{95}ALEXANDRIAN OBELISK. The former name of the obelisk at present in London. It was the _prostrate_ one at Alexandria, which had been presented to the English as early as 1820, but was removed in 1877, arriving in London on January 20, 1878. The money for its removal, amounting to £10 000, was furnished by Prof. Erasmus Wilson, of London. ^{8 10 41 81} ALNWICK CASTLE OBELISK. Perhaps the same as the Sion House Obelisk. It was erected by Amenophis II., and only one face bears an inscription. It was brought to England in 1840.--Alnwick Castle is situated to the north-west of the town of Alnwick in Northumberland, England. ^{10} AMEN. In Egyptian [glyphs] AMEN, "_the hidden god_". The Latinized form is Ammon. He was the tutelary god of Thebes, and was addressed as "_the king of the gods_". As such the Romans identified him with their Jupiter. He was worshiped only in Upper Egypt, and is represented on the monuments with a head-dress of two plumes or feathers, called SHENTI; thus [glyphs]. Although at first the invisible or hidden deity, he was afterwards merged into Amen-Râ (which see). ^{35 63 87 88} AMENEMHÂT III. A powerful king of the XIIth dynasty. To guard against a time of drought and excessive inundation, he converted the Fayoom into a vast reservoir of fresh water, which was known to the ancients as Lake Moeris. Besides this he built two pyramids and a palace, the so-called Labyrinth, near this lake. His name in Egyptian is ^{90} suten-kaut? Râ-en-Mâ·t sa Râ Amen-em-hâ·t The king of Upper "The Sun the Sun's "Resolute of and Lower Egypt, of Truth", offspring, purpose". {96}AMEN-MER-RÂ-MESES-SU. The family name of Ramses II. ^{7 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71} AMEN-MER-ÛSARKEN. The family name of Osarkon I. ^{38 72} AMENÔPHIS II. A king of the XVIIIth dynasty, the son and successor of Thothmes III. He reigned for about seven years, at one time besieged Nineveh, made an expedition into Mesopotamia, and conquered the desert-tribes of Asia. His tomb is at Abd-el-Qurnah in Thebes. In Egyptian his name reads ^{6 10} suten-kaut? Râ-â-kheperu sa Râ Amen-hotep-nuter-heq-An The king of Upper "The Sun, great in the Sun's "The peace of Amen, and Lower Egypt, transformations", offspring, the god, the prince of Heliopolis". AMENÔPHIS III. The successor of Thothmes IV, a king of the XVIIIth dynasty, a great warrior, a bold lion-hunter, and the builder of the two large figures (colossi) of himself in the desert to the west of Thebes, one of which was called by the Greeks the Vocal Memnon. His name in Egyptian is written ^{16 88} suten-kaut? Râ-Mâ-neb sa Râ Amen-hotep-heq-Us The king of Upper "The Sun, the the Sun's "The peace of Amen, the and Lower Egypt, lord of Truth", offspring, prince of Thebes".