Budge, Ernest A. Wallis: Some account of the collection of Egyptian antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux: of Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross (London, 1896)

THE FUNERAL OF AN EGYPTIAN.

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by Cheops, the second king of the IVth dynasty,
about B.C. 3733 ; the Second Pyramid of Gizeh was
built by Chephren, the third king of the IVth dy-
nasty, about B.C. 3666; and the Third Pyramid of
Gizeh was built by Mycerinus, the fourth king of the
IVth dynasty, about B.C. 3633. The pyramids at
Sakkarah, Abusir, Dahshur and other places usually
formed the tombs of kings and of members of the
royal families of Egypt.

The tombs of Upper Egypt during the Xllth and
following dynasties were built in modified forms of
the mastaba, and always contained the equivalents of
the upper chamber, serdab, and pit, whatever might
be the order of their arrangement. They were
usually hewn out of the mountains, but whenever a
stony plain was near at hand, as in the case of
Abydos, the Egyptians dug tombs therein. The
finest examples of tombs hewn out of the solid
rock are found at Thebes, and of these the most
remarkable are those of the kings of the Middle
Empire. They consist of long slanting corridors,
terminating in halls and chambers, the walls and
ceilings of which are ornamented with inscriptions,
mythological scenes, figures of the gods, etc., all
painted with admirable taste in bright colours. Of
tombs of high officials those of Rekh-ma-Ra, Nekht,