 ... Memphis, filled in the elbow made by the Nile in the south; and thus, not only exhausted the old bed, but formed also a canal by which the river was made to flow in the mid-space between the [Libyan and Arabian] mountains. Even at the present day,...  The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus - Page 151by Herodotus - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1837 - 450 pages
...Arabian] mountains. Even at the present day, this ancient elbow, repelling the Nile in his course '", is attended to and watched with great care by the...town excavated a lake, communicating with the river, hi the north and west quarter : for Memphis being washed to the east by the Nile, it was not possible... | |
 | Herodotus - 1899 - 626 pages
...first 1 That is, those of Arabia and Libya. 99-'02] SESOSTRIS 119 place built on it the city that is now called Memphis; for Memphis is situated in the narrow part of Egypt; and outside of it he excavated a lake from the river toward the north and the west; for the Nile itself... | |
 | Yosef Ben-Jochannan - 1989 - 482 pages
...firm land by this Menes, who was the first king, he in the first place built on it the city that is now called Memphis; for Memphis is situated in the narrow part of Egypt; and outside it he excavated a lake from the river towards the north and west; for the Nile itself bounds... | |
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