Rhind, Alexander Henry: Thebes, its tombs and their tenants, ancient and present (London, 1862)

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Early Greek Travellers did, however, see it ere its Fall . . 20
Their Works, especially those of Hecatasus of Miletus, may yet be

recovered . . . , . . . . .21
Accounts of the City may also be discovered in Native Papyri . ib.

Instances which encourage this Hope.....22

Enlightenment also to be expected from Babylonian Sources . 23
Failing Narrative Description, the Nature of the Aid afforded by

Egyptian Frescoes and Sculptures.....24

Character of these.........25

Deficient in scenic Effect........27

Pictures of Houses....... . .28

But no Representation of the Arrangement of these into Streets,

&c............ 29

The Size of the City . . . . . . . .30

How the Area was occupied . . . • . . ib.

Probable Plan of the Streets.......31

Many Phases of Theban Life in the Frescoes . . .32

Conceptions of it as a whole are, however, indistinct ... 33
This from the want of a Native Social Literature . . .34

CHAPTER II.
THE NECROPOLIS.

Is one of the most Remarkable in the World .... 36

Its Extent, Nature, and Appearance...... 37

The Lake which Funeral Processions crossed .... 39

The Hills of the Desert in which the Tombs begin to appear . 40

The Valley of Der-el-Medeeneh and the Tombs in it . • 41

The Hill of El Shekh Abd-el-Goorneh and the Tombs there . 42

Tombs in the Valley of El Assasseef ...... 43

Those around the Temple of Der-el-Bahree .... 44

Those in and near the Hill of El Drah-aboo-Neggch ... 45

The Tombs of the Kings........ ib.

General Characteristics of the Necropolis ..... 48

Periods to which the Tombs chiefly belong..... 49
Tombs of Various Descriptions intermingled . . . .51
Including those of Animals . . . . . . .52