Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 762
Tell el-Maskhiita, the Biblical Fithom DURING W CENTURY: EGYPT 649 into fertile ground. On the south side of this watercourse,about twelve English miles from the modern Ismailiya,is situated an abandoned settlement, Tell el-Maskhuta, Mound of the Statue. At the time of the French ex-pedition a… … Store Chamber of Pithom brought to light, which were covered with hieroglyphs suchas usually mark the sites of ancient ruins in the Delta.Since many of these blocks bore the name of Rameses II.,it was at first supposed that the Biblical Rameses, on thebuilding of which the Israelites labored…
