THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN Hathor, Horus of Maam, Horus of Behen, and Thoth.' These were made by the " royal son, the superintendent of the lands of the South, Nehi."

At Behen, or Wadi Haifa, Thothmes III. enlarged the temple which was began there by Thothmes II., and decorated it in a striking manner. This building was dedicated to Horus of Behen, and it stands a little to the south of the mud-brick temple of Usertsen I. on the west bank of the river, about two miles from the Sirdariya. This temple was approached from the river by a flight of steps, of which ChampoUion gives a drawing,'* and when in a complete state must have presented a fine appearance, placed as it is on the top of the river bank. The temple enclosure was surrounded by a good mud-brick wall, of which in many places remains still exist. The pillars, some of which are Doric in shape, and the main walls are built of thick blocks of stone, which appear to have been brought from I'ORTioN OF A PAINTED sTEi.E SET UP Egvpt, aud the oaiuted decorations BY THOTHMe;S III. IN THE TEMPLE -'_ AT WADI HALFA, IN THE 35TH are In a good State of prcservatiou.

Under the floor of the main building are cellars, wherein the temple property, and perhaps also consignments of gold from the south, were stored. On some of the pillars there are sepulchral ' See Lepsius, DenkmiUer, .\bth. iii., Bl. 46.

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YEAR OF HIS REU'.N (British Museum, No. 1021.)

Presented to the British Museum l)y Sir Charles HoUed Smith, K.C.M.G., 1887.