HELIOPOLIS  , one of the most See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient cities of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, met with in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible under its native name On . It stood 5 M . E. of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile at the See also:

• APEX

apex of the See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

Delta . It was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal seat of See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun-See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, and in historic times its importance was entirely religious . There appear to have been two forms of the sun-See also:

• GOD

god at Heliopolis in the New See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom—namely, Ra-Harakht, or Re`-Harmakhis, See also:

• FALCON
• FALCON (Lat. Falco;' Fr. Faucon; Teutonic, Falk or Valken)

falcon-headed, and Etom, human-headed; the former was the sun in his See also:

• MID

mid-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day strength, the latter the evening sun . A sacred See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull was worshipped here under the name Mnevis (Eg . Mreu), and was especially connected with Etom . The sun-god Re' (see EGYPT: See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion) was especially the royal god, the ancestor of all the Pharaohs, who therefore held the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Heliopolis in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . Each See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty might give the first See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place to the god of its See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence—Ptah of See also:

• MEMPHIS

Memphis, See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon of See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, See also:

• NEITH

Neith of See also:

• SAIS (Egyptian Sai)

Sais, See also:

• BUBASTIS

Bubastis of Bubastis, but all alike honoured Re` . His temple became in a See also:

• SPECIAL

special degree a depository for royal records, and See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus states that the priests of Heliopolis were the best informed in matters of See also:

• HISTORY

history of all the Egyptians . The See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy are said to have been frequented by See also:

• PLATO

Plato and other See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek philosophers; See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo, however, found them deserted, and the See also:

• TOWN

town itself almost uninhabited, although priests were still there, and cicerones for the curious traveller . The See also:

• PTOLEMIES

Ptolemies probably took little See also:

• INTEREST

interest in their " See also:

• FATHER

father " Re', and See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria had eclipsed the learning of Heliopolis; thus with the withdrawal of royal favour Heliopolis quickly dwindled, and the students of native See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore deserted it for other temples supported by a wealthy See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of pious citizens .

In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times obelisks were taken from its temples to adorn the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern cities of the Delta, and even across the Mediterranean to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Finally the growth of Fostat and See also:

• CAIRO
• CAIRO (Arabic Misr-al-Kahira, or simply Misr)

Cairo, only 6 m. to the S.W., caused the ruins to be ransacked for See also:

• BUILDING

building materials . The site was known to the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs as `A yin esh shems, " the See also:

• FOUNTAIN (Late Lat. fontana, from ions, a spring)

fountain of the sun," more recently as Tel Hisn . It has now been brought for the most See also:

• PART

part under cultivation, but the ancient See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city walls of crude See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick are to be seen in the See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields on all sides, and the position of the great temple is marked by an See also:

• OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk still See also:

• STANDING

standing (the earliest known, being one of a pair set up by Senwosri I., the second See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Twelfth Dynasty) and a few See also:

• GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite blocks bearing the name of See also:

• RAMESES, or RAMESSES (Gen. xlvii. r1; Exod. xii. 37; Num. xxxiii. 3)

Rameses II . See Strabo xvii. cap . 1 . 27-28; See also:

• BAEDEKER, KARL (1801–1859)

Baedeker's Egypt . (F . Li ..