=Lepsius=, work on the monuments of Egypt, 73 date of Mena, 22 Eridu, 374 Karnak temples, 116, 187, 213, 306 Thothmes III., date of, 261 temple of Amen-Rā, 99 temple at Heliopolis, 75 the week, 226 =Letronne=, Denderah inscriptions, 138 =Leverrier=, 256 =Lion=, early Babylonian mythology, 402 =Lockyer=, W. J. S., calculation of star tables, 170 =Longitude=, celestial, 52 terrestrial, definition of, 52 =Luxor=, temple at, 166, 328 =Lyons=, Capt., R.E., measures at Annu, 76 Memphis, 317 Wady Halfa, 358 M =Maāt=, relation to Rā, 32, 36 =Makrīzi=, Rôda nilometer, 235 =Marduk= = spring-sun, 373, 397 destroys winter gods, 377 myth of, 375 temple of, ceremony at, 366 and Tiāmat, myth of, 377, 378, 398 =Mariette=, Amen-Rā, temple of, growth of, 115, 188 Denderah temples, 193 Hyksos period, 339 Karnak temples, 113, 183, 184, 187 location of Pun-t, 348 Mena, date of, 337 modern Theban temples, 186 pyramids, 363, 369 Sothis, 212 =Masnitiu= or Masniu of Edfû, 349 =Maspero=, Baal worship at Memphis, 361 building of Annu, 77, 326 discoveries at Dêr el-Bahari, 319 divine dynasties, 392 the land of Pun-t, 347 length of year, 244 location of land of Pun-t, 347 origin of southern Horus, 349 priestcraft, 111 sanctity of Abydos, 327 Sirius in pyramid times, 209 =Max Müller=, age of Indian temples, 2 sunrise and sunset, 23 Vedas, 5 =Mazzaroth=, meaning of, 133 =Medînet-Habû=, 169 temples at, 163, 220 orientation dates, 221 =Mêdûm=, pyramid of, 335, 337 =Memphis=, Nile flood at, 226 pyramids of, 82, 83 temple of Sutech, 361 Baal, 361 Ptah, 248, 317 worship, 318 =Memphis= and Thebes, Nile flood, rate of, between, 240 =Mena= or Menes, 22, 230, 326 date of reign, 74, 115, 337 worship of Apis, 330 =Menthu=, 339 =Merchet= or Merech, 179 =Meridian=, astronomical, 69 magnetic, 70, 71 =Meröe=, 344, 347, 356 =Mestha=, god, 147 =Mesχet= = Thigh, q.v. =Methuer= = Mut = Isis = Hathor, 212 =Midnight=, risings at, 148 =Min= or Khem, connection with Spica, 25, 297, 319 temple dedicated to, 297 =Moncrieff=, Sir Colin Scott, 117 =Months=, names for Egyptian, 233 =Moon-gods=, 28, 29, 389, 392, 393 Osiris representation, 137 worship, 379 stations, Egyptian equivalents, 37 =Mosul=, mounds of, 86 =Mul-lil=, 372 =Mut= = Hathor, 214 = Isis = Hathor = Methuer, 212 Hathor worship, 214 mistress of darkness, 344 represented by hippopotamus, 216 γ Draconis, 214 symbolised γ Draconis, 289, 290 temple of, 75, 182, 191, 294, 318 associated with Spica, 320 date of, 213, 214 =Myths=, Babylonian, 377 Egyptian and Babylonian, compared, 377 of Horus, 148, 390 of Marduk and Tiāmat, 375, 377, 378, 398 N =Naga=, buildings at, 347