. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. reat center of learning and culture came men fromill parts of the East to learn the mystic lore of the priests,and the arts of the magicians and sorcerers of the school ofJannes and Jambres who withstood Moses and Aaron beforePharaoh. But the magnificent temple which stood herewas the wealthiest and most noted in all the land of thePharaohs. The immense wealth of this noted shrine ismentioned in the Harris papyrus in London, which gives alist of the gifts presented to it by R
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. reat center of learning and culture came men fromill parts of the East to learn the mystic lore of the priests,and the arts of the magicians and sorcerers of the school ofJannes and Jambres who withstood Moses and Aaron beforePharaoh. But the magnificent temple which stood herewas the wealthiest and most noted in all the land of thePharaohs. The immense wealth of this noted shrine ismentioned in the Harris papyrus in London, which gives alist of the gifts presented to it by Rameses III alone. Thestaff of priests, officials, custodians, and menials connectedwith the temple is said to have numbered no less thantwelve thousand, nine hundred and thirteen. As each Pha-raoh was regarded as the human embodiment of Ra, it wasnatural that he should present special offerings to the chiefscene of the worship of that god, and should proudly addto his titles that of Lord of Heliopolis. The most cele- * Inthe Coptic this name signifies, a revealer of secrets, or the man to whom secretsare The Obelisk at On. WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 34i brated of the ancient schools, with the teachers of whichHerodotus once conversed, was also established at Heliop-olis, while in Strabos time, born B. C. 60, the famous seatof learning had ceased to exist, although the houses of thepriestly scholars were still standing. The guides showedthe great geographer the dwelling in which Plato and Eu-doxus were said to have resided for thirteen years; for/ hesays, speaking of the professors at this university, thesepersons, so admirably imbued with knowledge of heavenlythings, could only be persuaded by patience and politenessto communicate some of their doctrines; but most of themwere concealed by these barbarians. Obelisks, the em-blems of the suns rays, were of course frequently dedicat-ed to the god of the sun and his temple; and we are ac-cordingly informed that Heliopoli
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