Two months had past since Bent-Anat's departure from Thebes, and the imprisonment of Pentaur.

Ant-Baba is the name of the valley, in the western half of the peninsula of Sinai, [I have described in detail the peninsula of Sinai, its history, and the sacred places on it, in my book "Durch Gosen zum Sinai," published in 1872.

In depicting this scenery in the present romance, I have endeavored to reproduce the reality as closely as possible.

He who has wandered through this wonderful mountain wilderness can never forget it.

The valley now called "Laba," bore the same name in the time of the Pharaohs.] through which a long procession of human beings, and of beasts of burden, wended their way.
It was winter, and yet the mid-day sun sent down glowing rays, which were reflected from the naked rocks.