hor. interm.

It is very destitute of vegetation, and this is especially the case with the country about Mount Hor, and Petra.

There are most extensive excavations—a considerable town under ground; the tomb of Aaron on Mount Hor is an excavation.

After the fall of the Ramessidian kings, the priestly Dynasty of Her-hor does not appear to have made use of them very largely.

At the north pole is an hour circle bearing the inscription “Index Hor: Italic.”