Histories

I thought he was joking when he said that he had exact knowledge, but this was his story. Between the city of Aswan [32.933,24.83] (inhabited place), Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Syene in the Thebaid (region (general)), Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Thebaid and Elephantine, there are two hills with sharp peaks, one called Crophi and the other Mophi.

The springs of the Nahr an- Nil [31.1,30.166] (river), AfricaNile, which are bottomless, rise between these hills; half the water flows north towards Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt, and the other half south towards Ethiopia [39,8] (nation), AfricaEthiopia.