New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-26
.rne half his height above the roof Of the temple ~''
the ,,onder Of the age.


n,s.ppr.RANCE or TIE ANCIENT CITY
M. .,h..,uoot bistory Of Tanis relapses into 90
scurity Menepthah, the Exodus ;,i';U the Gates
So, in q the field OF Zoan, and witnn tho 80 80
whom, ~ i,r Moses wrought the Miracles OF muir
rain and tarkness of plague ana ar.iv amer.
the and successor on sa the monuments Of the
riv dynastles and left an unimportant Po' Tan;s
,at1e among the debris OF the great avenue oh was
So n,nmest1onably the city in winch Meheptnaa. 80;
VIZ wben Moses and Aaron went mp WIN III 1n.,
acmand for n free passage for their Pcop,,o "a
must have all the splendor 81 rno Xth Dynasty
i. ' renresented by q headess RameseS H. !" S'''
granite. -, o,d pharauh of the XXth
- .om ", e. Amen first prest-k king OF the AAist
Dys,y v ali 10 blank What beel during .nat
cn,rry of silencef We know not: he' s ,nd ,be
,astro,,he had happened. Tor se-Ameh iou"u -" &c
,a IN rn,us. He has left abundant evidence .,
ror[ lint il il such work as ouilue' Woua Cor
under the head of Unnecessary Iepa"s front Of tho
n.tance 10 re-erect the coGnnade IN ~ own nnmo
tmarv nnttinp bs ses inscribed with nus own n"n9 1
ana titles under the columns o. t hnea over
HARNESSES II Tic new bases are roughly made from
IT,mrcd blocks OF Ramessde date An impoI'am an,
series of historical tables aIPe , ,;r no slabs
mn nj about the same time for hmdnng ei""s r tho
Nec,oneho was the last legitimate fharaon o' Wv
last naive DYNASTY and Plutarchs story Oh 1ne
- ttn last chronicle of TanIs Thus, by ul"I'. w..
;c,de~ce tic immemorial line OF Pharaohs anu ,Io
| most ancient city Of the Delta IiSaploa "a "a NOT
from the stage OF history rams 49, ohvion
become extinct Tanis merely l9ss'r ~ uroyent
and ~ a frontier garrison long plodded on us u 10
| mi Wv Meanwhile, by process ah,loE"u- w -,
Grm,tion ot a coral reef tie level OF the cry anu
,r.tcries continued 10 lie raised by suecess',e gen
er,tinus houses being erected on the runs Oh -
| snJ graves being supcrimposed upon graves ~ "a
! lie manner the annual rains perodlcaiIy wae vail ~
ow,v tbe surface of the great crude-nrlck N si
p,selkhanu ana deposited layer after laier VI w.
,, ,Is snrtace of the sacred enclosure by "
~ new temnlc having been built outside tue loruuoS
tions Inv one of the Ptocmes the Ola Dlslor1c =
me Was deserted and houses were butt III tlc
| of the pylon inside the precincts OF the mi "a,
| closure and even on the top OF the great wal -!
| this time the ruins had become pnoi'c qua'ii Il.
! prnstrate nillars and cOlOss dlsappeticu u,oe
besns nj chips and Hoods OF mud ana al ist ON
mr. t,,rce obelisks and solitary column ro'"''"
Th seems no reason to conclude that the pontloai
oxtinc,ion of Tans causei any decrease III 1 Iop
Iotion. Straho writing probably aoont y. ~ 'u,
! * sneaks of il rs large CITY,, ana wen INV W.
n,ed, Of the Emperor Hadrian was struck neic US
c.nturv LATER Mr. Petre's recent e1caVa'lopS ",so
/ hn,x hat Tanis had resident arlstoeiacN VI so
,,,,,or,ance M 10 the time of its hhal desii "
oat,strouhe which the silent testimony oil co's' i
,er names and the like enables rs 10 dsorlpc ~ ~.
re,I, ot Marcus Aurelius. In other w0r,ls iau ~
noi,sbed Inv fire at the time of the so-cailed i
| Revof y IN A. d. Ia. when the herdsmeh 81 .ne
D,lta marsh lands-a .mOngre and turoI''n. l've,
,,,nosed 10 be in part descended from 'le anc'el'
Uvk.os-ravagcd the littora provinces VII" " 0"'
acerv worthy OF their reputcd ancestors