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CHAPTER XII
SAKKARAH
Pyramids of Sakkarah—Ptab Socharis Osiris—Mummies, processes
ol embalmment The Sup Pyramid Hariette Bey's bouse—
Strabo's account of the Serapeum—Mariette's discovery—
Khamaus—Translation of the tablet of ;in Apis bull—The order
oi Monks of the Serapeum.
LEAVING the palm-groves of Memphis, we
emerged upon a large area of cultivated land
about two miles in breadth, which is annually inun-
dated by the Nile to the very edge of the Desert.
This plain was for the most part green with young
corn ; portions were being irrigated by a shadool
worked by two men. A small raised bank of earth
was built up from the machine for a considerable
distance to give the water sufficient fall to flow to
its furthest destination, each enclosure is irrigated in
turn. The water regulations are rigorously observed,
every field getting its quantity in regular order ac-
cording to extent. Where the crops had been carried
the plough was at work. Wagtails were abundant
upon the newly-moved soil ; they are elegant little
birds in all their motions, but were not regarded
favourably by the ancients ; their hieroglyph implies
small, bad, imperfect, &C, whereas the swallow signi-
SAKKARAH
Pyramids of Sakkarah—Ptab Socharis Osiris—Mummies, processes
ol embalmment The Sup Pyramid Hariette Bey's bouse—
Strabo's account of the Serapeum—Mariette's discovery—
Khamaus—Translation of the tablet of ;in Apis bull—The order
oi Monks of the Serapeum.
LEAVING the palm-groves of Memphis, we
emerged upon a large area of cultivated land
about two miles in breadth, which is annually inun-
dated by the Nile to the very edge of the Desert.
This plain was for the most part green with young
corn ; portions were being irrigated by a shadool
worked by two men. A small raised bank of earth
was built up from the machine for a considerable
distance to give the water sufficient fall to flow to
its furthest destination, each enclosure is irrigated in
turn. The water regulations are rigorously observed,
every field getting its quantity in regular order ac-
cording to extent. Where the crops had been carried
the plough was at work. Wagtails were abundant
upon the newly-moved soil ; they are elegant little
birds in all their motions, but were not regarded
favourably by the ancients ; their hieroglyph implies
small, bad, imperfect, &C, whereas the swallow signi-