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voured not indeed to discover its source, that he could 
scarcely hope to do, but to ascertain its latitude and 
course. 
Arriving in Egypt upon the 10th of January, 1792, 
Browne set out upon his first expedition to Siwah, and 
discovered, as Hornemann did later, the oasis of Jupiter 
Ammon. He had little more opportunity than his suc¬ 
cessor for exploring the catacombs and ruins, where he 
saw many skulls and human remains. 
“ The ruins of Siwah,” he says, “ resembled too much 
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those of Upper Egypt to leave any doubt that the 
buildings to which they belonged were built by the 
same race of men. The figures of Isis and Anubis are 
easily recognisable on them, and the proportions of their 
architectural works, though smaller, are the same as 
those of the Egyptian temples. 
“ The rocks I noticed in the neighbourhood of Siwah 
were of the sandstone formation, bearing; no relation 
whatever to the stones of these ruins ; so that I should 
think that the materials for these buildings cannot have 
been obtained on the spot. The people of Siwah have 
