. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . forth to all comers the method of procedure by whichthe sovereign had brought his work to a successful a similar manner he utilised the Wadys which windbetween Koptos and the Eed Sea, and by their meansplaced the cities of the Said in communication with the Ladders of Incense, Punt and the Sabseans.^ He 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the Description de I^gypte. 2 Several of the inscriptions engraved on the rocks of the WadyHammamat show to what an extent the route was frequented at certain 220 THE LAST DAYS OP THE OLD EASTERN W
. History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria . forth to all comers the method of procedure by whichthe sovereign had brought his work to a successful a similar manner he utilised the Wadys which windbetween Koptos and the Eed Sea, and by their meansplaced the cities of the Said in communication with the Ladders of Incense, Punt and the Sabseans.^ He 1 Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from the Description de I^gypte. 2 Several of the inscriptions engraved on the rocks of the WadyHammamat show to what an extent the route was frequented at certain 220 THE LAST DAYS OP THE OLD EASTERN WORLD extended his favour equally to the commerce which theycarried on with the interior of Africa; indeed, in orderto ensure the safety of the caravans in the desert regionsnearest to the Nile, he skilfully fortified the Great Oasis,He erected at Hahit, Kushit, and other places, several ofthose rectangular citadels with massive walls of unburntbrick, which resisted every effort of the nomad tribes tobreak through them ; and as the temple at Habit, raised. WALLS OF THE FOETKESS OF DUSH-EL-QAlIa. in former times by the Theban Pharaohs, had becomeruinous, he rebuilt it from its foundations. He ?wasgenerous in his gifts to the gods, and even towns asobscure as Edfu was then received from him grants ofmoney and lands. The Egyptians at first were full ofgratitude for the favours shown them, but the news of the times during the reign. They bear the dates of the 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th,and 36th years of Darius. The country of Saba (Sheba) is mentioned onone of the stelse of the isthmus. 1 Drawn by Boudier, from the engraving by Cailliaud. Dush is theKushit of the hieroglyphs, the Kysis of Grseco-Roman times, and is situatedon the southern border of the Great Oasis, about the latitude of Assuan. THE REVOLT OP KHABBISHA 221 defeat at Marathon, and the taxes with which the Susiancourt burdened them in order to make provision for thenew war with Greece, aroused a deep-seated discontent,at a
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