Elephantine. [Pronounced Elefanteenay.] The Greek name of the town and island in the first nome of Upper Egypt, opposite Assuân. The Egyptian name (which the Greeks only translated) is
El-Kab. The modern name of Nekhebt or Eileithyiapolis, which see. [87]
El-Khargeh. The present name of the oasis to the west of Thebes, called in the inscriptions
El-Lahoon. A village close to the Fayoom, the site of the pyramid of Amenemhât III. (according to Lepsius) or Usertesen II. (according to Brugsch). The modern name is derived from the Egyptian
