. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. 22. 1, According to Sprengers map, Moharrag. Chap. V.] PINS, AWLS, AND NEEDLES OF BONE. 261 Mr. Philip Smith observes to me that: In the ancient Egyptianrecords we have accoiints of immense quantities of gold levied by thegreat king Thutmes III. of the Eighteenth Dynasty (in the sixteenthcentury ), as tribute from the land of ZaJii (that is, Phoenicia). Goldis also named among the trib
. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. 22. 1, According to Sprengers map, Moharrag. Chap. V.] PINS, AWLS, AND NEEDLES OF BONE. 261 Mr. Philip Smith observes to me that: In the ancient Egyptianrecords we have accoiints of immense quantities of gold levied by thegreat king Thutmes III. of the Eighteenth Dynasty (in the sixteenthcentury ), as tribute from the land of ZaJii (that is, Phoenicia). Goldis also named among the tributes of Punt, the Egyptian Ophir, whichBrugsch-Bey holds to be on the African coast of Somauli, opposite toArabia. But the chief supply was derived from the southern lands ofKush (Nubia), which Brugsch-Bey calls the Egyptian California. Goldwas obtained from this region as early as the Twelfth Dynasty, andthe gold-washings in the desert valley of Ahita (Wady Alaki) were theobjects of special care to the great kings of the Nineteenth Dynasty,Kamses II. and his father Seti.^ Under No. 123 I represent a needle of bone with a perforated head. No. 123. No. 124. No. 126. No. 127. No. 130. No. No. 128. No. 129.
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