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The name of Amenemha III. or Amenemha Moeris, the sixth king 

 of the Twelfth Dynasty, has been found in the pyramid near the 

 Labyrinth; the latest, apparently, of the Egyptian pyramids, "sixty- 

 nine in number," and each of them constructed for a king's tomb. 

 The name of Amenemha III. has also been found at Wadi Maghara : 

 and he is considered to be the builder of the Labyrinth. 



The word " hbni," meaning ebony, has been traced by Lepsius in 

 hieroglyphic writing as far back as the Twelfth Dynasty. The wood 

 was doubtless brought down the Nile ; but may nevertheless have 

 been derived, by the direct interior route, from the island of Mada- 

 gascar. — Sticks of ebony are carried by Southern delegates in the 

 tribute-processions of the Eighteenth Djmasty ; and Herodotus speaks 

 of ebony being brought down the Nile. 



The Egyptian Ritual, or Book of the Dead (the most voluminous 

 work in hieroglyphic writing hitherto discovered), has been traced by 

 Birch, by means of extracts on coffins, as far back as the Twelfth 

 Dynasty. 



The name of Amenemha IV., the seventh and last king of the 

 Twelfth Dynasty, has been found on a stela, and on other movable 

 articles now in the museums of Europe. 



The name of Sebeknefrura, the first king of the Thirteenth Dy- 

 nasty, has been found among the ruins of the Labyrinth (Lepsius, II. 

 PL 140). 



The name of King Sebekatep II. of the Thirteenth Dynasty, has 

 been found on a large stela, now in Paris. 



The name of King Nefruatep, of the Thirteenth Dynasty, has been 

 found on a statue, now in the Museum at Bologna. 



The name of King Sebekatep III. of the Thirteenth Dynasty, has 

 been found among the ruins at Abydos. A colossal statue of this 

 king, is now in the Museum at Paris. 



The name of King Sebekatep IV. of the Thirteenth Dynasty, has 

 been found among the ruins at Abydos. 



The name of King Sebekatep V. of the Thirteenth Dynasty, has 

 been found on a granite altar, procured at Abydos. 



Birch found " beer" mentioned on mummy-cases of the time of the 

 Thirteenth Dynasty. It was probably the Egyptian beverage called 

 booza ; which is manufactured from barley, as described by Herodotus 

 ii. 77. — Alpinus states, that "farina loliacea" is used in making booza; 



