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PREFACE
In 191 [\ the expedition's work of recording the monuments of
Thebes was very considerably augmented through a munificent gift
made for the purpose by Mrs. Edward J. Tytus, in memory of her
son Robb de Peyster Tytus, who himself had conducted archaeological
work on a Theban site.
Robb de Peyster Tytus, the son of Edward Jefferson Tytus and
Charlotte Mathilde Davies, was born February 2, 1876, at Asheville,
North Carolina. He prepared for college at St. Mark's School, South-
boro, Massachusetts, and received the degree of Rachelor of Arts from
Yale College in 1897. He then devoted himself to the study of art
in London, Paris, and Munich, and in 1899 went to Egypt where, in
1901-02, in cooperation with Percy E. Newberry, he conducted exca-
vations upon the site of the palace of Amenhotep III, on the west
bank of the Nile at Thebes. In 1903 he published the results of these
excavations in a Preliminary Report on the Re'excavation of the Palace
of Amenhotep III, with plates in color from his own drawings of
the painted pavements and other decorative features of the struc-
ture. In the same year he received the degree of Master of Arts
from Yale, and in the succeeding years, 1904-06, he published a num-
ber of poems and stories relating to Egypt, some of them in collabora-
tion with his wife. In 1911 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society of London. He died at Saranac Lake, New
York, on August i4, i9i3.
Through his friendly interest in the work in Egypt of the Metro-
politan Museum, the concession for the palace of Amenhotep was
transferred in 1910 to the Museum's expedition, with the permission
of the Egyptian Government. The site covered a large area, much
of which still remained to be investigated, and on it excavations of
great interest have since been conducted.
The fund now contributed by his mother provides, during a period
of five years, both for the recording of Theban monuments and for
their publication in a series of volumes, of which the present one is
the first. With the regular course of excavations which the Museum
In 191 [\ the expedition's work of recording the monuments of
Thebes was very considerably augmented through a munificent gift
made for the purpose by Mrs. Edward J. Tytus, in memory of her
son Robb de Peyster Tytus, who himself had conducted archaeological
work on a Theban site.
Robb de Peyster Tytus, the son of Edward Jefferson Tytus and
Charlotte Mathilde Davies, was born February 2, 1876, at Asheville,
North Carolina. He prepared for college at St. Mark's School, South-
boro, Massachusetts, and received the degree of Rachelor of Arts from
Yale College in 1897. He then devoted himself to the study of art
in London, Paris, and Munich, and in 1899 went to Egypt where, in
1901-02, in cooperation with Percy E. Newberry, he conducted exca-
vations upon the site of the palace of Amenhotep III, on the west
bank of the Nile at Thebes. In 1903 he published the results of these
excavations in a Preliminary Report on the Re'excavation of the Palace
of Amenhotep III, with plates in color from his own drawings of
the painted pavements and other decorative features of the struc-
ture. In the same year he received the degree of Master of Arts
from Yale, and in the succeeding years, 1904-06, he published a num-
ber of poems and stories relating to Egypt, some of them in collabora-
tion with his wife. In 1911 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Geographical Society of London. He died at Saranac Lake, New
York, on August i4, i9i3.
Through his friendly interest in the work in Egypt of the Metro-
politan Museum, the concession for the palace of Amenhotep was
transferred in 1910 to the Museum's expedition, with the permission
of the Egyptian Government. The site covered a large area, much
of which still remained to be investigated, and on it excavations of
great interest have since been conducted.
The fund now contributed by his mother provides, during a period
of five years, both for the recording of Theban monuments and for
their publication in a series of volumes, of which the present one is
the first. With the regular course of excavations which the Museum