The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . rom the Greek era, when the Itolemies rebuilt and enlarged the temples of these two cities. ^ .Vnit is one of the most frequently occurring names of Esneh (Bkcgsch, Dictionnaire geographique,pp. 39, 40, 852, 353). Xekhnit (BitCGsCH, Die JE(jijplo1ogie, p. 441) is tlie Hieraconpolis of Greek and Roman times,Hail-lJaiiku, the modern name of which is Koni-el-Ahmar (BliuGSOH, Dictionnaire G^oijra^hique,\t. 210). A summary has bueu given of it by BouitiAXT, Les Tombeaux de HieracSnpulis,in the IClwJes Ari/iifologiqneg, Hiitonque
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . rom the Greek era, when the Itolemies rebuilt and enlarged the temples of these two cities. ^ .Vnit is one of the most frequently occurring names of Esneh (Bkcgsch, Dictionnaire geographique,pp. 39, 40, 852, 353). Xekhnit (BitCGsCH, Die JE(jijplo1ogie, p. 441) is tlie Hieraconpolis of Greek and Roman times,Hail-lJaiiku, the modern name of which is Koni-el-Ahmar (BliuGSOH, Dictionnaire G^oijra^hique,\t. 210). A summary has bueu given of it by BouitiAXT, Les Tombeaux de HieracSnpulis,in the IClwJes Ari/iifologiqneg, Hiitonques Linguidiqiifs, dediies ii M. le D C. Leemans, pp. 35-40. Drawn by Fuucljer-Gudin, from a pliotograpli by Emil Brugsch-Bey, taken in 1882. * Pihiri was, therefore, prince of Nekhabit and of Anit at one and the same time (Tylok-Griffitu,The Toinh of Puheri at El-Kah, pi. iii.), whereas the town of Nekhnit had its owu special rulers,several of whom are known to us from tlie tombs at Kom-el-Alimar (Boi riant, Lea Tombeaux deHiirac6npolia, pp. 39, 40).. THE WALLS OF EL-KAB SEEN FROM THE TOMB OF PIHIBI.* 84 THE HTKSOS IN EGYPT. fortune of his house ;^ another of them, Ai, married Khonsu, one of thedaughters of Sovkumsauf I. and his Queen Niibkhixs,^ and it is possible thatthe misshapen pyramid of Qulah, the most southern in Egypt proper, wasbuilt for one of these royally connected personages. The descendants ofAi attached themselves faithfully to the Pharaohs of the XVII dynasty,and helped them to the utmost in their struggle against the invaders. Theircapital, Nekhabit, was situated between the Nile and the Arabian chain, atthe entrance to a valley which penetrates some distance into the desert, andleads to the gold-mines on the Eed Sea. The town profited considerably fromthe precious metals brought into it by the caravans, and also from the extractionof natron, which from prehistoric times was largely employed in embalming.*It had been a fortified place from the outset, and i
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