HORUS. One of the greatest of the Egyptian deities, the son of Osiris and Isis. He personified the Sun in his midday power, and his sacred bird was the hawk. He was the divine representation of the Pharaoh himself. On the monuments we find him pictured in many ways; viz., [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs], &c. ^{28 29 30 31 57 58 69 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 87} "HOUSE OF THE SUN." An appellation of Heliopolis. ^{2} {126}HUD·T. The Egyptian name of Edfu, which see. ^{87} HYKSOS. Syrian invaders who conquered Egypt and founded the XVth and XVIth dynasties. According to Manetho (cf. page 108) the word signifies "shepherd-kings" and is probably the Egyptian [glyphs] HEQ, "_prince_" [glyphs] SHASU, "_the Bedouins_", whence "Bedouin prince(s)". They introduced the sole worship of the ass-headed deity Set or Sutekh (which see). They were cruel masters and were finally driven out of the country by Aahmes I. of the XVIIth dynasty (cf. page 102). ^{92} IBN-EL-VARDI. An Arabic historian who died in the year 750 of the Hégira [the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medîna], about 1350 A. D. The passage from this author on page 80 is also given by the Arabic geographer Edrisi (1153 A. D.). ^{79} ILIAD. The famous Greek epic of Homer, recounting the story of the siege and capture of Troy, in Asia Minor. ^{37} INTAGLIO-RELIEVO. The usual mode of carving employed by the Egyptians, where the figures were cut altogether into the stone, that is, all below the surface of the stone. ^{18} ISHMAËL or ISMAÏL. Ex-Khedive of Egypt, an able but extravagant ruler, who did much for the prosperity of that downtrodden country. In his reign the Suez Canal was completed. ^{40 82} ISIS. The great Egyptian goddess in the triad: Osiris, Isis, and Horus. She was the queen of heaven and the wife of Osiris, whose members she gathered after Set, the devil, had slain him. Her name in Egyptian is [glyphs] AS·T, and she is represented with a throne on the head; thus, [glyphs], [glyphs], [glyphs]. ^{86} JEBEL SELSELEH. "_The mountain of the chain._" The modern name of that part of the country where the ancient {127}Silsilis was situated. An Arabic legend states, that at one time a chain was stretched across the Nile at this point to ward off the approach of the enemy's ships, whence the name. ^{86} JOSEPH. The biblical patriarch. His name has not yet been discovered on the monuments, though there is much in the Egyptian literature to remind us of his story; viz., in the Ameni inscription, describing the years of famine, and the "Tale of the Two Brothers", setting forth the great temptation and the wicked accusation. ^{2} KADESH. A town in Syria where Ramses II. defeated the Hittites. In Egyptian [glyphs] QEDESH. ^{35}