Chap. II.

EGYPTIAN.
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Fig. B6. MAP OF THE SILB.
and houses. Near C;iiio, on the vist
bank, the pyramids
{fifl.
4fi.
) of Geezeh
( No 2.\ Sakkarah and D.ishoor. At
Mitrahenny, on the east l)ank ( No.
3.),
a colossus of Hamests II.; the mounds
of Memphis, fragments of statues, and
reniriins of buildings. Ahout thirty-
eijiht miles above Cairo, are the mounds
of Aphroditopolis (No. 4.);
a"'! "'i U.e
opposite bank a false pyramid. At
.eventy-three miles on the west bank is
Benisomf (No. o. "), where a road leads
to the Fyoom ; a l.rick pyrduiid at Illa-
hoon (No.
6.),
another at Hawaridi
and traces of the Labyrinth
;
an obelisk
of Osiitascn I. at Biggij; ; with ruins
near Lake Moeris, and at Kasr el Kha-
roon
(
No. 8.).
Mounds at Aboo Giigeli
(No.
9.),
from whence a road to Oxy-
riiinchus {Behnesa) (No. 10.), wheie
are mounds but no ruins. At Gebel el
'J'ayr is an underground church. Eight
miles below Minieh (No. 11.) is Acoris
(Ttfnieh), on the east l)ank, where is a
Gieejc Ptolemaic inscription on the cliff,
tombs in the rock with inscriptions on
the doois, hieroglyphic tablets, &c. On
the cast bank, SL-ven miles above Minieh,
Koin Ahmar, where are mounds of an
old town
;
at a short distance beyond
is Metahara with sepulchral grottoes.
Nine miles further up are the grottoes
(fg.
90.) ot Beni Hassan (No 12.);
and about a mile and a half furtiier on
a rock-cut temple of Bubastis or Diana,
At Antinoe {Shcykh Abddeh), some
traces of tlie town, tlieatre, streets, baths,
hippodrome, &c., erectid by Hadrian.
At El Bersheh or El Duyr, a grotto,
w herein is a colossus on a sU dge. Her-
mopolis magna, on the west bank
(
Osh-
moim(ij/n){'^<i 1 ,3. ), only tombs. Not far
aw^iy is Gebel Toonii with miumny pits
and statues in high relief. At Saeed or
Upper Egypt (No. 14.),
the mountains
recede to the eastward, leaving the river;
a little beyond the \illage of Tel el
Amarna, are catacombs, and to the
north of which are the remains of a
small town, and to the south the ruins
of the city, having houses built of crude
brick, from which a more correct idea of
the ground plans can be (jbtained than
any in the valley of the Nile. To ilie
east are grottoes with sculptures; and
on the summit of the hills an ala-
baster quarry. At El Ilareib (No.
15.', the ruins of an old town. At
Jsi,oot (Lycopolis) (No. 16.),
are
ton.bs. At Gcnv (Antaopolis), a few
stones of the temple close to the river.
At Shylih Heretike, small caves; and
a statue of a man clad in the Roman
toga at the base of the mountain cut
out of the rock. West of Soohag (No.
17.),
is the old town of Atliribis, where
is a ruined temple, with extensive