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" About 230 paces in front of the pylon of Athor is an| isolated hypsethral building consisting of fourteen columns,united by intercolumnar screens, with a doorway at eitherend; and a short distance to the south is the appearance of anancient reservoir. A little to the north-east of it are other| remains of masonry ; but the rest of the extensive moundsI of Tentyris present merely the ruins of crude brick houses,| many of which are of Arab date.

I “ Five hundred paces east of the pylon of Isis is anotherj crude brick enclosure, with an entrance of stone similar to[ the other pylons, bearing the name of Antoninus Pius . Overthe face of the gateway is a singular representation of thei sun, with its sacred emblem the hawk, supported by Isis andj Nephthys . This enclosure is about 155 paces by 265, and atthe south-east corner is a well of stagnant water.

“ The town stood between this and the enclosure of thetemples, and extended on either side, as well as within thei circuit of the latter ; but on the north-west side appear to, be the vestiges of tombs.

“ Between the town and the edge of the sandy plain to thesouth, is a low channel, which may once have been a canal;and it is not improbable that it was to this that the Tentyritesowed their insular situation mentioned by Pliny .”

We next arrive at Kous, the site of the ancient Apollino-polis Parva, but the only distinguishable remains of thetemple there consist of a large gate ; proceeding thereforesouthward, we arrive at Thebes , the temples of which wehave already described. On the opposite side of the river,however, we have several buildings worthy of note, of whichthe first is that of Qorneh, or Kurnu, of which Wilkinsonspeaks thus ;—

I “ To commence with the ruins nearest the river:—the first! object worthy of notice is the small temple and palace at old! Qorneh, dedicated to Amun, the Theban Jupiter, by| Osirei, and completed by his son Remeses II., the supposedSesostris of the Greeks. Its plan, though it evinces thej usual symmetrophobia of Egyptian monuments, presents amarked deviation from the ordinary distribution of the partswhich compose it. The entrance leads through a pylone,or pylon, bearing, in addition to the name of the founder,that of Remeses III., beyond which is a dromos of 128 feet,whose mutilated sphinxes are scarcely traceable amidst themounds and ruins of Arab hovels. A second pylon termi-nates this, and commences a second dromos of nearly similarlength, extending to the colonnade or corridor in front of thetemple, whose columns of one of the oldest Egyptian ordersare crowned by an abacus, which appears to unite the stalksof waterplants that compose the shaft and capital.

“ Of the intercolumniations of these ten columns, threeonly agree in breadth, and a similar discrepancy is observedin the doorways which form the three entrances to thebuilding. The temple itself presents a central hall aboutfifty-seven feet in length, supported by six columns, havingon either side three small chambers, one of which leads toa lateral hall, and the opposite one to a passage and opencourt on the east side. Upon the upper end of the hall openfive other chambers, the centre one of which leads to a largeroom supported by four square pillars, beyond which was thesanctuary itself; but the dilapidated state of the north endof this temple affords but little to enable us to form an accu-rate restoration of the innermost chambers. The lateral hallon the west, which belonged to the palace of the king, issupported by two columns, and leads to three other rooms,behind which are the vestiges of other apartments; and onthe east side, besides a large hypaethral court, were severalsimilar chambers extending also to the northern extremity ofits precincts.”

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The next building that attracts our notice is tn * or9 b» v9nium, and tomb of Osmandyas, of which ancient a» ^j oC j 0 ru®given us such wonderful accounts; we give that olSiculus . s >’ say 9

“ Ten stadia from the tombs of the kings of T“® e ^jsfi ce .this historian, “ one admires that of Osimondue. The j 0 ure®to it is formed by a vestibule built with various' eQl0 ipgstones. It is 200 feet long and 68 in elevation- O ^ whi c \thence one enters under a square peristyle, each slde a0 jte ^is 400 feet long. Animals formed of blocks ° the ceil' 11 '’’feet high, serve as columns to it, and support th gV er Jwhich is composed of squares of marble of 27 ^ tb e

way. Stars of gold, upon an azure ground, shinewhole length of it. Beyond this peristyle open T) bo*entry, followed by a vestibule built like the . r flre tV eemore loaded with all sorts of sculpture. Before 1 ^ eJ nn°Qstatues formed of single stones, and hewn by vfag , lSSyenite. The principal one, which represents t ecur atelyseated. It is the largest in Egypt ; one of his feet, a ^ gTn emeasured, exceeds seven cubits. The two others, ^ o9 e a 1his knees, one on the right, the other on the left) 8 Te a>^'

his mother and his daughter.

The whole work is f le ^ e ‘ " e * e ?'able for its enormous size, than for the beauty ot eX ten s '^ etion and the choice of the granite, which in 80 baS tb> 9a surface has neither spot or blemish. The C0 '° 9S ® . finscription:—‘ I am Osimondue, the King of KWy ’ 0 $e, ‘ eone wishes to know how great I am, and where jpoth®*him destroy some of these works.’ Besides this,statue of his mother, cut out of a single block oJJ tband 30 feet high. Three queens are sculpt ur JIJO tb eI ’

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more beautiful than the former. On a stone is eD f. 0 \teet le history ot the war of Osimondud against the ? . 0 ^jinhabitants of Bactria . The faeade of the front wan 9 rU „3this prince attacking ramparts, at the foot of wh| g ;de 9a river. He combats advanoed troops, having ^7 „.„fl onterrible lion, which defends him with ardour. The - va tethe right presents captives in chains, their hands and Pparts cut off, in order to stigmatize their cowardice- ,jthe wall to the left, different symbolical figures,*’sculptured, recall the triumphs and the sacrifices of Os - gt yl&on Ins return from this war. In the middle of the p eat the place where it is exposed, an altar was P re P/ r ;Juisi teposed ot a single stone of marvellous size, and ot e i tflr0workmanship. I n s h or t, against the bottom wa 1 Q feetcolossuses, each of them of one block of marine, ana tb , 9

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midst of them fi * one observes 30 senators, and > . #

collection of books Pre f d ® nt of justice, having at > ^shut, suspended it t’- nd , tle figure of Truth with he'■ esurrounded bv i^' S ne(: ^- One passed thence into 1 eP

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the taste t on fl f Sorts of M C °f,ifi>dress, was offering tIj 1 era > Osimondue, clad m a m g j re Wyearly f rom f v,„ ® . t0 tile gods the gold and silver - tte n th®

value of this ® ffl,nes of Egypt . Below was wr jsilver minus venue, which amounted to 32 ®

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