in this are the pyramids, and it runs in the same direction as those parts of the Arabian mountains which go towards the midday. So then, I say, from Heliopolis the land has no longer a great extent so far as it belongs to Egypt, and for about four days' sail up the river Egypt properly so called is narrow:
aitzitik, hamalau eguneko untzibidean gora Egypto estua da. Bestetik, aipaturiko mendien bitartea lur laua da, eta honek, nire ustez, Arabiar menditik Libyakoa deritzanera, estueneko unean ez du berrehun stadio baino gehiago. Hemendik aurrera, ordea, berriz ere zabala da Egypto.