SYÊNÉ. The Greek name of the modern Assuân, which was in the first nome of Upper Egypt, and called [glyphs] {149}SUN·T by the Egyptians. The famous quarries, from which most of the obelisks were taken, were located here. The biblical name is [Hebrew: SWEINEIH] [s'vênêh, cf. Ezekiel xxix:10, xxx:6], which is the same as the Coptic [Coptic: souan] [sûan], and the Arabic [Arabic: ASWAN] [aswân]. ^{5 13 16 23 24 35 82 86} SYENITE. The reddish amphibole-granite of Syêné, which was taken for all the Egyptian obelisks. ^{23} SYRIA. A large tract of country in western Asia, bordering on Egypt. It was inhabited by many different tribes, with whom the Pharaohs of the XVIIIth and XIXth dynasties carried on extensive wars. ^{36} TA-EN-TA-RER·T. The Egyptian name of Denderah, which see. ^{88} TANIS. The Greek name of the Egyptian [glyphs] ZÂN·T the capital of the XIVth nome of Lower Egypt, now Sân. It was the main seat of the Hyksos, who embellished it in every possible way. ^{4 11 45 92} TATHUNEN. See under Ptah-tathunen. ^{65} TEL-BASTA. The modern name of Bubastis, which see. ^{92} TEL-EL-AMARNA. The present site of a city founded by the heretic king Amenôphis IV. in honor of the sun-disk Aten, in the XVth nome of Upper Egypt. It was totally destroyed after his death. ^{29 89} THEBES. The largest and most famous city of the ancient world, the capital of the fourth nome of Upper Egypt and of the whole empire. Its usual Egyptian name was [glyphs] US·T, or [glyphs] NU·T AMEN, which was sometimes shortened into [glyphs] NU·T ·T, "_the great city_", or [glyphs] NU·T, "_the City_" simply, the biblical [Hebrew: N'] [nô]. Its site is now occupied by several villages, such as Karnak, {150}Luxor, &c. The local deity was Amen. ^{2 3 4 9 10 11 16 28 29 48 50 53 55 56 57 59 60 87 88 89} THENI·T. The Egyptian name of Thinis. ^{89} THINIS or THIS. The capital of the eighth nome of Upper Egypt, the reputed home of the first king of Egypt, Menes. Its Egyptian name is [glyphs] THENI·T, at present El-Tineh, which see. ^{89} THOTH [pronounced tót]. The Egyptian god of writing, learning, and medicine. He was thought to introduce the soul of the deceased into the Lower World and to read off its sins before the judgment-seat of Osiris. He was afterwards identified with the moon. His sacred animal was the cynocephalus-ape ([glyphs] or [glyphs]), and he himself is represented with the head of the ibis, [glyphs]. His name in Egyptian is [glyphs] or [glyphs] DEHUTI. ^{49 56 57} THOTHMES I. [tótmees]. A king of the XVIIIth dynasty and the son of Aahmes I. He was a mighty warrior, and his conquests were very extensive. His name in Egyptian is ^{5 9 10} suten-kaut? Râ-â-kheper-ka sa Râ Râ-Dehuti-khâ-ma-meses The king of Upper "The great Sun, the Sun's "Glorious like the Sun, and Lower Egypt, producing works", offspring, child of Thoth."