Right bank. El Rasheth, grotto in the mountain, with a statue represented on a sledge.
The ruins of Hermopolis, at Ashmonnoyn, have been destroyed.
The Pacha's sugar-factory at E'Roamoon merits a visit.
Left bank. Ibayda, at the corner of the mountain, crude brick walls, and some grottoes not very remarkable.
After Shekh Said, the mountains go off to the E., leaving the river. A little beyond is Til el Amama, to the S. of which are the ruins of an ancient town, of which only the brick houses remain.
To the S. are grottoes in the mountain, with curious sculpture, and upon the mountain is an alabaster quarry. The sculptures represent a king and queen offering and praying to the sun, which shoots forth rays terminating in human hands, one of which gives the emblem of life to the king.
Six miles before Maufalouat, at El Hareib, are ruins of an old town in a ravine, in which are dog and cat mummies.
Near Maabdeh, opposite Maufalouat, are crocodile mummy-pits, difficult of access and dangerous.
E'Siout, the capital of the Said, and standing on the site of Lycopolis, merits a visit. The gardens are celebrated. Visit the grottoes in the mountain, if it be only to enjoy the beautiful view, which is, perhaps, unequalled in Egypt. The mummies of the wolf are occasionally found.
The remains of the splendid temple of Antaopolis have been sapped and carried away by the stream. A few stones only serve to point out its site at Gau (right bank).