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TIMAI 
appeared of the black colour of the Ibis mummies : on examining, 
there actually appeared some vases which contained mummy com- 
position and bones. We procured several of different sizes ; they 
seemed to have contained the bodies of the sacred goats. The ruins 
consist chiefly of heaps of broken bricks and pottery, with here and 
there a broken granite column, but the whole in such confusion, 
that neither the walls of the town nor the foundation of a building 
could be distinguished. 
After breakfast we visited Gussur Tim ai, or the Palace of Timai, 
as it is called by the Arabs, which is situated on a hill, at the dis- 
tance of about half a mile from the other. We were here compen- 
sated for all our trouble, by the discovery of a vast shrine of po- 
lished, red, Thebaic granite, which still continues standing, and of 
which the accompanying engraving will give the best idea. 
The shrine itself is of a single piece, of the following dimensions ; 
Feet. Inches, 
Height - - ^3 4 
Breadth in front - 8 
Depth on the outside 11 3 
Breadth of the chamber 8 8 
Depth of the chamber 9 2 
It stands on a pedestal of the same substance, five feet high, and 
that again on two laygrs,;that amount to six feet three inches; so 
that the whole elevation is thirty-four feet seven inches. The po- 
lish on many parts continues perfect, but in others has been injured 
by time, or external injury. A large crack runs down it behind, 
and there is another on each side, which resembles much the effect 
£)f lightning. The front has been ornamented with hieroglyphics j 
