The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . s of six of these chambersrepresent the ceremonies which the king ought to performin them ; those in the seventh refer to the apotheosis of theking. At the end of chamber G is a door which leadsinto the sanctuary of Osiris, L, and in the corridor M is thefamous Tablet of Abydos, which gives the names ofseventy-six kings of Egypt, beginning with Menes andending with Seti I. The value of this most interestingmonument has been pointed out on p. 3. The Temple of Rameses II. was dedicated by this kingto the god Osiris ; it lies a little to the north of the
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . s of six of these chambersrepresent the ceremonies which the king ought to performin them ; those in the seventh refer to the apotheosis of theking. At the end of chamber G is a door which leadsinto the sanctuary of Osiris, L, and in the corridor M is thefamous Tablet of Abydos, which gives the names ofseventy-six kings of Egypt, beginning with Menes andending with Seti I. The value of this most interestingmonument has been pointed out on p. 3. The Temple of Rameses II. was dedicated by this kingto the god Osiris ; it lies a little to the north of the temple ofSeti I. Many distinguished scholars thought that this wasthe famous shrine which all Egypt adored, but the ex-cavations made there by M. Mariette proved that it wasnot. It would seem that during the French occupationof Egypt in the early part of this century this templestood almost intact; since that time, however, so muchdamage has been wrought upon it, that the portions ofwall which now remain are only about eight or nine feet. Plan of the Temple of Rameses II. at Abydos. 2 74 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPT. high. The fragment of the second Tablet of Abydos, nowin the British Museum, came from this temple. The few-scenes and fragments of inscriptions which remain areinteresting but not important. A little to the north of the temple of Rameses II. isa Coptic monastery, the church of which is dedicated toAmba Musas. Farshut and Kasr es-Sayyad. Fakshut, 368 miles from Cairo, on the west bank ofthe river, called in Coptic Hep6oOYT~, contains a sugarfactory. Kasr es-Sayyad, or the hunters castle, 376 milesfrom Cairo, on the east bank of the river, marks the siteof the ancient Chenoboscion. The Copts call the town ctjenecHT. KENEH and the TEMPLE OF DENDERAH.* Keneh, 405^ miles from Cairo, on the east bank ofthe river, is the capital of the province of the same city is famous for its dates, and the trade which itcarries on with the Arabian peninsula. A short dista
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