The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . akiette,Abydos, vol. i. pi. 4, and p. 10), that of Wady-Subua one hundred and eleven of hia sons and fifty-oneof his daughters (Lepsius, Den/.-m., iii. 179 b-d); both lists are mutilated. The remaining lists forthe most part record only .some of the children living at the time they were drawn up, at Derr (Cham-POLLION, Monuments, pi. xl.; Leisius, Denhm., iii. 183 h, 184 a), at the Eamesseum, and at Abu Simbel(Lepsios, Denhm., iii. 168, 186). * Wiedemann (_Ai(jypt. Gesch., p. 464) has put together the little that is known of these indiv
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . akiette,Abydos, vol. i. pi. 4, and p. 10), that of Wady-Subua one hundred and eleven of hia sons and fifty-oneof his daughters (Lepsius, Den/.-m., iii. 179 b-d); both lists are mutilated. The remaining lists forthe most part record only .some of the children living at the time they were drawn up, at Derr (Cham-POLLION, Monuments, pi. xl.; Leisius, Denhm., iii. 183 h, 184 a), at the Eamesseum, and at Abu Simbel(Lepsios, Denhm., iii. 168, 186). * Wiedemann (_Ai(jypt. Gesch., p. 464) has put together the little that is known of these individuals. See Wiedemann, JEgijptische Getchichte, pp. 466, 467. The marriage of Ramses II. with hisdaughters was pointed out by E. do Rouge, in his lectures at the College de France. Wiedemann (.Egypiische Geschiclite, pp. 464-466) has collected all that is known of Khamiitit,son of Bamses H. Lepsius, Denhm., iii. 145 c, 156 ; for the siege of these towns, ste pp. 3I9-4C0 of the present work. THE LEGEND OF KHAMOISIT AND MINEPRTAH. 425 !!»,»^!.!!fl!8|P-j. invested with the office of high priest of the Mempbite Phtah, and thus hadsecured to him the revenues of the possessions of the got), which were thehirgest in all Egypt after those of the Theban Amon. He had a greatreputation for his knowledge of abstruse theological questions and of thescience of magic—a later age attributing to him thecomposition of several books on magic giving direc-tions for the invocation of spirits belonging to thisworld and the world beyond.^ He became the heroalso of fantastic romances, in which it was related ofiiim how, in consequence of hishaving stolen from the mummyof an old wizard the books ofThot, he became the victim ofpossession by a sort of lasciviousand sanguinary ghoul. Kamses the chapel of the apis op amenothes m. relieved himself of the cares of state by handing over to Khamoisit the government of the country, without,however, conferring upon him the titles and insignia of royalty. The
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