... contemporary with the Sixth Dynasty; while the ramparts of El Kab, of Kom el Ahmar, of El Hibeh, and of Dakkeh, as well as part of the fortifications of Thebes, are still standing, and await the architect ... notwithstanding this carelessness, they are not readily put out of shape. The outer {4}faces of the bricks become disintegrated by the action of the weather, but those in the inner part of the wall ... their houses, their towns, and the villages upon their domains which commanded either the mountain passes or the narrow parts of the river, against their king or their neighbours. The oldest...