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Wilkinson, John Gardner
Topographie of Thebes, and general view of Egypt: being a short account of the principal objects worthy of notice in the valley of the Nile, to the second cataracte and Wadi Samneh, with the Fyoom, Oases and eastern desert, from Sooez to Bertenice — London, 1835

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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

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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
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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

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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
 
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