A pilgrimage to the temples and tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and ...

244 THE GOD MALOULI.
the doorways is sculptured the winged globe
and the bas-reliefs on the walls still bear traces
of the brilliant tints and even of the gilding with
which they were originally beautified ;
;
but even
/ can detect that they are of a very inferior
execution to those of Ibsamboul. To send you
a detail of those bas-reliefs, would be to give you
a summary of the ancient Egyptian Mythology,
which, in all due humility, I profess not to under-
stand. Shall I give you JNIonsieur Champollion's
ow^n words on the subject of the peculiar nature
of the god Malouli, to whom Kalabschi was
dedicated ? *
" Ammon-Ra is the point from w^hich not only
all the divine essences of Egyptian Mythology
emanate, but which unites them. Ammon-Ra,
the supreme and first created, being father of
himself, is qualified with the title of husband of
* Each city and town of Egypt and Nubia had its patron
deity. Chnouphis and Sat^ reigned at Elephantina, Es-
souan, and Beghe ; Phre at Ibsamboul, Derr, and Amada
Phtah at Ghirsche ; Anouke at Maschaket ; Thoth, the super-
intendant of Chnouphis over the whole of Nubia, had his
principal fiefs at Ghebal-addeh and Dakkeh ; Osiris was
lord of Dandour ; Isis, queen at Philae ; Athor at Ibsamboul
; and, lastly, Malouli at Kalabschc. But Ammon-Ea
reigned over all, and habitually occupied the right-hand place
in every sanctuary.