The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-03-30

The burial in the west was Pagan rite,
and had reference to the God of the
Egyptians.
That the influence Of Joseph and the
Israelite should have caused the king of
that time to vary from that Pagan custom
is evidence of the fact that the people of
God were there and for time in honor
among the Egyptians. On the same tombs
of Benz Hassen is found painting of
graneries and the laying up of grain in
store houses. This is declared to be an
event so extraordinary as to merit place !
on the record; it was in the reign of this
king, that the seven years of plenty oc-
Cured and Joseph stored the grain for
future necessity.
AS We sail further south we will stop at
Abydos the modern Arabat. This place
is little back from the river on the west
side: here we shall find the remains of an
ancient temple and some specimens of
Egyptian architecture. A palace in con-
nection with the temple was once the resi-
dence of a number of Pharios. The
tablet Of stone, on which were recorded
the names of about three hundred kings
Of Egypt was found here. The same
catalogue was also found in the tomb at
Thebes. The interior walls at Abydos
are covered with paintings and hierogylph
les. In tomb in the vielnty, we found
the views of ladies at feast; we observed
their manner of receiving food at the hand
of their attendants and servants.
In another place we saw company Of
females belonging to the royal family and
studied to advantage the style of dresss,
the ornaments, the appearance and habits
5 of ladies of renown, in the time of the Pha-
races Oh! what changes have transpi-
red since this royal household resided here
and held their seasons of conviviality.
5 The social condition of females in the
days of Egyptian glory was altogether
unlike that of Oriental countries, at this
: time.
: The Perrians have assaulted these edi-
fees. The Greeks and Romans have tried
TO borrow glory by inscribing names here.
t The Saracenes and the Turks have op-
? pressed, scattered and peeled the inhabi-
+ tants, who once bent the knee and paid
their devotion to the Great God Osirus,
the generator of fruitfulness and to the
4 modest and delicate Isis the mother and
q producer of all good.
TEMPLE OF DENDARA.
S Leaving Abydos we ascend the river a
e way and we may land not far from the
: famous temple of Dendara.
: This is indeed magnificent ruin. 1t
# has suffered much less from the hands OF
d invaders than most other temples IN
d Egypt. It still has much to interest and
: instruct the visitor; in this temple was
: found the famous Zodiac, painted upon the
d solid wall over head. From this map Of
: the heavens, the French scholars inferred
II the great antiquity of Egypt.
S Further examination has demonstrated
: that this Zodiac, was not true copy OF
the heavens at any time, but an astrolog-
e ical diagram. In stone over the gate OF
d entrance, was found the name of the Ro-
J man Emperor, Tiberius, but it by NO
n means follows that the temple was erected
t by him. The architecture and paintings
i of the body of the building bear evident
d marks of an earlier period than that of the
: Romans. Dendera is on the west side oi
e the river in the midst of the sandy
e ground.
: ''rhe ruins at Dendara, or Fentyra are
s situate on the west bank of the Nile, four
a hundred and sixteen miles from Carlo, op-
: posite Tench, which is a modern town, OF
G some importance, because of its proximity
# to Kosseir, on the Red Sea, and its eonnec-
!, ton with the probable course which the
: overland travel and trade to Inia will as
! sumo. According to Wilkinson, the name
st Fentyra, in Coptic Fentose or Nikentore,
!, seems to have originated in that of the
+ goddess Athor. Aphrollite, who was
S particularly worshipped there; and the
g hieroglyphics as well as the Greek inscrip-
e ton on the front of the main temple, show
Y that it was dedicated to the goddess OF
:, love and beauty. AS our boat lay up al
Kinch for the day, we crossed the river
e in our small boat and took donkeys fo1
J the side to tho temple, which is about
S three and half miles and through an
/, uninhabited and rather desolate region
e We passed, now and then, flock of goats
e and sheep, tended by some children and
y noisy dogs, and were saluted with the
J usual cry, '.bakshish, va knawageh" and
IS in the course of an hour and half, ar
If rived in tbs vicinity of the temple, we en-
! tered arather fine pylon, and walked sew
D eral hundred feet upa narrow dromas,
t with a wall of crude brick on either
y side. which leads directly to the portico
e of the temple. A descent by steps Of