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

THE TOMB CHAMBER 361

mg of the tomb-shaft down which M. Brugsch and his
•companions had to be lowered to a depth of nearly
■40 feet. On reaching the bottom they found themselves
ln a corridor about 225 feet in length, along which
"ley had to grope their way, and which finally led them
to a large chamber about 25 feet long and nearly rect-
angular in shape. This was found to be quite full of
dummies, coffins, canopic vases, ushabtiu figures, boxes,
bronze objects, funerary furniture, &c, while care-
lessly thrown aside at a sharp turn in the corridor was
the beautiful funeral canopy of the Princess Isi-em-kheb.
-" is a marvellous piece of leather patch-work, for which
the skins of hundreds of gazelles must have been used.
ft has been most carefully restored by M. Brugsch, and
is now in the Gizeh Palace. Notwithstanding the
ln-tense heat—July 11—it was resolved to remove the
contents of the chamber to Cairo, and for forty-eight
nours a gang of workmen was occupied in bringing
tuem to the mouth of the tomb, while M. Brugsch and
•^mad Effendi Kamal stood superintending the work.
•^ less than a fortnight the whole ' find' was sent across
the river to Luqsor, and was thence conveyed by the
-Khedive's steamer to Cairo.

The arranging of the mummies and the sorting of
neir respective cases was no easy task, as it was found
nat the coffins often contained a body other than that

the real owner. Por instance, in the mummy-case
,<)f Queen Nefertari was found the body of Eamses HI.,
while the coffin of the nurse of Queen Nefertari Baa
contained the mummy of Queen An-Hapi; and Painet'em
as found to have taken possession of the coffin of
^ehuti-mes I. Four dynasties of the ancient Egyptian
^mpire are represented by these mummies, the most
important personages among them being :—

King Seqenen-Ea of the Seventeenth Dynasty;