Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . ^z^2^€*^PF3r77 3 rgrn^. Pl. xxviii. The Temple of Wady Abad. 155 a hostile attitude to travellers, has confined themto the banks of the Nile; or perhaps the reportedantics of the much-maligned camel have inducedthem to leave unvisited this pearl of the that matter, however, the place might bereached upon the back of the patient ass, therebeing water at Bir Abad, and, for the last fewyears, at the temple itself. When one sees thisbuilding, one of the best preserved of all theEgyptian temples, one is amazed at the lack ofenterprise which has cause
Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . ^z^2^€*^PF3r77 3 rgrn^. Pl. xxviii. The Temple of Wady Abad. 155 a hostile attitude to travellers, has confined themto the banks of the Nile; or perhaps the reportedantics of the much-maligned camel have inducedthem to leave unvisited this pearl of the that matter, however, the place might bereached upon the back of the patient ass, therebeing water at Bir Abad, and, for the last fewyears, at the temple itself. When one sees thisbuilding, one of the best preserved of all theEgyptian temples, one is amazed at the lack ofenterprise which has caused it to be uncaredfor, unprotected, and unvisited for all these few mining engineers and prospectors alonehave seen the shrine ; and, since they have dis-figured its walls with their names, one could wishthat they too had stayed at home. The little temple consists of a rectangular hallexcavated in the rock, the roof being supposedto be supported by four square pillars, thoughin reality these also are part of the living the far end there are th
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