nothing indicates that it was ever
used for any other purpose than to signal from
afar the edifice to which it served as an orna-
mental gateway. On the external frontage of
the pylon are four prism-shaped cavities which
are vertical at the bottom. The purpose of
these is manifest. It was into these cavities
that the enormous masts were fitted in, whose
long pennants contributed to the decoration of
the pylon. These masts must have been nearly
150 feet in height, and could never have been
sufficiently secure had they not been supported
against the pylon by some suitable apparatus;
it was as receptacles for this apparatus and to
give it fair play that those inner chambers of
the pylon were used, the square windows of
which may be seen from the exterior in the ver-
tical lines of the grooves.*

VII. - GEBEL-SILSILEH.

Miles

From Edfou to Gebel-Silsileh .... 261
" Boolak to Gebel-Silsileh .... 558J

* In the archway of this pylon is the famous Osirian
myth. — [Ed].