Let us take the temple of Mut (X of Lepsius); its amplitude is 72½ N. of E. This was the amplitude of γ Draconis about 3500 B.C. This temple, then, bore the same relation to M as T did to L! We have two cases of two temples erected at different dates to the same star. Although it has been convenient to begin with Thebes for the reasons given, the records concerning any one temple there are far more restricted than those which relate to some temples elsewhere; while the cult can only be determined in few instances. I propose, therefore, for the present to content myself with the above general considerations showing the first application of the method of investigation adopted, and to pass on to Denderah, where we are sure of the cult and where many particulars are given. CHAPTER XIX. THE PERSONIFICATION OF STARS--THE TEMPLE OF ISIS AT DENDERAH. We have now to pass from the building ceremonials and a general consideration of the temples at Karnak, to the worships to which the various temples were dedicated. And to do this we must face the problems of Egyptian mythology, so far as the names and origins of the various gods and goddesses are concerned. [Illustration: PLAN OF DENDERAH. (_Mariette._)] There is ample evidence that each temple was sacred to some god or goddess, although in many cases the name of the patron divinity has been lost. Fortunately, at Denderah the patron divinities are well known, so it will be well to begin with the temples there. We find a general plan of Denderah among the magnificent drawings which we owe to the French expedition of 1798. This shows the wall round the temple-space containing the temple of Hathor, the great temple; and the smaller temple of Isis at right angles to it. We find, roughly, that the great temple points to the north-east; the smaller temple of Isis points to the south-east. A later plan has been published by Mariette in his work on Denderah. These, then, are the main conditions of the temples at Denderah. But we can go a little more closely into them by referring to the map which accompanies Biot's memoir, to which I have previously referred. He gives the axis of the Hathor temple pointing, not merely to the north-east, but to 18° E. of N. Since the other temple lies at right angles to the great one, its direction, according to Biot, is 18° S. of E. To show the uncertainty in these inquiries brought about by the absence of a proper survey, I may give the following later values:-- 1. LEPSIUS, 1844-- Magnetic azimuth of the axis N. 25° E. " amplitude " " 65° N. of E. Correction 8½° ∴ Astronomical amplitude 73½° N. of E. 2. MARIETTE, 1870-- Astronomical azimuth N. 15° E. " amplitude 75° N. of E.