. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . a clear understanding of this part of Egyptian geography,places Saû, Saûû, in the neighbourhood of Myos-Hormos (Die Mgyptische Volkertafel, pp. 35, 59, 64),in the direction of Wady Gasus : the position of this locality seems to me to correspond with that ofthe ancient Kosseir. NAVIGATION ALONG THE COASTS OF THE RED SEA. 495 far he went, but he came back with a large cargo of all the products of theDivine Land, especially of incense. On his return, he struck off iuto thellagai valley, and thence reached that of Eohanû, where he chose out splendid
. The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea . a clear understanding of this part of Egyptian geography,places Saû, Saûû, in the neighbourhood of Myos-Hormos (Die Mgyptische Volkertafel, pp. 35, 59, 64),in the direction of Wady Gasus : the position of this locality seems to me to correspond with that ofthe ancient Kosseir. NAVIGATION ALONG THE COASTS OF THE RED SEA. 495 far he went, but he came back with a large cargo of all the products of theDivine Land, especially of incense. On his return, he struck off iuto thellagai valley, and thence reached that of Eohanû, where he chose out splendidblocks of stone for a temple which the king was building: Never had Royal Cousin sent on an expedition done as much since the time of the godRâ ! 1 Numbers of royal officers and adventurers followed in his footsteps, butno record of them has been preserved for us. Two or three names only haveescaped oblivion—that of Khnûmhotpû, who in the first year of Usirtasen a stele in the Wady Gasûs in the very heart of the Divine Land. THE BOUTES LEADING FROM THE NILE TO THE RED SEA, BETWEEN KOPTOS AND KOSSLlh. and that of Khentkhîtioîrû,who in the XXVIIIth year of Amenemhâît II. enteredthe haven of Sau after a fortunate cruise to Pûanît, without having lost avessel or even a single Navigation is difficult in the Red Sea. Thecoast as a rule is precipitous, bristling with reefs and islets, and almost entirelywithout strand or haven. No river or stream runs into it; it is borderedby no fertile or wooded tract, but by high cliffs, half disintegrated by theburning sun, or by steep mountains, which appear sometimes a dull red, some-times a dingy grey colour, according to the material—granite or sandstone—which predominates in their composition. The few tribes who inhabit thisdesolate region maintain a miserable existence by fishing and hunting : theywere considered, during the Greek period, to be the most unfortunate of mortals,and if they appeared to be so
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