Chapter II: Part IV: The Preservation of the Treasury

X. THEBAN THIEVES 239

XI. THE FLOODING OF LOWER NUBIA 262*

XII. ARCHÆOLOGY IN THE OPEN 281**

* Transcriber's note: Original text incorrectly lists page number "261". **Transcriber's note: Original text incorrectly lists page number "282".

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATE PAGE

A STATUE OF THE HAWK-GOD HORUS IN FRONT OF
THE TEMPLE OF EDFU. THE AUTHOR STANDS
BESIDE IT _Frontispiece_

I. THE MUMMY OF RAMESES II. OF DYNASTY XIX. 10

II. WOOD AND ENAMEL JEWEL-CASE DISCOVERED IN THE
TOMB OF YUAA AND TUAU. AN EXAMPLE OF
THE FURNITURE OF ONE OF THE BEST PERIODS
OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART 17

III. HEAVY GOLD EARRINGS OF QUEEN TAUSERT OF
DYNASTY XX. AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK
OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GOLDSMITHS 22

IV. IN THE PALM-GROVES NEAR SAKKÂRA, EGYPT 36

V. THE MUMMY OF SETY I. OF DYNASTY XIX. 48

VI. A RELIEF UPON THE SIDE OF THE SARCOPHAGUS
OF ONE OF THE WIVES OF KING MENTUHOTEP III.,
DISCOVERED AT DÊR EL BAHRI (THEBES).
THE ROYAL LADY IS TAKING SWEET-SMELLING
OINTMENT FROM AN ALABASTER VASE. A
HANDMAIDEN KEEPS THE FLIES AWAY WITH
A BIRD'S-WING FAN. 62

VII. LADY ROUGING HERSELF: SHE HOLDS A MIRROR
AND ROUGE-POT 71

DANCING GIRL TURNING A BACK SOMERSAULT 71

VIII. TWO EGYPTIAN BOYS DECKED WITH FLOWERS AND
A THIRD HOLDING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.
THEY ARE STANDING AGAINST THE OUTSIDE
WALL OF THE DENDEREH TEMPLE 82

IX. A GARLAND OF LEAVES AND FLOWERS DATING FROM
ABOUT B.C. 1000. IT WAS PLACED UPON THE
NECK OF A MUMMY 94

X. A RELIEF OF THE SAITIC PERIOD, REPRESENTING
AN OLD MAN PLAYING UPON A HARP, AND A
WOMAN BEATING A DRUM. OFFERINGS OF
FOOD AND FLOWERS ARE PLACED BEFORE
THEM 100

XI. AN EGYPTIAN NOBLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY
HUNTING BIRDS WITH A BOOMERANG AND
DECOYS. HE STANDS IN A REED-BOAT WHICH
FLOATS AMIDST THE PAPYRUS CLUMPS, AND A
CAT RETRIEVES THE FALLEN BIRDS. IN THE
BOAT WITH HIM ARE HIS WIFE AND SON 108

XII. A REED BOX FOR HOLDING CLOTHING, DISCOVERED
IN THE TOMB OF YUAA AND TUAU 118

XIII. A FESTIVAL SCENE OF SINGERS AND DANCERS FROM
A TOMB-PAINTING OF DYNASTY XVII. 133

XIV. A SAILOR OF LOWER NUBIA AND HIS SON 144

XV. A NILE BOAT PASSING THE HILLS OF THEBES 159

XVI. THE EXCAVATIONS ON THE SITE OF THE CITY OF
ABYDOS 166

XVII. EXCAVATING THE OSIREION AT ABYDOS. A CHAIN
OF BOYS HANDING UP BASKETS OF SAND TO
THE SURFACE 175

XVIII. THE ENTRANCE OF THE TOMB OF QUEEN TIY, WITH
EGYPTIAN POLICEMAN STANDING BESIDE IT. ON
THE LEFT IS THE LATER TOMB OF RAMESES X. 186

XIX. TOILET-SPOONS OF CARVED WOOD, DISCOVERED IN
TOMBS OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY. THAT
ON THE RIGHT HAS A MOVABLE LID 192

XX. THE COFFIN OF AKHNATON LYING IN THE TOMB OF
QUEEN TIY 207

XXI. HEAD OF A GRANITE STATUE OF THE GOD KHONSU,
PROBABLY DATING FROM ABOUT THE PERIOD
OF HOREMHEB 217

XXII. THE MOUTH OF THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB AT THE
TIME OF ITS DISCOVERY. THE AUTHOR IS
SEEN EMERGING FROM THE TOMB AFTER THE
FIRST ENTRANCE HAD BEEN EFFECTED. ON
THE HILLSIDE THE WORKMEN ARE GROUPED 229

XXIII. A MODERN THEBAN FELLAH-WOMAN AND HER CHILD 240

XXIV. A MODERN GOURNAWI BEGGAR 250

XXV. THE ISLAND AND TEMPLES OF PHILÆ WHEN THE
RESERVOIR IS EMPTY 269

XXVI. A RELIEF REPRESENTING QUEEN TIY, FROM THE
TOMB OF USERHAT AT THEBES. THIS RELIEF
WAS STOLEN FROM THE TOMB, AND FOUND ITS
WAY TO THE BRUSSELS MUSEUM, WHERE IT IS
SHOWN IN THE DAMAGED CONDITION SEEN IN
PL. XXVII. 282

XXVII. A RELIEF REPRESENTING QUEEN TIY, FROM THE
TOMB OF USERHAT, THEBES. (SEE PL. XXVI.) 293