[186] As a rule, each king seems to have built his pyramid in the desert behind his principal residence. The latter was often founded by the king, but might serve for some of his successors, who would then build their pyramids near his. The pyramid field of Memphis is very ancient, and many of the earlier kings must have resided there; but curiously enough the name _Mennefer_, Memphis, is taken from that of the pyramid of Pepy I., here referred to. [187] Perhaps schools of law, etc. [188] These quarries, at the modern Turra, have been the source of fine white limestone down to the present day. They were exactly opposite Memphis in the eastern hills. [189] Probably this means the arrangement of a body-guard or performance of the ritual for the King's amuletic and religious protection. [190] "The Asiatics who dwell upon the sand" _i. e._, Bedawin. [191] Elephantine. [192] The Eastern and Western borders of Lower Egypt. [193] These names probably mean "the halting-station for the night," and "the bedchamber of halting-station for the night"; evidently garrisoned posts on the main desert routes. [194] Arertet, Meza, Aam, Wawat, Kaau, were all in Nubia, and at no great distance from Egypt. The Meza were afterwards regularly drawn upon for soldiers and police. The Kaau are more generally called Setu. [195] _I. e._, the land of the Libyans. [196] "Horus Lord of Truth" was the _Ka_ name of King Sneferu [the first king of the IVth Dynasty, not much less than 4000 B.C.]. Probably this expedition went toward the Sinaitic peninsula. [197] Sea-coast, perhaps of the Red Sea. [198] _Lit._ "made the officership making the standard." [199] Or "for the mistress of the pyramid"; _i. e._, for the queen buried in her husband's pyramid. [200] Elephantine. [201] The month Epiphi. [202] The Nile being low. [203] Apparently the passage of the Nile was blocked for boats at five different places about the first cataract, and Una had cleared the channel at his own expense as a free service to the King. [204] "Loose," _i. e._, take the bird out of the snare to carry home to her mother. [205] _Kha-kau-ra_, "Glory of the _Kas_ of the Sun," was the principal name that Usertesen III., following the custom of the Pharaohs, adopted on his accession to the throne. "Horus, Divine of Beings," was the separate name for his royal _Ka_ assumed at the same time. The _Ka_ of a person was his ghostly Double, before and after death, and to the Egyptian this shadowy constituent of the whole being had a very distinct existence. [206] _I. e._, Upper and Lower Egypt. [207] To the Egyptian the world was inhabited by nine races of men.