_Syene_, in Egyptian [glyphs] SUN·T, now Assuân, which was the site of the vast quarries, from which were taken most of the obelisks and statues scattered throughout Egypt. _Ombos_, in Egyptian [glyphs] NUBI·T, "_the gold-city_", with the road leading to the Nubian gold mines, was noted for its temple of the crocodile-headed god Sebek-Râ, its local deity. The modern name is Kôm-Omboo. _Silsilis_, the old Egyptian [glyphs] KHENNU, "_the sailor-city_", is known for its tombs which are cut into the mountain-side, its quarries, and its annual festivals in honor of the rise of the Nile at the time of inundation. The modern name of this part of the country is Jebel Selseleh. _Redesieh_, a modern village, was formerly the starting-point of an important road leading to Asia and the Red Sea. On this road is a temple of Seti I. and a {87}famous well, [glyphs] TA KHNUM·T MÂ-MEN-RÂ "_the well of Seti I._", constructed by order of the same Pharaoh. _Edfu_, in Egyptian [glyphs] DEB·T, "_the city of transfixion_" (referring to the legend of the battle between Horus and Set, the devil, in which the latter was pierced by the avenging spear of the son of Osiris), was the renowned city of the sun-god Horus. Because of his supreme worship it was also called [glyphs] HUD·T "_the city of the winged sun-disk_ [[glyphs]]". Here are to be found in a tolerably good state of preservation some of the grandest temple-buildings of Egypt. The temple of the hawk-faced sun-god, Horus, rivals in magnificence that of any other god. _El-Kab_, near the ancient city of [glyphs] NEKHEB·T, the Eileithyiapolis of the Greeks, contains the many dedicatory inscriptions to Nekheb, an otherwise rarely mentioned goddess, and a number of tombs. _Esneh_, in Egyptian [glyphs] SENI·T, was the seat of the Khnum-worship, and still contains the ruins of the temple of the ram-headed god ([glyphs]). _Hermonthis_, in Egyptian [glyphs] AN-MENTH, the modern village of Erment, was at one time a most important city of Egypt, surpassing even Thebes. Now we find here only a few ruins of the temple of the sun-god Menthu, the local deity of the place.