Medinet-Abou, i. 22, 102; the great temple, 260, 267-8, 375; the little temple, 376, ii. 169, the royal pavilion, i. 375, ii. 16; the great temple, method of lighting, 384; brackets in royal pavilion, 23. Medinet-el-Fayoum, ii. 25. Medledk, i. 159. Megasthenes, i. L. Meh, house of, i. 156. Meidoum, i. 35, 89, 165; construction of the pyramid of M., i. 200. "Memnon," statues of, i. 267, 290, 376. "Memnonium," i. 267, ii. 30. Memphis, i. 6; discovery of the _Sheik-el-Beled_, 9, 16; political centre of the Ancient Empire, 17, 27; our knowledge of the early period all derived from the necropolis of M., 34; the early Egyptians not oppressed, 37; worship of Ptah at M., 55; significance of apis, 67; situation of necropolis, 136; doors of the tombs turned eastward, 157; mastabas, 165; statue of Rameses II. on the site of M., ii. 240. Mendes, i. 22. Menephtah, head of, at Boulak, ii. 258. Menes, i. X, XLVIII., 15, 17, 22, 38. Menkaura (Mycerinus), i. 326. Menthouthotep, a scribe, ii. 226. Mentou-Ra, ii. 266. Menzaleh, Lake, fellahs in the neighborhood of their race, ii 237. Merenzi, i. 234. Mérimée, M., materials employed by Egyptian painters, ii. 334. Meroë, i. 20, 217. Merval, du Barry de, ii. 11. _Mesem Bryanthemum Copticum_, ii. 375. Metal-work, ii. 377; blow-pipe known, 378; iron, 379; damascening, 384. Metopes, ii. 155. Mexico, i. V. Michaëlis, i. XIX. Michelet, i. 64. Midas, i. XXVII. Minutoli, i. 213. Mit-fares, ii. 234. Mitrahineh, bas-relief at, ii. 271. Mnevis, i. 54. Models for sculptors, ii. 322. Modulus, its absence from Egyptian architecture, i. 102. Mœris (Pharaoh), i. 347; Lake M, i. 7, 216, 228, ii. 25. Mokattam, i. 105, 201, 204. Monolithic columns rare in Egypt, ii. 66. Mosel, i. XVII. Müller, Ottfried, i. III., V., XXI., XXV., XXXI., LIV. Mummies, i. 135; m. pits, 181; method of closing m. pit, 183; _do._ of sarcophagus, 182; furniture of m. chambers, 183; decoration of the m. cases, ii. 335. Mycenæ, i. XLII., 162. Mycerinus, pyramid of, i. 205, 227, 329; the sarcophagus of his daughter as described by Herodotus, 307; his own sarcophagus, ii. 55-59.