_Heliopolis_, the ancient [glyphs] AN and the modern Matarîyeh, was the famous city of the Sun or the "City of Obelisks". Here stood the New York Obelisk in front of the temple of the Sun [Râ]. The only monument to be seen there still is the obelisk of Usertesen I. _Alexandria_, the famous city founded by Alexander the Great on the site of the ancient [glyphs] RÂQEDηT, the Rhakôtis of the Greeks, is situated near the north-west corner of Egypt. To the south of it is the Lake Mareotis, in Egyptian [glyphs] MERηT. Alexandria can boast of no ancient monument whatever, as its two obelisks have been conveyed to London and New York, and Pompey's Pillar is not of Egyptian workmanship. _Rosetta_ is a considerable town at the mouth of the Rosetta branch of the Nile. Its world-wide fame is due {92}to the fact that here a French engineer, Boussard, discovered in 1799 the stone which furnished the key for the interpretation of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. _Sais_, in Egyptian [glyphs] SA·T, whose site is at present marked by the lofty mounds of Sa-el-Hajar, was the seat of the worship of the goddess Neith, and the capital of all Egypt under three dynasties of kings. _Busiris_, in Egyptian [glyphs] PER-USAR·T, "_the house of Osiris_", now Abu-Sîr, was situated on the Damietta branch of the Nile and had Osiris for its local deity. _Tanis_, in Egyptian [glyphs] ZÂN·T, was situated to the south of Lake Menzaleh. At present there are only a few remnants of the many magnificent temples left to mark the site of that ancient city. It was the favorite residence of the Shepherd Kings or Hyksos. _Mendes_, in Egyptian [glyphs] PER-BA-NEB-DED·T, "_the house of the ram, the lord of stability_", was the seat of government under one dynasty of kings. Its sacred animal was the ram, which was the Egyptian emblem of the soul. _Bubastis_, in Egyptian [glyphs] PER-BAS·T, was the principal seat of the worship of the lion-faced goddess Bast or Pasht ([glyphs]). The ruins of her grand temple can still be partially seen near the present Tel-Basta. _Pelusium_ lies at the mouth of the most easterly branch of the Nile and was built either on or else near the site of the ancient Avaris, the Egyptian [glyphs] HA·T-ÛAR·T. This was the last stronghold of the Hyksos before they were driven out of Egypt. {93}A GLOSSARY OF NAMES AND TERMS OCCURRING IN THIS BOOK AND PERTAINING TO EGYPTOLOGICAL SUBJECTS. _The small numerals at the end of each item refer to the pages of the book._ AAREQ·T. The Egyptian name of the island of Philæ. ^{86} ÂB, ÂB·T, or ÂBU·T. The Egyptian name of the city and island of Elephantine. ^{24 86} ABDU or ABDU·T. The Egyptian name of Abydos. ^{88}