XXIV
CONTENTS.
Ptolemy Physcon . .
Judgment scene .
Intent of one of the side cham-
bers . . .
Errors in reading Ptolemaic
names
Masonry connected by wooden
dove-tailed cramps
Dayr el Bahree
Page
83
85
86
87
89
90
Page
Sculptures and style of building 91
Its obelisks . . . 92
Question respecting Amun-neit-
gori, the founder . 93 and 96
Peculiar vaulted chambers . 94
Supposed communication to the
tombs of the kings . , 98
Boad to the tombs of the kings 99
CHAPTER II.
Bab, or Biban el Molook, " The Gate " or " Gates of the Kings."
Tombs of the kings . . 100
Belzoui's tomb , . 101
Originally closed . .102
Its parts and plan . .103
Its length ; its sculptures . 105
The four divisions of the world. 106
Egyptian drawings . .107
Sculptures of the other chambers 108
Brace's Harper's tomb . 109
The kitchen chamber . .110
Arms; furniture . .111
The Harpers. The occupants
of these small chambers . 113
Tomb of Memnon, so called
Portraits of the kings . .
Other tombs . •
A queen the original occupant
of the tomb No. 14.
Tomb usurped by a later king .
Other tombs. Supposed passage
through the rocks. Tombs
open in the time of the Ptole-
mies . . 120,
Tombs in the Western Valley .
114
116
117
118
119
121
122
CHAPTER III.
Tombs of Priests and Private Individuals.
The goddess Athor
Crude brick arches
Priest's wives. Subjects of the
frescos . • •
Crude brick pyramids with
vaulted chambers .
Tombs of the time of the 26th
Dynasty. The largest tomb
in Thebes . . .
Its plan and distribution
Chambers in the pits .
The occupant of this tomb
Style of the sculpture of this era 134
Tombs of Qoornet Mur'raee . 135
125
126
127
128
129
131
132
133
A procession and tribute from
Ethiopia . . . 136
Arrival of a princess from that
country . . . 137
Egyptian slaves . . 138
A chase of wild animals .139
Hill of Shekh Abd-el-Qoomeh . 140
Tombs sold a second time . 141
The subjects of the tombs an
epitome of human life 142, 143
Pigs rarely represented. Names
in tomb No. 16, confirming
the tablet of Abydus . .144
CONTENTS.
Ptolemy Physcon . .
Judgment scene .
Intent of one of the side cham-
bers . . .
Errors in reading Ptolemaic
names
Masonry connected by wooden
dove-tailed cramps
Dayr el Bahree
Page
83
85
86
87
89
90
Page
Sculptures and style of building 91
Its obelisks . . . 92
Question respecting Amun-neit-
gori, the founder . 93 and 96
Peculiar vaulted chambers . 94
Supposed communication to the
tombs of the kings . , 98
Boad to the tombs of the kings 99
CHAPTER II.
Bab, or Biban el Molook, " The Gate " or " Gates of the Kings."
Tombs of the kings . . 100
Belzoui's tomb , . 101
Originally closed . .102
Its parts and plan . .103
Its length ; its sculptures . 105
The four divisions of the world. 106
Egyptian drawings . .107
Sculptures of the other chambers 108
Brace's Harper's tomb . 109
The kitchen chamber . .110
Arms; furniture . .111
The Harpers. The occupants
of these small chambers . 113
Tomb of Memnon, so called
Portraits of the kings . .
Other tombs . •
A queen the original occupant
of the tomb No. 14.
Tomb usurped by a later king .
Other tombs. Supposed passage
through the rocks. Tombs
open in the time of the Ptole-
mies . . 120,
Tombs in the Western Valley .
114
116
117
118
119
121
122
CHAPTER III.
Tombs of Priests and Private Individuals.
The goddess Athor
Crude brick arches
Priest's wives. Subjects of the
frescos . • •
Crude brick pyramids with
vaulted chambers .
Tombs of the time of the 26th
Dynasty. The largest tomb
in Thebes . . .
Its plan and distribution
Chambers in the pits .
The occupant of this tomb
Style of the sculpture of this era 134
Tombs of Qoornet Mur'raee . 135
125
126
127
128
129
131
132
133
A procession and tribute from
Ethiopia . . . 136
Arrival of a princess from that
country . . . 137
Egyptian slaves . . 138
A chase of wild animals .139
Hill of Shekh Abd-el-Qoomeh . 140
Tombs sold a second time . 141
The subjects of the tombs an
epitome of human life 142, 143
Pigs rarely represented. Names
in tomb No. 16, confirming
the tablet of Abydus . .144