. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. W spelt out, USRTSN. We have the portrait of this kiialso, which Dr. Petriefound at Koptos, inthe ruins of a greattemple built by himthere. (This fine por-trait is engraved onpage 90.) He was thebuilder of many tem-ples, and the obelisksat Heliopolis and onein the Fayum wereerected by him. Heleft records of hisvictories at WadyHaifa, and at BeniHasan much mentionis made of him. AtTanis he had three colossal statues, and usertesen I. From 34 THE SACRED BEETLE. [Flate I. he carried on the great reclamation a
. The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history. W spelt out, USRTSN. We have the portrait of this kiialso, which Dr. Petriefound at Koptos, inthe ruins of a greattemple built by himthere. (This fine por-trait is engraved onpage 90.) He was thebuilder of many tem-ples, and the obelisksat Heliopolis and onein the Fayum wereerected by him. Heleft records of hisvictories at WadyHaifa, and at BeniHasan much mentionis made of him. AtTanis he had three colossal statues, and usertesen I. From 34 THE SACRED BEETLE. [Flate I. he carried on the great reclamation at Lake Moeris, in the Fayum,which his father had begun. In fact his great works were carriedon over all Egypt and beyond its boundaries. He must have beena good ruler, for his Vizier at Beni Hasan records that there wasnot a hungry man in the land during his reign, and when years ^Ssm*
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