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ἀρτήματα. The holes bored for these ‘pendants’ can still be seen in the skulls of mummied crocodiles. λίθος χυτή was a kind of glass, an older name for ὕαλος.

θήκῃσι. The labyrinth (ii. 148. 5) was built partly for the burial of the sacred crocodiles. The most extensive finds of mummied crocodiles have been near Monfalût, some 220 miles south of Cairo.

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