Wilkinson, John Gardner: Topographie of Thebes, and general view of Egypt: being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the valley of the Nile, to the second cataracte and Wadi Samneh, with the Fyoom, Oases and eastern desert, from Sooez to Bertenice (London, 1835)

CONTENTS. Xxix

CHAPTER VII.

From Thebes to Nubia.

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Hermonthis now Erment . 423

Diluvial deposit. Pliny's use of

Tuot and Gebelayn . . 424

the word " peninsula" . 457

Zodiac of e'Dayr . . 425

Granite quarries : obelisk left in

E'sne, Latopolis. . . 426

them. Pillar of Caracalla . 458

Contra Laton. Natron. Hamr 428

Syenite and granite. Rocks of

Stone quay and pyramid. Kom

E'Sooan. The principal in-

Ahraar . . 429

habitants descended from the

El Kab Eilethyas, its remains . 430

Turkish soldiers left there by

Ponds with natron. Sculptured

Soltan Seleem . . 459

tombs . . .433

Dates of E'Sooan. Island of

Agricultural and other subjects . 434

Elephantine; its name . 460

Edfoo, Apollinopolis Magna . 435

Ruins of Elephantine. The god

The founders of the present

Kneph not the same as Amun 461

temple . . .436

Other ruins lately destroyed by

A smaller building. Quarries

the Turks . . . 462

of Hagar Silsili . . 438

The Nilometer . . . ib.

The use of sandstone. Colored

Garrison of Elephantine. Greek

sculpture . • • 442

troops of Psamaticus. The

Rain in Upper Egypt . 444

pottery found there . . 463

Grottoes and tablets of Silsilis.

The Nobatse. Four islands of

The deities. . . 445

Philas . . . .464

The presiding deity. Ombos,

Island of Sehayl. Journey to

the great temple . . 447

Philas . . .465

Double entrance of the great

The first cataract. Island of

temple . . . 449

Philse . . .466

The other temple . . ib.

Oldest part of the temple of

Other ruins, date of the original

Isis; color and architecture 4r>7

temple . . . 450

Chapels of Esculapius and

Houses burnt. Stones of por-

Athor: Nectanebo's name on

phyry, &c. . . . 451

the original temple . . 468

Narrowness of the valley beyond

The quay. Other ruins . . 460

Edfoo. Junction of the sand-

Island of Biggeh. Older edifice

stone and granites. E'Sooan,

there. The Roman arch. Big-

Syene : meaning of the name 452

geh Abaton . . . 470

Temple of Nero and Domitian.

Tablets on the rocks of the early

Supposed tropical well , 453

Pharaohs . . .471

No bridge at E'Sooan. Sara-

Frontier of Ethiopia. Conquests

cenic wall and tombs . 454

of the Romans as far as Napa! a 472

Cufic tomb-stones. Style of

Names of Egyptian monarchs in

Cufic at different periods . 455

Ethiopia . . .473

Invention of the pointed arch . 456

Nubia. Dabod . . 475