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 Equal diligence was shown by this sovereign in rebuilding and beautifying the temples which had long been neglected. The cities of the gods, we are told in decidedly hyperbolical language, 'lay as heaps of rubbish.' 'He renewed the temples of the sun-god,' we read, 'and Ra rejoiced to see that renewed which had been destroyed in former times.' The king also provided for the sacrifices; he appointed holy persons, singers, and bodyguards for the temples, and assigned for their use and service arable land, cattle, and all that was required—that 'they might sing thus each new morning unto Ra: "Thou hast made the kingdom great for us in thy son the delight of thy heart, King Horus. Grant him length of years and victory in all lands, even as unto Horus, son of Isis."'

Horus reigned for more than twenty years, and his death was followed by the accession of a new dynasty—the nineteenth.