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CONTENTS.
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The present deathlike Aspect of the Necropolis .... 53
Its ancient Appearance........ 54
Shape of the Interior of the Tombs...... 55
The Scenes on the Walls........ 57
Tombs of Various Designs referred to..... 58
Nature of the Sepulchral Deposits...... 59
CHAPTER HI.
ON THE RESULTS OP FORMER SEPULCHRAL RESEARCHES.
Want of precise Data as to the Details of Egyptian Sepulture . 62
This chiefly owing to the Pillage of the Tombs from early
Times.......... 63
Instances of it under Native as well as Greek and Roman Rule . ib.
The earlier Attempts by the Arabs {fellaheen) .... 65
Explorations under European Auspices begin .... 66
Opportunities for accurate Observations neglected . . . ib.
The Excavations instituted by Salt and Drovetti ... 67
Those carried on by Dathanasi ....... 69
His Procedure frustrated the recording of Sepulchral Details . 70
Researches by Passalacqua ....... ib.
Excavations by Champollion, Rosellini, and Mariette . . 71
Various Points, Psychological and Ethnographical, which Sepul-
chral Details might illustrate...... 72
The Hope in which the Excavations, hereafter to be described,
were undertaken........ 75
Preliminary Summary of their Nature..... 76
CHAPTER IV.
THE UNRIFLED TOMB OF A THEBAN DIGNITARY AND ITS
CONTENTS.
Point at the Foot of El Shekh Abd-el-Goorneh selected for an
Excavation.........77
Arrangement of the Tombs in that Hill..... 78
Its present Aspect......... 79
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Page
The present deathlike Aspect of the Necropolis .... 53
Its ancient Appearance........ 54
Shape of the Interior of the Tombs...... 55
The Scenes on the Walls........ 57
Tombs of Various Designs referred to..... 58
Nature of the Sepulchral Deposits...... 59
CHAPTER HI.
ON THE RESULTS OP FORMER SEPULCHRAL RESEARCHES.
Want of precise Data as to the Details of Egyptian Sepulture . 62
This chiefly owing to the Pillage of the Tombs from early
Times.......... 63
Instances of it under Native as well as Greek and Roman Rule . ib.
The earlier Attempts by the Arabs {fellaheen) .... 65
Explorations under European Auspices begin .... 66
Opportunities for accurate Observations neglected . . . ib.
The Excavations instituted by Salt and Drovetti ... 67
Those carried on by Dathanasi ....... 69
His Procedure frustrated the recording of Sepulchral Details . 70
Researches by Passalacqua ....... ib.
Excavations by Champollion, Rosellini, and Mariette . . 71
Various Points, Psychological and Ethnographical, which Sepul-
chral Details might illustrate...... 72
The Hope in which the Excavations, hereafter to be described,
were undertaken........ 75
Preliminary Summary of their Nature..... 76
CHAPTER IV.
THE UNRIFLED TOMB OF A THEBAN DIGNITARY AND ITS
CONTENTS.
Point at the Foot of El Shekh Abd-el-Goorneh selected for an
Excavation.........77
Arrangement of the Tombs in that Hill..... 78
Its present Aspect......... 79