Histories

Now when this EgyptianSesostris (so the priests said) reached +Daphnae [32.183,30.866] (deserted settlement), Ash Sharqiyah, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa Daphnae of +Pelusium (deserted settlement), Shamal Sina', Desert, Egypt, Africa Pelusium on his way home, leading many captives from the peoples whose lands he had subjugated, his brother, whom he had left in charge in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, invited him and his sons to a banquet and then piled wood around the house and set it on fire.

When Sesostris was aware of this, he at once consulted his wife, whom (it was said) he had with him; and she advised him to lay two of his six sons on the fire and make a bridge over the burning so that they could walk over the bodies of the two and escape. This Sesostris did; two of his sons were thus burnt but the rest escaped alive with their father.

After returning to Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, and avenging himself on his brother, Sesostris found work for the multitude which he brought with him from the countries which he had subdued.

It was these who dragged the great and long blocks of stone which were brought in this king's reign to the temple of Hephaestus; and it was they who were compelled to dig all the canals which are now in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, and involuntarily made what had been a land of horses and carts empty of these.

For from this time Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, although a level land, could use no horses or carts, because there were so many canals going every which way. The reason why the king thus intersected the country was this: