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egyptian dynasties.
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perhaps, it be the step-shaped Pyramid of Sak-
karah. Tlie Great Pyramids (those of Cheops,
Chephren and Myceriims) belong to the IVth,
dynasty. The tombs of Tib and Phtah-hotep,
and all the tombs which are visited at Sakkarah
belong to the Vth. To find records of the VIth,
the traveller must visit some less frequented
spots, such as Zawyet-el-Ma'itin, Qasr-es-sayad,
and the El-Kab rocks. The necropolis of
Abydos has supplied the Museum at Boolak
with some valuable stela3 of the VIth dynasty. >
The VIIth, VIIIth, IXth and Xth dynasties are
a complete blank. There is no monument
known which can be assigned to this period with
any degree of certainty. *
The XIth dynasty is a revival. Thebes then
becomes a capital for the first time ; and the
tombs of this XIth dynasty are found in that
part of the necropolis of Thebes which is called
Drah-abou'l-neggah.
The XIIth dynasty is represented by the tombs
of Beni-Hassan, and the names of its kings often
occur in the necropolis of Abydos. During the
excavations made at Karnak, we have discovered
See Brugsch's "Egypt," second edition, vol. i, p. 130-
139. —[Ed.]
73
perhaps, it be the step-shaped Pyramid of Sak-
karah. Tlie Great Pyramids (those of Cheops,
Chephren and Myceriims) belong to the IVth,
dynasty. The tombs of Tib and Phtah-hotep,
and all the tombs which are visited at Sakkarah
belong to the Vth. To find records of the VIth,
the traveller must visit some less frequented
spots, such as Zawyet-el-Ma'itin, Qasr-es-sayad,
and the El-Kab rocks. The necropolis of
Abydos has supplied the Museum at Boolak
with some valuable stela3 of the VIth dynasty. >
The VIIth, VIIIth, IXth and Xth dynasties are
a complete blank. There is no monument
known which can be assigned to this period with
any degree of certainty. *
The XIth dynasty is a revival. Thebes then
becomes a capital for the first time ; and the
tombs of this XIth dynasty are found in that
part of the necropolis of Thebes which is called
Drah-abou'l-neggah.
The XIIth dynasty is represented by the tombs
of Beni-Hassan, and the names of its kings often
occur in the necropolis of Abydos. During the
excavations made at Karnak, we have discovered
See Brugsch's "Egypt," second edition, vol. i, p. 130-
139. —[Ed.]