"House of the Sun." An appellation of Heliopolis. [2]
Ḥud·t. The Egyptian name of Edfu, which see. [87]
Hyksos. Syrian invaders who conquered Egypt and founded the XVth and XVIth dynasties. According to Manetho (cf. page [108]) the word signifies "shepherd-kings" and is probably the Egyptian
Ibn-el-Vardi. An Arabic historian who died in the year 750 of the Hégira [the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medîna], about 1350 A. D. The passage from this author on page [80] is also given by the Arabic geographer Edrisi (1153 A. D.). [79]
Iliad. The famous Greek epic of Homer, recounting the story of the siege and capture of Troy, in Asia Minor. [37]
Intaglio-relievo. The usual mode of carving employed by the Egyptians, where the figures were cut altogether into the stone, that is, all below the surface of the stone. [18]