. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. town. ^ll F>. JjJi O AT ISNEir. jtles. Edfoo ( No. 26. ) ( Apol-linopolis magna), has two tem-pks, one cleared 1864 { to .54). At Gebel SilMleh,west and cast banks, are thesandstone quarries. At Ktmi-Oinbo (No. 27.) (Ombos) aretwo temjilis, and a stone gate-way in a crude brick wall onthe cast side of the inclosurc, .?showing an earlier temple. At Assnnan ( No. 28.) (Syene), ruins of a small Roman temple,columns, and gi-anite quarrie

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. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. town. ^ll F>. JjJi O AT ISNEir. jtles. Edfoo ( No. 26. ) ( Apol-linopolis magna), has two tem-pks, one cleared 1864 { to .54). At Gebel SilMleh,west and cast banks, are thesandstone quarries. At Ktmi-Oinbo (No. 27.) (Ombos) aretwo temjilis, and a stone gate-way in a crude brick wall onthe cast side of the inclosurc, .?showing an earlier temple. At Assnnan ( No. 28.) (Syene), ruins of a small Roman temple,columns, and gi-anite quarries, in one of vvhich is a i)roken obelisk. Island of Elephanta,opposite to Assonan, is a part of the Nilometer, with Greek inscriptions relating to the riseof the Nile; a quay. :aiil n granite gateway. At Phihe (No. 29.) temples (fg. 55.), andruins. On the Inland of Biggeh, opposite Pliilpe. a small ruined tem))le, tablets, &c. 92. In Nubia, temples at Z)a/;or/( No. 30. ) ( Paremhole), and at Kahbsheh (No. 31.)(Talmis). ap])arei)tly thrown down before it was completed. To the north of the last atJJayt el Welli/a small but interesting rock-cu

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