...it is named, was probably one of the Muhammedan rulers of Egypt. Herodotus saysj of Lake Moeris, ;' The water in this lake does not spring from the soil,...months that it flows out it yields a talent of silver (^£240) every day to the king's treasury from the fish ; but when the water is flowing into it, twenty...

...orgyae in height ; and a hundred orgyae are " equal to a stade of six plethra ; the orgya measur" ing six feet, or four cubits ; the foot being four " palms,...excessively dry, but it is conveyed through a channel 1 Attempts have been made to prove that this canal was made by the patriarch Joseph, but no satisfactory...

...stade of 6 plethra ; the orgya measuring 6 feet or 4 cubits ; the foot being 4 palms, and the cubit 6 palms. The water in this Lake does not spring from...conveyed through a channel from the Nile, and for 6 months it flows into the Lake, and 6 months out again into the Nile. And during the 6 months that...

...one hundred orgyiae in height : and a hundred orgyise are equal to a stade of six plethra, the orgyia measuring six feet, or four cubits, the foot being...Nile. And during the six months that it flows out again it yields a talent of silver every day to the king's treasury from the fish ; but when the water...

...DAM's operation .wrote the following about them in his book, HISTORIES: 352 ". . .the water in lakes does not spring from the soil, for these parts are...Nile, and for six months It flows into the lake, and for six months out again into the Nile. The above quotation was taken from Lepsius' DEMKMALER. Q. Can...

...it is named, was probably one of the Muhammedan rulers of Egypt, Herodotus saysj of Lake Moeris, ;* The water in this lake does not spring from the soil,...months that it flows out it yields a talent of silver (£240) every day to the king's treasury from the fish ; but when the water is flowing into it, twenty...