Kitap 2
105.1
Listen to something else about the Colchians, in which they are like the Egyptians: they and the Egyptians alone work linen and have the same way of working it, a way peculiar to themselves; and they are alike in all their way of life, and in their speech. Linen has two names: the Colchian kind is called by the Greeks Sardonian There seems to be no reason for connecting Colchian linen with +Sardinia [9,40] (region), Italy, Europe Sardinia (as Σαρδωνικόν would imply). The Colchian word may have had a similar sound.; that which comes from Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt is called Egyptian.
106.1
As to the pillars that Sesostris, king of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt , set up in the countries, most of them are no longer to be seen. But I myself saw them in the +Palestine [35.333,31.916] (region (general)), Asia Palestine district of +Syria [38,35] (nation), Asia Syria , with the aforesaid writing and the women's private parts on them.
106.2
Also, there are in Ionia (region (general)), Europe Ionia two figuresTwo such figures have been discovered in the pass of Karabel, near the old road from +Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Ephesus to +Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus) Smyrna . They are not, however, Egyptian in appearance. of this man carved in rock, one on the road from +Ephesus [27.316,37.916] (deserted settlement), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Ephesus to +Foca [26.75,38.666] (inhabited place), Izmir Ili, Ege kiyilari, Turkey, Asia Phocaea , and the other on that from Sardis [28.0167,38.475] (Perseus) Sardis to +Smyrna [27.1667,38.4167] (Perseus) Smyrna .
106.3
In both places, the figure is over twenty feet high, with a spear in his right hand and a bow in his left, and the rest of his equipment proportional; for it is both Egyptian and Ethiopian;
