Note 20 — Chapter IV · SAKKARAH AND MEMPHIS.
Reading edition
Tell: Arabic for mound. Many of the mounds preserve the ancient names of the cities they entomb; as Tell Basta (Bubastis); Kóm Ombo (Ombos); etc., etc. Tell and Kóm are synonymous terms.
Reading edition
Tell: Arabic for mound. Many of the mounds preserve the ancient names of the cities they entomb; as Tell Basta (Bubastis); Kóm Ombo (Ombos); etc., etc. Tell and Kóm are synonymous terms.