DENDERAH. The capital of the VIth nome of Upper Egypt, called in Egyptian [glyphs] or [glyphs] AN·T, "_the city of pillars_", or [glyphs] TA-EN-TA-RER·T, "_the city of {117}the province encompassed by a wall_" or [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], &c., TA-RER·T, the Greek Tentyra. The goddess Hathor or Venus was worshiped here in one of the most magnificent temples of Egypt. ^{88} DENYS OF TELMAHRE. Or Dionysius Tell-Mahrâyâ. A native of Tell-Mahrê, a village near the junction of the rivers Euphrates and Balîkh in Syria, not far from Antioch. He was patriarch of the Jacobites (818-845 A. D.) and a great Syriac writer. ^{19} DÊR-EL-BAHERI. "_The northern monastery._" A place opposite Thebes on the western bank of the Nile, famous for the magnificent temple of queen Hatasu. Here were discovered in 1881 the mummies of many kings and queens, and among them those of the great Pharaohs Thothmes III., Seti I., Ramses II., and Ramses III. ^{88} DIADEMS. Besides the crowns (cf. page 114) there are two diadems always specially mentioned, which also refer to the Pharaoh's power and rule over Upper and Lower Egypt, the diadems of the Vulture and the Uræus snake or cobra, expressed thus: [glyphs] [pronunciation very uncertain!]. Some other forms of royal head-gear or diadems were the helmet [glyphs] KHEPERESH, the [glyphs] or the simple head-dress, and most of the crowns with which the gods are represented. ^{56 57 70} DOMITIAN. The eleventh Roman emperor (81-96 A. D.), whose name in Egyptian is ^{5 7 8 9 10 22} nuter Râ sa neb taui Autugretur Kîsers neb khâu Tumtînes ent khu The divine lord "Autocrator the Sun's offspring, "Domitianus, the of the two countries, Cæsar". the lord of diadems, glorious" _or_, _Augustus_. DRAH-ABUL-NEGGAH. The modern name of a portion of the necropolis of ancient Thebes on the western bank {118}of the Nile with many royal tombs of the XIth, XVIIth, and beginning of the XVIIIth dynasties. ^{9 11 88} DRAH-ABUL-NEGGAH OBELISKS. Two obelisks found at this place, near Thebes, in 1878, each broken into several pieces. They belong, perhaps, to the XIth dynasty, and would then be next to the Lepsius Obelisk the oldest in existence. ^{9 11} DÜMICHEN, Johannes. One of the triad of the greatest living Egyptologists [the two others being Brugsch and Ebers]. He is at present Professor of Egyptian in the University of Strassburg, Alsace. (The author's teacher.) ^{61 100} DYNASTY. A set of kings belonging to one family. For a list of the thirty-four Egyptian dynasties, see under: Chronology.