INDEX.

Arsinoë, [25]
Arsinoite Nome, [48], [82]
Bahr Yûsuf, [9] et seq.
Biahmu, ruins of, [76], [83]; supposed quay at, [85]
Birket-el-Qurûn, [6]-9, [49], [96]; area of, [7]; evaporation, [9]
Brugsch Pasha, [39], [93]
Canal, the Ibrahimîyah, [10]; ruins of two ancient canals, [99]
Crocodilopolis, [25], [72]
Crops in the Fayûm, [17]
Diodorus, [21], [27]
Fayûm, the, [5] et seq.; area of the Lake Fayûm, [67]; derivation of name, [24]; fisheries in the, [18]; geological history of, [61]; situation of, [5]
Hawârah, the pyramid of, [25]
Hawârat-el-Maqta, [97], [102]
Helouan, [72]
Herodotus, [19]
Labyrinth, the, [25], [81]
Levels:—Lowest summer levels at Wâstah, [78]; between Dimay and Schweinfurth’s Temple, [55]
Reduced Levels:—Bahr Yûsuf, [12]; Birket-el-Qurûn, [7]; the Fayûm, [30]; Gharaq Basin, [5]; “Hêt Rozma,” [101]; Lake Mœris (max. and min.) [79], [88]; Lahûn Bridge, [103]; Medineh, [6], [65]; of Nile deposit at Hawârah, [48], [65]; Nile deposit at Lahûn, [48]; at Wâstah in April, [66]; rock sill at Hawârah, [48]; ruins of Dimay, [51]; Temple of Schweinfurth, [52]; Wadi Raiân, [5], [42]
Linant Pasha, theories of, [28] et seq.; difficulties of his theory, [30]; inaccuracies of his theory, [34]
Medineh, the town of, [6], [92]
Mœris, the Lake, [19] et seq.; Arabic tradition concerning, [22]; identical with Fayûm depression, [48]; in the time of Herodotus, [88]; decline of, [95]; inflow and outflow of, [77]; levels of Nile and lake, [79]; supposed regulators of, [73], [89]; supposed maker of, [69]; volume of water required to fill, [79]; Cope Whitehouse’s theory concerning, [5], [37], [40]; objections to his theory, [42] et seq.; Petrie’s theory, [56]-60
Nile, the, gradual rise of water-level, [87], [92]; the river in the days of Herodotus, [87]
Petrie, W. M. F., [77], [85], [94]
Pliny, [22]
Ptolemy, Cl., [41], [44]
Reservoirs, different methods suggested, [105] Ruins at Dimay, [51], [52]
Schweinfurth, Dr., [38], [43]; temple of, [51], [52]
“Shad,” the town of, [92]
Strabo, [21]
Wadi Raiân never in direct communication with Nile, [43], [48]; position of, [5]; possible reservoir, [106]; Western’s official description of, [42]
Water-wheels, different kinds of, [14]-16

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