116 EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE. Part I. of a barrier of rocky hills on its western limits, which has j^revented the sand of the desert from burying its remains, as has been the case at Abydos and elsewhere. The ruins that still remain are found scattered over an area extendinor about 21 miles OO OO QO ©O T^=^ OO OO OO QO •.^Sti:^ ^r' i OO0OO ooooO oooo® OOOOO OOOOO
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