. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Cartouches of Sety II. on the rocks between Bir Hammamatand Wady Inscriptions on the rocks between Bir Hammamat and Wady Fowakhieh. Pl. vi. To the Quarries of Wady Hammamat. 41 travelled over the open desert to the little oasis ofLageta, and so struck the road which we hadfollowed. He seems to have had much considera-tion for his men, for he says, I made the roada river, and the desert a stretch of field. I gavea leather bottle, a carrying pole, two jars of water,and twenty loaves of bread to each one of the menevery day. When one considers
. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Cartouches of Sety II. on the rocks between Bir Hammamatand Wady Inscriptions on the rocks between Bir Hammamat and Wady Fowakhieh. Pl. vi. To the Quarries of Wady Hammamat. 41 travelled over the open desert to the little oasis ofLageta, and so struck the road which we hadfollowed. He seems to have had much considera-tion for his men, for he says, I made the roada river, and the desert a stretch of field. I gavea leather bottle, a carrying pole, two jars of water,and twenty loaves of bread to each one of the menevery day. When one considers that this means60,000 loaves of bread per day, ones respect forthe organising powers of the ancient Egyptiansmust be considerable. At Wady Fowakhieh heseems to have organised some quarry works forthe king, and presently he pushed on towards theRed Sea, digging wells as he went. The expedi-tion, which will be recorded later, is then de-scribed ; and Henu states that, on his returnto Wady Fowakhieh, he organised the transportof some five blocks of stone which were to be usedfor making statues. In the second year o
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