A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . a brief descriptionof them we will take our leave of Egypt. On the Nile, abouttwenty-six miles below Assuan, lie the ruins of Onibus, called bythe Egyptians Nubi, or the Golden City. Overwhelmed by thedesert sand, and undermined by the river, they are deeply buriedunder ground. In the temple, which stands upon a higher level,worship was paid to Sebak-Ra and Horns. This temple was erectedby Ptolemy Epiphanes (205-181 ), on the site of an ancientsanctuary of Thothmes HI. and Rameses HI., whose names can
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . a brief descriptionof them we will take our leave of Egypt. On the Nile, abouttwenty-six miles below Assuan, lie the ruins of Onibus, called bythe Egyptians Nubi, or the Golden City. Overwhelmed by thedesert sand, and undermined by the river, they are deeply buriedunder ground. In the temple, which stands upon a higher level,worship was paid to Sebak-Ra and Horns. This temple was erectedby Ptolemy Epiphanes (205-181 ), on the site of an ancientsanctuary of Thothmes HI. and Rameses HI., whose names can beread on the backs of displaced blocks of stone. The sculptureswere not finished until the reign of Neus Dionysus (80-52 ), thefather of Cleopatra. The smaller temple, now down by the waters 1 The kings of Egypt, after the establishment of tlie Macedonian dynasty, regu-larly bore the name of Ptolemy. Tliey \\ ere distinguished from each other, not onlyby a succession of numerals, laut also by epithets, as appears in the account givenabove. —Ed. TEMPLE OF JIOHUS AT EDFU. 231 Lr. r I ^^^föi^ 13^^.^^ i
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