ILLUSTRATIONS
| LIST OF PLATES AT END | |
| PLATES I-XII: TOMB OF TETA-KY: | |
| [I] | (1) Open Court-yard; (2) Vaulted Chambers. |
| [II] | Plan of Tomb. |
| [III] | (1) Right Wall of Painted Niche; (2) Left Wall of Painted Niche. |
| [IV] | (1) Ceiling Decoration; (2) Ceiling Decoration and Frieze. |
| [V] | Scenes on North Wall. |
| [VI] | Scenes on Eastern and Western Walls. |
| [VII-IX] | Scenes on Southern Wall. |
| [X] | (1) Shawabti Figure in Model Coffin; (2) Shawabti Figure of Sen-senb. |
| [XI] | Model Coffins. |
| [XII] | (1) Table for Offerings; (2) Funerary Statuettes. |
| PLATES XIII-XXIV: DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY: | |
| [XIII] | Panoramic View showing the Sites excavated. |
| [XIV] | Tomb No. 5 before and after opening. |
| [XV] | Plan of Tomb No. 5. |
| [XVI] | Series of Coffins from Tomb No. 5. |
| [XVII] | Tomb No. 5, Antiquities from. |
| [XVIII] | Tomb No. 4, Limestone Statuette; and Pottery from Tombs Nos. 1-16. |
| [XIX] | (1) Foundations of Wall of Amenhetep I and Aahmes-nefert-ari; (2) Offerings to a Tree. |
| [XX] | (1) Serpentine Wall; (2) Bathing Slab. |
| [XXI] | (1) Offerings from Dromos Deposit; (2) Brick-lined Hole for Dromos Deposit. |
| [XXII] | Dromos Deposit. (1) Pottery and (2) Implements. |
| [XXIII] | (1) Child’s Toy; (2) Pottery from Excavations; (3) Stamped Bricks of Amenhetep I and Aahmes-nefert-ari. |
| [XXIV] | Panoramic View showing Site of ‘Valley’-Temple and of Dromos Deposits. |
| PLATES XXV-XXIX: TOMB No. 9: | |
| [XXV] | (1) Three sides of a Canopic Box; (2) Three Canopic Jars in Pottery. |
| [XXVI] | Types of Pottery. |
| [XXVII] | Carnarvon Tablet I, obverse. |
| [XXVIII] | Carnarvon Tablet I, reverse. |
| [XXIX] | Carnarvon Tablet II, obverse and reverse. |
| PLATES XXX-XXXII: HATSHEPSÛT’S ‘VALLEY’-TEMPLE: | |
| [XXX] | Plan of Hatshepsût’s ‘Valley’-Temple and Neighbouring Tombs. |
| [XXXI] | Northern Boundary Wall of ‘Valley’-Temple. |
| [XXXII] | (1) Tally-stone of Hatshepsût; (2) Stamped Brick of Hatshepsût; (3) Wooden Hoe; (4) Stamped Bricks of Hatshepsût and Thothmes I. |
| PLATES XXXIII-XXXIX: PTOLEMAIC VAULTED GRAVES: | |
| [XXXIII] | View of Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves over Site No. 14. |
| [XXXIV] | (1) Amphorae beneath Floor of Vaulted Grave; (2) Façade of Vaulted Grave. |
| [XXXV XXXVI] | {Carnarvon Papyrus I. |
| [XXXVII] | Demotic Dockets and Inscribed Potsherd. |
| [XXXVIII] [XXXIX] | {Carnarvon Papyrus II. |
| PLATE XL: SITE No. 40: | |
| [XL] | Foundation Deposit of Rameses IV. |
| PLATES XLI-XLIII: SITE No. 14: | |
| [XLI] | A XXIInd Dynasty Stela. |
| [XLII] | (1) Osiride figure; (2) Mud Feretory or Shrine; (3) Reed Burial of a Man; (4) Inscriptions on Underside of Lid of a Box. |
| [XLIII] | Funerary Statuettes and Model Coffins. |
| PLATES XLIV-XLVII: TOMB No. 24: | |
| [XLIV] | (1) Statuette of Ankhu; (2) Mummy Decoration; (3) Wooden Doll; (4 and 5) Faience Bowl. |
| [XLV] | (1) Jewel-box; (2) Contents of Jewel-box; (3) Scribe’s Palette. |
| [XLVI] | (1) Jewel-box; (2) Contents of Jewel-box. |
| [XLVII] | Pottery Vessels and Pans. |
| PLATES XLVIII-LII: TOMB No. 25: | |
| [XLVIII] | (1) Ivory and Ebony Toilet-box; (2) the same with Drawer and Lid open. |
| [XLIX] | (1) Scene Engraved on Front of Toilet-box; (2) Inscriptions on Lid of Toilet-box. |
| [L] | (1 and 2) Gaming-board and Playing Pieces in Ivory. |
| [LI] | (1) Blue Faience Hippopotamus; (2) Necklace, Mirror, and Brooch. |
| [LII] | (1) Alabaster Toilet Vases; (2) Pottery. |
| PLATE LIII: TOMBS Nos. 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34: | |
| [LIII] | (1, 2, 5) Types of Pottery; (3) Rîshi Coffin (Tomb No. 32); (4) Dug-out Coffins (Tomb No. 29). |
| PLATE LIV: TOMBS Nos. 27 and 31: | |
| [LIV] | Stela of the Keeper of the Bow, Auy-res. |
| PLATES LV-LXXVIII: TOMB No. 37: | |
| [LV] | Plan of Tomb. |
| [LVI] | Central Passage showing Closed Doorway of Hall C. |
| [LVII] | North Wing of Corridor showing Closed Doorway of Chamber A. |
| [LVIII] | (1) Seal Impression on Doorway of Chamber A; (2) Interior of Chamber A. |
| [LIX] | (1) Chamber B before Opening; (2) Chamber B after Opening. |
| [LX] | (1) Decorated Rectangular Coffins; (2) Plain Rectangular Coffins. |
| [LXI] | (1) Children’s Coffins and Viscerae Boxes; (2) Plain Anthropoid, ‘Dug-out’, and Semi-decorated Anthropoid Coffins. |
| [LXII] | (1) Rîshi Coffins; (2) Decorated Anthropoid Coffins of New Empire. |
| [LXIII] | Decorated Anthropoid Coffin of the New Empire. |
| [LXIV] | (1) Rush-work Baskets; (2) Mechanical Toy Bird and Bird Trap. |
| [LXV] | (1) Toilet Set; (2) Fan-holder, Kohl-pot, &c. |
| [LXVI] | Scribe’s Outfit. |
| [LXVII] | (1) Electrum Statuette; (2) Statuettes lying in Coffin No. 24; (3) Wooden Statuette. |
| [LXVIII] | (1) Objects from Decorated Rectangular Coffins; (2) Objects from Plain Rectangular Coffins. |
| [LXIX] | (1) Objects from a Rectangular Gable-Topped Coffin; (2) Objects from a Plain Rectangular Coffin. |
| [LXX] | Objects from Rîshi Coffins. |
| [LXXI] | (1) Chair and Stool; (2) Musical Instruments. |
| [LXXII] | Scarabs, Cowroids, and Rings. |
| [LXXIII] | Bead Necklaces, Bangles, and Bracelet. |
| [LXXIV] | Pottery Vessels. |
| [LXXV] | Panel Stelae. |
| [LXXVI] | (1 and 2) Writing Tablet No. 28, reverse and obverse; (3) Panel Stela. |
| [LXXVII] | Writing Tablet No. 26, obverse. |
| [LXXVIII] | Writing Tablet No. 26, reverse. |
| PLATE [LXXIX]: BOTANICAL SPECIMENS AND FIG BASKETS | |
INTRODUCTION
BY THE EARL OF CARNARVON
THE necropolis of Thebes—the great city which for so many centuries had been the capital of Egypt—lies on the western side of the Nile valley, on the margin of the desert opposite the modern village of Luxor. No ancient site has yielded a greater harvest of antiquities than this famous stretch of rocky land. From time immemorial it has been the profitable hunting-ground of the tomb robber; for more than a century a flourishing trade in its antiquities has been carried on by the natives of the district, and for nearly a hundred years archaeologists have been busy here with spade and pencil. The information that has been gleaned from its temple walls and tombs has enabled scholars to trace, point by point, the history of the city from at least 2500 B.C. to Ptolemaic times. The necropolis itself extends for some five miles along the desert edge, and evidences of the explorer and robber present themselves at every turn. Open or half-filled mummy pits, heaps of rubbish, great mounds of rock débris, with, here and there, fragments of coffins and shreds of linen mummy-wrappings protruding from the sand, show how active have been the tomb despoilers. Notwithstanding all the work that has been done here, very little can, in any sense, pretend to have been carried out in a systematic manner; and as few records of the various excavations have been kept, the work of the present-day explorer must necessarily be a heavy one. Often he will get no further in his excavations than the well-sorted-over dust of former explorers; and if he is fortunate enough to make a ‘find’, it is often only after clearing away a vast amount of rock débris and rubbish to the bed-rock below.
With a view to making systematic excavations in this famous necropolis, I began tentative digging among the Kurneh hills and desert margin in the spring of 1907. My workmen were all from the neighbouring villages and their number has varied from seventy-five to two hundred and seventy-five men and boys. I had three head reises—Mansûr Mohammed el Hashâsh, Mohammed Abd el Ghaffer, and Ali Hussên—who all worked well and satisfactorily. The labourers themselves were a willing and hard-working lot: but though they were no more dishonest than other Egyptian fellahin, inducements for them to steal were many, and we found it essential to proceed in our work with great care. I made it a rule that when a tomb was found, as few workmen as possible should be employed; and, in order that the opportunity for stealing should be reduced to a minimum, no clearing of a chamber or pit was carried on unless Mr. Carter or I was present. That nothing should escape us, we also, in certain cases, had to sift over the rubbish from the tombs three times.
