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BUBASTIS.
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these stones are exhumed is called by the
Arabs, to this day, " Kasr el hint el Yahudi,"
" the Castle of the Jews' Daughters." Thus
the biblical story of the royal princesses still
clings to the ruins as an historical echo from
the remote past.
Mr. Petrie calls this mound a tower. It was
about one hundred and fifty feet high. It was
square, and contained many stories. The base-
ment had certainly been used for a kitchen. In
one room were stones for grinding corn, dishes,
jars, and iron rods, the spits used for roasting
meat. Several objects found contained the
name of Uahabra. In the immediate neighbor-
hood other objects of great interest were
exhumed. This place may be visited from Zag-
azig, on the railway between Suez and Cairo.
BUBASTIS.
A series of excavations were made by M.
Naville, the scholarly Genevese, during the
winters of 1887-8, Avithin the sacred shrine of
Bubastis. The annals of this famous red gran-
ite temple extend back to more than three thou-
sand years before our era. This temple won
the admiration of Herodotus. He says, " Other
temples may be.grander, and may have cost
313
these stones are exhumed is called by the
Arabs, to this day, " Kasr el hint el Yahudi,"
" the Castle of the Jews' Daughters." Thus
the biblical story of the royal princesses still
clings to the ruins as an historical echo from
the remote past.
Mr. Petrie calls this mound a tower. It was
about one hundred and fifty feet high. It was
square, and contained many stories. The base-
ment had certainly been used for a kitchen. In
one room were stones for grinding corn, dishes,
jars, and iron rods, the spits used for roasting
meat. Several objects found contained the
name of Uahabra. In the immediate neighbor-
hood other objects of great interest were
exhumed. This place may be visited from Zag-
azig, on the railway between Suez and Cairo.
BUBASTIS.
A series of excavations were made by M.
Naville, the scholarly Genevese, during the
winters of 1887-8, Avithin the sacred shrine of
Bubastis. The annals of this famous red gran-
ite temple extend back to more than three thou-
sand years before our era. This temple won
the admiration of Herodotus. He says, " Other
temples may be.grander, and may have cost