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An Egyptian etymology was found for it as "Ro-pi-ro-henet," "Temple-mouth-canal," which might be interpreted, with some violence to Egyptian construction, as "The temple at the mouth of the canal," i.e. the Bahr Yusuf, which enters the Fayyûm at Hawara. But unluckily this word would have been pronounced by the natives of the vicinity as "Elphilahune," which is not very much like
"Ro-pi-ro-henet" is, in fact, a mere figment of the philological imagination, and cannot be proved ever to have existed. The contrary is evidently the case. Greek visitors to Egypt found a resemblance between the great Egyptian building, with its numerous halls and corridors, vast in extent, and the Knossian palace.
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