UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT. The two divisions of Egypt, which were at certain periods of Egyptian history separate kingdoms. Some of the Egyptian designations are [glyphs] HEZ-DESHER, "_the land of the white and red crowns_" (cf. page 31), [glyphs] QEBEHUI, "_the land of the two sources_ (of the Nile)" (cf. page 119), [glyphs] RES-MEH, "_the south and north land_", [glyphs] QEMÂ-MEH, "_the south and north land_", [glyphs] ?-ÛZ, "_the land of the lotus and the papyrus_", &c. The usual title of the king was [glyphs] SUTEN-KAUT?, "_the king of Upper and Lower Egypt_". ^{30 48 52 53 54 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 72 84} URAEUS SNAKE. The _Cobra haje_ of Egypt, the most deadly reptile in that country, whose figure was worn as the head-dress of kings and queens. It typifies Pharaoh's power over the life and death of his subjects, and its Egyptian name is [glyphs] ÂR·T. The Greeks called it "basilisk", from which they took their word for "king", [Greek: basileus] [basileus]. ^{56 57} USER-MÂ-RÂ-SOTEP-EN-RÂ. The royal name of Ramses II., which see ^{37 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71} USERTESEN I. The second king of the XIIth dynasty, the son of Amenémhâ I., and the conqueror of the Ethiopians. His name in Egyptian is ^{5 9 11 36 91} suten-kaut? Râ-kheper-ka sa Râ Usertesen The king of Upper "The Sun, producing the Sun's "Usertesen." and Lower Egypt, works", offspring, {153}US SCEPTRE. The symbol of power carried in the hands of kings and gods, written [glyphs] US, or else [glyphs] US, which is the "_cucufa_", also called the Zâm-sceptre. ^{46 87} US·T. The Egyptian name of Thebes, which see. ^{48 50 53 55 56 59 87} VATICAN OBELISK. An obelisk without an inscription on the Piazza di San Pietro, in front of the Vatican, in Rome. Originally erected in Heliopolis, it was transported to Rome by the emperor Caligula (about 40 A.D.). It was the only one of all the obelisks not overthrown and broken during the times of anarchy, pillage, and destruction in that city. Sixtus V. had it removed and erected in its present position in 1586. ^{9} VICTORY STELÉ. A stelé which was found in Karnak. It contains a martial hymn of Thothmes III. ^{31 48} VILLA MATTEI OBELISK. A small obelisk in the Villa Mattei or the Villa Celimontana in Rome, presented by a certain Cyriacus Matthæius to the Roman Senate. It was either erected by him in his gardens in 1582, or else by Sixtus V. in 1590. The lower portion of it is modern, but the upper half bears the cartouches of Ramses II. and Psametik II. ^{10} "VOCAL MEMNON." One of the colossal statues of Amenôphis III. west of Thebes in the desert. It was thrown down by an earthquake about 27 B. C., and cracked. On re-erection it was found to emit a musical sound at sunrise. This gave rise to the Greek legend of Memnon and Aurora (the dawn). Since its restoration the sound is no longer heard. The Arabs call the two colossal statues Shamy and Damy. (^{96 112})