Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

802 GENERAL INDEX.
Kom Ga'if, mound of, == ancient Naukratis,
651.
Kommagene, empire of, 766, 779-780, 784.
K6m Ombo (Ombos), beautiful temple of,
640-641.
Kud( t ) el-'Amara, location of, 64.
Kuric coins, discovery of, 326.
Kurigalzu, Cassite ruler, 312 ;
bricks of, 332;
inscriptions, 41 7.
Kush, how identified with Ethiopia and Arabia,
742.
Kyaxares, king of Media, 791.
Kyzylirmak = Halys, 756.
Labyrinth of Egypt, located, 633, 641, 666 ;
when built, 669.
Lachish, site of, 607 ;
siege of, 608.
Lagash, builders and rulers, 247.
Lakhamun, or Zarnapit, 48, 49.
Landberg, Count, visits Raven Castle, 725-
726.
Langer, Siegfried, Arabian travels of, 7 1 6-
717.
Larsam or Ellasar, 154—155.
Layard, Sir Austen Henry, excavations of, 34 ;
discoveries of, 65 ; enters Iraq, 66 ; researches
of, in Assyria, 88-129 ;
discoveries
of, at Nimrud, 95-129 ;
meets Rawlinson,
97; publications of, 112; his second expedition,
114; again at Qovunjuk and
Nimrud, 116; at Tell-Mohammed, 158;
employed by British Museum, 202-203.
Lebanon, range of, 587, 596.
Leipzig school of Assyriologists, 280.
Lememses, king of Abydos, 680.
Lepsius, Karl Richard, heads German expedition
to Egypt, 632 ;
opens up Ethiopian
civilization, 633 ;
his works, 634.
Levites, institution of, 749-750.
Libil-khegal, canal, 32.
Library of Nineveh described, 121— 123.
Lisht, pyramids of, explored, 642.
Lockett, Captain, visit to El-Oh'mir, 41.
Loewenstern, on Assyrian language, 187.
Loftus, William Kennett, enters Iraq, 66 ; researches
of, 136-138; further researches
of, 139-144-
Loret, Victor, continues Egyptian explorations,
639.
Lugalkigubnidudu, ruler of Erech, 333.
Lugalzaggisi, king of Erech, 312, 333, 383-
384.
Luxor, excavations at, 640 ; temple of, 6~o,
682-683.
Lvdda, Hebrew name of Roman Diospolis,
'586.
Lynch, R. B., drowning of, 60; explorations
of, 66-69.
Lyons, Captain, work of, at Philae, 642.
Macalister, Stewart, his researches in Palestine,
609.
Macedonian Empire, 554.
Madaba, mosaic of, representing map of Syria,
Palestine, and Egypt, 618-619.
Ma'dan, tribes of, 6.
Magan, East Arabic, 730, 736.
Makarius, his letter from Constantine, 583.
Malatva, inscription of, 779.
Malik, attendant of Shamash, 269.
Maltzan, Heinrich von, his Arabian travels,
710-71 1.
Mandan bowls, discovery of, 326.
Manetho, as an authority, 669.
Manishtusu, king of Kish, 276, 333.
Manzoni, Renzo, Arabian works of, 714.
Map, mosaic, of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine,
619-620.
Mar'ash, Hittite district, visited, 301 ; inscriptions
of, 756-757; date of, 765, 767-
780.
Marashu Sons, firm of, 502.
Marco Polo, travels of, 13.
Mareshah, site of, 611.
Maria, Vincenzo, observations of, 17.
Marib, Saba's capital, 697 ;
explorations in,
704-705.
Mariette, Augustus, opens a new period of
Egyptian exploration, 634 ; his discovery
of the Serapeum, 634 ;
discovery of
sphinxes, 635-636; his further explorations,
637, 639, 644.
Mar Matti monastery, 33.
Mary, mother of God, 582 ;
place of demise,
583 ; St. Mary's Well, site of, 602.
Mash, land of, 741.
Maspero, opens pyramids of Saqqira, 654,
662.
Maudslay, his find at Jerusalem, 603.
Mecca, Islam's centre, 719.
Medeba, location of, 594 ;
land of, 612.
Median Wall of Xenophon, 64.
Medinet Habu, temple of, 638, 683.
Medum, pyramid of, explored by Petrie, 641 ;
inscriptions in, 663.
Melidia, see Malatva, 779.
Melitene, bv whom held, ~66 ; see Malatva,
779-
Melukh, Central Arabia, 737.
Memnon, colossi of, 684.
Memphis, excavations at, 631 ;
pyramids ot,
explored, 632; tombs discovered, 633 ;
Serapeum of, 634 ;
old town of, 665.
Menant, Hittite researches of, 771.
Menephtah, sanctuaries of, 684.
Menes, King, time of, 665 ; tomb of, 680.
Mereruka, discovery of tomb of, 65-.
Merit, tomb of, 659.
Meroi, remains of, 634.