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DETAIL OF PAINTEI
(Tel-el-Aiiiiini;i).
PYRAMIDS AND PROGRESS
extending downward, termi-
nate in minute hands, dis-
tributing gifts and blessings
to the worshippers under-
neath. Akhenaten and his
wife and six daughters are all
shown in attitudes of deep
devotion, and the inscriptions
are full of the praise of truth
Λτη:>>- and many noble principles
advocated by Christianity. I wished to visit the tomb of the poor king himself.
It is far away, hidden among the barren mountain gorges. We took another
day for this, and this time my captain and all my crew turned out, armed as my
escort, for the villagers said rough characters might be met with. But nothing
happened to us. We found the tomb ; it had only been lately re-discovered, but
had been rifled and destroyed thousands of years ago. I descended deep down
a hewn tunnel into the mountain side. 1 saw where the coffin had lain. It had
been a handsome red granite sarcophagus. I picked up many little fragments,
each showing remains of the polished surface and some with traces of carving.
I also found many pieces of alabaster showing remains of hieroglyphs and traces
of colour. Λ wilder and more desolate spot could not have been chosen for a
sepulchre. Barren rocks everywhere; not a green leaf, not a drop of water;
narrow chasms with vertical sides of limestone rock, hard as flint. Above, the
burning sunshine and deep blue sky. The overhanging cliffs cast purple shadows
athwart the narrow
valleys. Not a living
thing was to be seen,
save a vulture or an
eagle soaring high
aloft, or a great hawk
sailing majestically a-
cross the blue. We
rested in an unfinished
tomb and lunched un-
romantically. We had
a long ride of about
fifteen miles under a
burning sun, and rested THE adjoining buildings of the temple of the
e .. SUN-DISK,
for some time in the (R«*ta»**w,*iWJ«»^
(Tel-el-Aiiiiini;i).
PYRAMIDS AND PROGRESS
extending downward, termi-
nate in minute hands, dis-
tributing gifts and blessings
to the worshippers under-
neath. Akhenaten and his
wife and six daughters are all
shown in attitudes of deep
devotion, and the inscriptions
are full of the praise of truth
Λτη:>>- and many noble principles
advocated by Christianity. I wished to visit the tomb of the poor king himself.
It is far away, hidden among the barren mountain gorges. We took another
day for this, and this time my captain and all my crew turned out, armed as my
escort, for the villagers said rough characters might be met with. But nothing
happened to us. We found the tomb ; it had only been lately re-discovered, but
had been rifled and destroyed thousands of years ago. I descended deep down
a hewn tunnel into the mountain side. 1 saw where the coffin had lain. It had
been a handsome red granite sarcophagus. I picked up many little fragments,
each showing remains of the polished surface and some with traces of carving.
I also found many pieces of alabaster showing remains of hieroglyphs and traces
of colour. Λ wilder and more desolate spot could not have been chosen for a
sepulchre. Barren rocks everywhere; not a green leaf, not a drop of water;
narrow chasms with vertical sides of limestone rock, hard as flint. Above, the
burning sunshine and deep blue sky. The overhanging cliffs cast purple shadows
athwart the narrow
valleys. Not a living
thing was to be seen,
save a vulture or an
eagle soaring high
aloft, or a great hawk
sailing majestically a-
cross the blue. We
rested in an unfinished
tomb and lunched un-
romantically. We had
a long ride of about
fifteen miles under a
burning sun, and rested THE adjoining buildings of the temple of the
e .. SUN-DISK,
for some time in the (R«*ta»**w,*iWJ«»^