[37] Nissen in his important memoir does not refer to this hill; his conclusions, therefore, are not absolutely justified by the facts as he states them.
[38] "Œuvres de Volney," vol. v., p. 431.
[39] "Ptolemy Almagest VIII.," chap. vi.
[40] "Recherches sur l'année vague des Egyptiens," by M. Biot. Académie des Sciences 4th April, 1831.
[41] I.e., the stars which never set.
[42] Herodotus II., 44. (I am indebted to my friend Prof. Robertson Smith for this reference.)
[43] See ante, p. 111.
[44] For instance, in the line of sphinxes in front of temple X, shown in the folding plate inserted in Chap. XVIII., the line was left incomplete to preserve the fair-way of the ruined temple north of Y outside the temenos wall.
[45] "Baugeschichte des Dendera-Tempels," 1877.
[46] "Rheinisches Museum für Philologie," 1885, p. 39.