THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN nothing here to show by whom this temple was built, and no reliefs, from which the date of its construction might be guessed at, have been found among the ruins.

VI I. The largest and finest of all the temples at Gebel Barkal is that of which the remains lie at the foot of the north-west corner of the mountain, covering a considerable space, and presenting the appearance of a shapeless mass of stones over 500 feet long.

Looked at from any point of view it is almost impossible to believe that the countless fragments of pillars, cornices, walls, pylons, &c., which are scattered here in hopeless confusion could ever have formed a temple, which for size and grandeur was only second to that of Sulb (Soleb). This temple was built by the Nubian king Pankhi ( "f" Oil Jj or Piankhi, who reigned about B.C.

750, and is famous as the conqueror of Egypt. He carried his victorious arms so far north as Memphis, which he captured. There is little doubt that he built his temple at Gebel Barkal according to an Egyptian plan and design, and the work appears to have been executed by Egyptian workmen, who must have been imported into Nubia for the purpose. The entrance door ot Piankhi's temple faces 127° from the true north, the difference in the orientation of the temple of Piankhi and that of Tirhakh thus being sixteen degrees. Piankhi's temple was about 500 feet long, and the width of its largest court was about 135 feet. This court was entered through a pylon, the exact size of which cannot be accurately given. The towers have not only been pulled down, but the stones of which they were built have been removed. On each side of the gateway were two figures of rams or lions (a-d).

Round the four sides of the first court (A) ran a colonnade, which, on the north side, was supported by a double row of 144 ILAN OF TEMPLE (J) AT GEBEL BARKAL.

From Lepsius, Denkmdler, Abth. I. Bl. 127 i