An audience which completely filled the lecture room in Boylston Hall listened to the last of the series of lectures by Prof. J. P. Cooke on "Egypt and her Monuments." The lecturer began with a description of the temple of Edfoo, erected in the time of the Ptolemies, and excavated only a few years ago. This is the best preserved of all the temples, and represents some very fine decorations. Next were shown some illustrations of the granite quarries from which the materials for the temples were obtained, and the method of quarrying was shown to be precisely the same as that employed at Quincy at present. The island of Philae with its temple of Isis was next illustrated. In this temple no attempt at symmetry was made, and the effect is most pleasing, giving us the most beautiful temple remaining in Egypt. Passing still farther on, various remains of the time of the Ptolemies were illustrated and one temple of the time of Rameses the Great. This is remarkable for containing the oldest inscription in Greek that we have. Prof. Cooke closed with a few very appropriate remarks, and was greeted with great applanse.
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