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When Sesostris died, he was succeeded in the kingship (the priests said) by his son Pheros1. This king waged no wars, and chanced to become blind, for the following reason: the Nile came down in such a flood as there had never been, rising to a height of thirty feet, and the water that flowed over the fields was roughened by a strong wind;

1 Manetho's list shows no such name. It is probably not a name but a title, Pharaoh.

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