KUFT. The modern name of Coptos, which see. ^{88} LABYRINTH. The grand palace of Amenemhât III. in the Fayoom, described by the Greek geographer Strabo. At one corner of it was the Pyramid of Howara, which is built of brick. The name Labyrinth seems to be derived from the Egyptian [glyphs] RUPU RUHUN, "_the temple at the mouth of the canal_" (see under El-Lahoon). ^{90} LATERAN OBELISK. The largest of all the erect obelisks, in front of the church of St. Giovanni in Laterano, in Rome. It was ordered to be made by Thothmes III., but was completed by Thothmes IV., who added the outer vertical lines and erected the obelisk in front of the temple of Amen in Thebes. It was removed to Alexandria by Constantine the Great, but was taken to Rome by Constantius in 357. After its fall it was re-erected by Sixtus V. in 1588. ^{9 20 23 25} LEPSIUS, Richard K. The so-called "father of Egyptology", the teacher of the great Egyptologists of the present day. His greatest work was the _Denkmäler {130}aus Ægypten und Æthiopien_. He was born Dec. 23, 1810, and died July 10, 1884. ^{4 5 36 37} LEPSIUS OBELISK. A small obelisk discovered by Lepsius in a tomb at Gizeh in 1843. It is the smallest obelisk known and at present in the Berlin Museum. ^{4 10} LIBYAN DESERT. The large tract of barren country to the west of Egypt, containing seven oases (see under El-Khargeh). ^{59 90} LISHT, PYRAMID OF. A small pyramid between those of Dashûr and Meydoom, situated near the Fayoom. ^{91} LONDON OBELISK. The present name of the Alexandrian Obelisk, which see. ^{25 39 40 59 72 73 81 91} LOWER EGYPT. The northern part of Egypt, comprising the Delta. ^{16 31 51 65 90} LUXOR. A village in the southern part of ancient Thebes on the east side of the Nile. ^{2 4 9 10 88} LUXOR OBELISKS. There are two obelisks of this name. One was brought to Paris in the reign of Louis Philippe of France, and erected on the Place de Concorde on Oct. 24, 1836. The cost of its removal was about $500 000. The other is now standing in Luxor.--Both obelisks stood originally, side by side, in front of the temple of Amenophis III. in Thebes, and are the most artistic obelisks extant. They were erected by Ramses II. ^{8 9 10 23 41} MÂ. An Egyptian deity, called the daughter of Râ. Her name signifies "Truth", and she plays an important part in the theology of the ancient Egyptians. She represents the truth and justice of the supreme god. Hence the Pharaohs received her attributes and were called "truthful and just", or, as the inscriptions express it [glyphs] M MER, "_the beloved of Ma_". Her name is written [glyphs] M [really MAÂ] or [glyphs] MA·T. ^{65 68 69} {131}MÂÂD BOAT. The boat of Râ, in which he was thought to travel over the expanse of heaven, changing to the Sekti boat as Tum in the latter part of his journey. The word is written [glyphs] MÂÂD. ^{22}