Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

180 THE HALL OF PILLARS AT KARNAK ch. tiii.-

The memorial-stone just cited was found, Mariette
assures us, in a side-room to the north-west of the holy
of holies in the temple at Karnak. As the plan of the-
Sekhem or holy of holies had already been described in
the inscription of the 15th year as completely built,,
there is no alternative but to suppose that Tehuti-mes HI.,,
in the 24th year of his reign, built the whole northern
wing of the temple, after diverting the canal which was
in the way, and removing the temple of the god of the
inundation (Nun) connected with it. The improvements
made by him in the buildings of the temple, the ruins
of which still stand at Karnak, and their union and
restoration according to the plans of their original
builders—which Mariette has exhibited in all their
details to the learned world in his admirable work on
Karnak—enable us to recognise at the first glance the
lion's share which belongs to the great Tehuti-mes III.,,
among all the royal builders, as founder of several
edifices of the temple.

Besides the magnificent temple buildings of Amen
Tehuti-mes ILT. erected the stupendous Hall of Pillars
and the chambers and corridors belonging to it on the
east, and the series of gigantic gateways with wings on
the south. The Hall of PiUars, called Khu-mennu, or
' splendid memorial,' was dedicated not only to the god
Amen, but also to the deified rulers, whom Tehuti-mes
III. regarded as his legitimate predecessors on the throne,
and as the ancestors of his own house. Here, in one
of the southern chambers, was found that celebrated
wall which is known under the designation of the Table
of Kings of Karnak. In this the Pharaoh traces back
his pedigree to Sneferu, of the Third Dynasty (of
Memphis), and reckons Assa, Pepi, the petty kings of
the name of Antef, the famous sovereigns of the Twelfth