. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. enes for the defence of the town. Phthah,from the Egyptian Pet-h (to open), was the chief deity ofMemphis, and was worshipped as the Lord of truth, theFather of beginnings, and the Creator of all that is in theworld. His temple was the most magnificent in the country,and was surrounded by a wall. Within this area temples ofother gods stood, and perhaps the limestone of which the
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. enes for the defence of the town. Phthah,from the Egyptian Pet-h (to open), was the chief deity ofMemphis, and was worshipped as the Lord of truth, theFather of beginnings, and the Creator of all that is in theworld. His temple was the most magnificent in the country,and was surrounded by a wall. Within this area temples ofother gods stood, and perhaps the limestone of which theywere composed, or the walls, gave origin to the name of thecity of the white wall. Herodotus is lavish in his praises ofthis temple. Succeeding kings vied with each other in adorn-ing it with statues or adding to the temple. Herodotus in-forms us Sesostris, Rameses left monuments of himself infigures of stone, placed in front of the temple of Vulcan; twoof them representing himself and his wife are thirty cubitshigh.* In the midst of palm groves, to the south of themodern village this figure of Rameses is yet seen. It is forty-two feet in length, composed of limestone, and is lying on its * Herod., bk. i. Brought by the author from. Memphis, ancient Noph. 136 MUMMY PITS, BENT-HASSAN, SIOOT. face in a pool of water. On the head of the figure is thekingly pshent, or ancient crown, with the snake, the symbol ofkingly wisdom. On the breast is a shield and a girdle abouthis middle, on which is the name of Rameses. Other statuesare lying about, broken and defaced. South of Rameses, isanother smaller hole in which there is lying a granite statue,probably of Rameses and his son, cut cut of the same the north-west are ruins of statues and bases for captured the city, slew ten thousand Egyptians,and from that time it continued to wane, and from the found-ing of Alexandria it sank into insignificance. The low countrywest from Mitrahineh to Sakkara was cover
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