Histories

Near Thebes [32.666,25.683] (deserted settlement), Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt, AfricaThebes there are sacred snakes, harmless to men, small in size, and bearing two horns on the top of their heads. These, when they die, are buried in the temple of Zeus, to whom they are said to be sacred.

There is a place in Arabian Peninsula [45,25] (region (general)), AsiaArabia not far from the town of +Kawm al-Farain [30.733,31.2] (deserted settlement), Kafr ash-Shaykh, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa Buto where I went to learn about the winged serpents. When I arrived there, I saw innumerable bones and backbones of serpents: many heaps of backbones, great and small and even smaller.

This place, where the backbones lay scattered, is where a narrow mountain pass opens into a great plain, which adjoins the plain of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt.

Winged serpents are said to fly from Arabian Peninsula [45,25] (region (general)), AsiaArabia at the beginning of spring, making for Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt; but the ibis birds encounter the invaders in this pass and kill them.