THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN Northern Syria, where he vanquished the tribes without any great difficulty ; the court historian says that the " Sun of Egypt and the Moon of all other lands " drove the people before him like Baru,' and that he slew their chiefs and passed through their soldiers like a flame of fire, and that all who could fled before him. He collected large quantities of spoil, and every tribe hastened to appease his wrath with gifts, and as he retraced his steps to Egypt he left ruin nd desolation behind him. He had conquered the country for the time, but the minds of the vanquished were filled with hate and lust for vengeance. It is difficult to understand why the great kings of the XVIIIth Dynasty did not appoint a permanent official in Syria, with the title of Prince of Syria, in the same manner that they appointed a viceroy in Nubia with the title of Prince of Kash. Had they done so the Egyptians would probably have had no need to invade that country time after time, and to crush frequent revolts at great cost and with much difficulty. When Seti I.

returned laden with spoil he was warmly welcomed by his people, and especially by the priests of Amen, to whom he gave large gifts.

From Lebanon he brought back much cedar wood, which was employed in making a boat for Amen-Ra, and flagstaffs for the pylons of the temples. The Syrian campaign over, Seti I. was at liberty to turn his attention to Nubia, but, although his name is found on buildings and rocks so far to the south as Gebel Sesi, there is no mention anywhere of a great expedition into the country by him. Among the list of the countries which he claims to have conquered we find the names Punt, Anti of Kenset, Thehennu, &c., but it is probable that this list is made up of selections from that of Thothmes HI., and that it is not to be regarded as a strictly historical document. On one of the walls of the desert temple of Redesiya*" the king is seen slaughtering " the chiefs of Kesh the abominable," and Amen-Ra, in whose presence he stands, says, " I have given to thee the South, even as the whole of the North, to be under thy sandals.'"

J-- See Lepsius, Denkmdler, Abth. iii., Bl. 129. ' Ibid., Bl. 139. 628