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[488] Medinet el Faium.

-View of modern Medinet el-Faiyum, with its Islamic cemetery in the foreground (taken from the remains of the old town).
-Caption:
'Medinet el Faium.
from the mounds of the old town.
Cemetery in front.'.

[491] Closer view of corner of enclosure.

Biahmu (Biyahmu). Colossi of Amenemhat (Amenemhet) III, bases/pedestals.
Caption reads:
'Closer view of corner of enclosure. (exactly end on)
with projecting foot of masonry below slope.
angle by Howard Vyse, (also by this view with horizon) 63º 30'
Angle of a rise of 2 on a base of 1 - 63º 26''

[493] S.E. corner of E. pile, and part of surrounding enclosure.

Biahmu (Biyahmu). Colossi of Amenemhat (Amenemhet) III, bases/pedestals.
Caption reads:
'S.E. corner of E. pile, and part of surrounding enclosure.
Shewing the ground to be clear between them; hence the outer
slope was not part of a pyramid, but rather of a mastaba-like
court; from the Arab name there were probably statues on
the piles: this resembling the pyramids with statues on them of Hdtus II.149.'

[494] N.W. corner of W. pile, with stones in enclosure, and edge of it.

Biahmu (Biyahmu). Colossi of Amenemhat (Amenemhet) III, bases/pedestals.
Caption reads:
'N.W. corner of W. pile, with stones in enclosure, and edge of it.
These stones are the highest that exist between the walls
and the piles; and therefore the best evidence that there
is for a continuous pyramid.'

With three arrows pointing at the monuments described.

[506] Obelisk of Ebgig from the West.

-Abgig or Begig.
-Obelisk of Senusret (Sesostris) I.
-Caption:
'Obelisk of Ebgig from the West.
It is 82.7 ins wide at base and 56.4 at top. About 90 tons
The total length from base to rounding of top is 39 ft 3.7 ins.'

-Also labelled in photograph:
'Gebel Sedment'.

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