The City of the Caliphs; a Popular Study of Cairo And Its Environs And the Nile And Its Antiquities
The City of the Caliphs; a Popular Study of Cairo And Its Environs And the Nile And Its Antiquities
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These seldom -visited remains are only second to those of Thebes and Memphis in historical and archaeological interest. The ruins were uncovered at great cost of labour by the late Mariette Bey, and in the Great Temple were unearthed some of the most notable monuments of the Pharaonic age, including over a dozen gigantic fallen obelisks. This vast building, restored and enlarged by Rameses II., dates back over five thousand years. As Thebes declined, Tanis rose in importance, and under tiie kin...gs of the Twenty-first Dynasty it became the chief seat of government. Mr. John Macgregor (Rob Roy), who was one of the first of modem travellers to call attention to these grand ruins, declares that of all the celebrated remains he has seen, none impressed him " so deeply with the sense of fallen and deserted magnifi- cence " as the ruined temple of Tanis.
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These seldom -visited remains are only second to those of Thebes and Memphis in historical and archaeological interest. The ruins were uncovered at great cost of labour by the late Mariette Bey, and in the Great Temple were unearthed some of the most notable monuments of the Pharaonic age, including over a dozen gigantic fallen obelisks. This vast building, restored and enlarged by Rameses II., dates back over five thousand years. As Thebes declined, Tanis rose in importance, and under tiie kin...gs of the Twenty-first Dynasty it became the chief seat of government. Mr. John Macgregor (Rob Roy), who was one of the first of modem travellers to call attention to these grand ruins, declares that of all the celebrated remains he has seen, none impressed him " so deeply with the sense of fallen and deserted magnifi- cence " as the ruined temple of Tanis.
The Suez Canal is admittedly one of the greatest under^ takings of modern times, and has perhaps effected a greater Digitized by Google 108 THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS.
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