Palestine. Many Pharaohs, especially Thothmes III., subjugated this country in their Asiatic conquests. The names of most of its cities and provinces occur on the Egyptian monuments. One of its Egyptian names is
Pamphilian Obelisk, or the Obelisk of the Piazza Navona in Rome. This is a pseudo-Egyptian obelisk, cut by the Romans in the quarry of Syene. It was erected by the emperor Domitian, and re-erected by Innocent X. (Pamphili) in 1651 in its present position. There is a single column of poorly executed hieroglyphs on each face of it. [9]
Panopolis. The Greek name of the capital of the IXth nome of Upper Egypt, called in Egyptian
Pantheon Obelisk. The same as the Mahutean Obelisk, which see.
Papyrus. The Egyptian paper, made of thin slices of the papyrus plant, called in Egyptian
