TEMPLE OF SULB have indulged neither of these sentiments unless the profits which accrued to him from legitimate trading, and from the raids which his officers made in the Sudan, justified him in undertaking these works. The kings of Egypt did not build merely for the glory of their gods temples on the skirts of the desert, or in places where no markets were held, and no caravans passed ; travellers rested in the shade of the colonnades, and exposed their wares to those who went in and out of the temple, and, of course, made offerings duly to the gods in return for successful bargaining or lucky business. The temple of Sulb was built by Sudani labour, and was maintained by the work of Sudani folk, and it played a very important part in the system of government, or mis-government, whereby the revenues of Egypt from the Sudan were squeezed out of the wretched natives.

Of the other buildings of Amen hetep III. in the Sudan \er\-little is known. It is impossible to think that the temple of Sulb is the most southerly of his monuments, for there must have been forts or temples, or both, at intervals all the way from Sulb to Napata We have already mentioned the temple of Sesi, the remains of which stand on the west bank of the Nile opposite to Dulgo, or Deligo, but it must be referred to here in connection with the reign of Amen-hetep III., because it was probably founded by him. The same may be said of the temple which once stood near PCerma, about two hundred and three miles from Haifa, and of that of Khandak, about forty-five miles from Dongola Al-tTrdi. Unfortunately a mosque has been built over the remains of the temple in the latter place, and until that is removed excavations are impossible.

The next place to the south most likely to have been chosen as the site for a fort under the XVIIIth Dynasty is that which is called to-da\ Donkola Al-'Aguz, or Old Dongola; it stands on a hill on the east bank of the Nile, and is about ninety miles from New Dongola. It was the capital of the Nubian kingdom in Christian times, and was probably a place of importance even when Amen-hetep III. was king. Its commanding position on the river gives it great value strategically. Last of all we come to Napata, which, if it be identical with the Nept ' Vol. I., p. 440.

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