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CONTENTS.
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Page
Its last Occupants—their Bank and Date determined, by the
Papyri .......... 118
Details from the Papyrus of Sebau...... 119
Its philological Value as a bi-lingual Document.... 120
The Papyrus of Tabai, Wife of Sebau..... ib.
The Connexion between all the Occupants of the Tomb not
clear........... 122
The Vicissitudes in its Destiny....... ib.
CHAPTER V.
A BURIAL-PLACE OF THE POOR.
Its Situation..........
Commencement of the Excavation ......
Disclosure of Groups of Mummies......
Character and Description of the Coffins.....
The Objects which accompanied the Mummies .
Frequent Presence of Shoes .......
Instances in which Scarabs! occurred.....
Presence of knotted Cords .......
Inequalities of Life stereotyped in Death by Egyptian Sepulture
The Occupants of the present Burial-Place evidently of the
humbler Classes........
Its Position in the Court of an older Tomb.....
Condition of that Tomb........
Papyrus found near the Entrance......
Frieze of Brick Cones above the Doorway ......
Probable History of the Interment......
CHAPTER VI.
EXCAVATIONS AMONG TOMBS OF VARIOUS GRADES.
Tombs of the Kings....... . . 140
Ancient Statements as to their Number.....141
Result of Trials at various Points in Bab-el-Molook . . .143
Disappointed of instituting Excavations in the Western Valley . 145
Usual State of Painted-Chambered Tombs .... ib.
a
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ib.
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131
ib.
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ib.
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XV
Page
Its last Occupants—their Bank and Date determined, by the
Papyri .......... 118
Details from the Papyrus of Sebau...... 119
Its philological Value as a bi-lingual Document.... 120
The Papyrus of Tabai, Wife of Sebau..... ib.
The Connexion between all the Occupants of the Tomb not
clear........... 122
The Vicissitudes in its Destiny....... ib.
CHAPTER V.
A BURIAL-PLACE OF THE POOR.
Its Situation..........
Commencement of the Excavation ......
Disclosure of Groups of Mummies......
Character and Description of the Coffins.....
The Objects which accompanied the Mummies .
Frequent Presence of Shoes .......
Instances in which Scarabs! occurred.....
Presence of knotted Cords .......
Inequalities of Life stereotyped in Death by Egyptian Sepulture
The Occupants of the present Burial-Place evidently of the
humbler Classes........
Its Position in the Court of an older Tomb.....
Condition of that Tomb........
Papyrus found near the Entrance......
Frieze of Brick Cones above the Doorway ......
Probable History of the Interment......
CHAPTER VI.
EXCAVATIONS AMONG TOMBS OF VARIOUS GRADES.
Tombs of the Kings....... . . 140
Ancient Statements as to their Number.....141
Result of Trials at various Points in Bab-el-Molook . . .143
Disappointed of instituting Excavations in the Western Valley . 145
Usual State of Painted-Chambered Tombs .... ib.
a
124
125
ib.
126
128
129
130
131
ib.
133
ib.
134
135
136
138