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THE BURIED CITIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
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strange to say, were found absolutely uninjured. The kitchen
was intact—a big room with recesses in the walls which served
for dressers, in which fourteen large jars and two large flat
dishes were yet standing in their places. Here also were
found weights for weighing the meat, spits, knives, plates,
cups, and saucers in abundance. Another room contained
hundreds of amphora lids and plaster jar - sealings, some
stamped with the royal ovals of Psammetichus; some with
those of ISTeko, his son; and some with those of Apries. This
was the room in which the wine-jars were opened; in other
words, the butler's pantr}'. In an adjoining chamber were
,v^y-.
::&**~
TELL DKFENNKH. ("EL KASR EL IiIXT EI. YAIII'DI.")
found a vast number of empty wine-jars, some perfect, some
broken; while in others of the ground-floor rooms were
piled large numbers of early Greek vases ranging in date
from 550 b.c. to 600 b.c, some finely painted with scenes of
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strange to say, were found absolutely uninjured. The kitchen
was intact—a big room with recesses in the walls which served
for dressers, in which fourteen large jars and two large flat
dishes were yet standing in their places. Here also were
found weights for weighing the meat, spits, knives, plates,
cups, and saucers in abundance. Another room contained
hundreds of amphora lids and plaster jar - sealings, some
stamped with the royal ovals of Psammetichus; some with
those of ISTeko, his son; and some with those of Apries. This
was the room in which the wine-jars were opened; in other
words, the butler's pantr}'. In an adjoining chamber were
,v^y-.
::&**~
TELL DKFENNKH. ("EL KASR EL IiIXT EI. YAIII'DI.")
found a vast number of empty wine-jars, some perfect, some
broken; while in others of the ground-floor rooms were
piled large numbers of early Greek vases ranging in date
from 550 b.c. to 600 b.c, some finely painted with scenes of
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