XV. (No. 3). This tomb was made for Rameses III.; it is now choked with sand.

XVI. (No. 11). Tomb of Rameses III. This tomb is commonly called "Bruce's Tomb," because it was discovered by this traveller, and the "Tomb of the Harper," on account of the scenes in which men are represented playing harps. The walls are inscribed with texts from the "Book of the Praisings of Ra," and the "Book of that which is in the Underworld," and the "Book of Gates," and several vignettes from the last two works are painted upon them. The architect did not leave sufficient space between this and a neighbouring tomb, and hence, after excavating passages and chambers to a distance of more than 100 feet, he was obliged to turn to the right to avoid breaking into it. The flight of steps leading into the tomb is not as steep as that in No. 17, the paintings and sculptures are not so fine, and the general plan of ornamentation differs. The scenes on the walls of the first passage resemble those in the first passage of No. 17, but in the other passages and chambers warlike, domestic, and agricultural scenes and objects are depicted. The body of the red granite sarcophagus of Rameses III. is in Paris, the cover is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and the mummy of this king is in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo. The length of the tomb is about 400 feet.

XVII. (No. 2). Tomb of Rameses IV. This tomb is probably the finest example of the royal tombs of the XXth dynasty, which are built on a comparatively small scale. The text and scenes which ornament the walls of the chambers and corridors are from the three works quoted above, but several of the vignettes that appear in this tomb are not found elsewhere. It is interesting to note that in the first room copies of Chapters CXXIII., CXXIV., and CXXVII. of the Book of the Dead are given. The granite

sarcophagus of the king, of colossal proportions (12 feet by 9 feet by 7 feet), is in its proper chamber. A peculiar interest attaches to this tomb, for it is the only Egyptian tomb of which an ancient plan has been found; this plan is traced on a papyrus, now unfortunately in a mutilated condition which is preserved at Turin, and was published by Lepsius and Chabas. These scholars succeeded in deciphering the descriptions of the chambers of the tomb given in the document, and the former, having made careful measurements of the dimensions of the various sections of he rooms, decided that the work had been substantially carried out in accordance with the plan.

XVIII. (No. 9). Tomb of Rameses VI.—This tomb was well known to Greek and Roman visitors to Thebes, several of whom, with very questionable taste, left behind them records of their visits in the form of inscriptions on its walls. From some of these "graffiti" it is clear that their writers regarded this tomb as that of Memnon, who has usually been identified with Amen-hetep III.; this mistake was caused by the fact that the prenomen of Amen-hetep III. and the first part of that of Rameses VI., "Neb-Maāt Rā,” ов are identical. Some of the graffiti belong to a period so late as the fourth century of our era. The paintings of an astronomical character in the sarcophagus chamber are the only points of special interest in this tomb.

XIX. (No. 6). Tomb of Rameses IX.—This tomb is remarkable for the variety of sculptures and paintings of a nature entirely different from those found in the other royal tombs; they appear to refer to the idea of resurrection after death and of immortality, which is here symbolized by the principle of generation.

XX. (No. 1). Tomb of Rameses X.

XXI. (No. 18). Tomb of Rameses XI. (Now used as an engine room.)

XXII. (No. 4). Tomb of Rameses XII. This tomb was not finished.

XXIII. (No. 5). An entrance to a corridor or chamber, uninscribed.

XXIV. (No. 12). An uninscribed mummy pit.

XXV. (No. 13). Tomb of Bai, an official of Sa-Ptaḥ. XXVI. (No. 19). Tomb of Ment-her-khepesh-f, already mentioned.

XXVII. (No. 21). An uninscribed mummy pit.

XXVIII. (No. 24). Uninscribed tomb in the Western Valley.

XXIX. (No. 25). Uninscribed tomb in the Western Valley.

XXX.-XXXVII. (Nos. 26–33). Uninscribed mummy pits

or tombs.

XXXVIII., XXXIX. (Nos. 36, 37). Tombs not royal. XL-XLII. (Nos. 39-41). Uninscribed mummy pits. XLIII. (No. 42). Tomb of Sen-nefer, XVIIIth dynasty. XLIV. (No. 44). Tomb of Thentkaru.

XLV. (No. 45). Tomb of Userḥāt.

XLVI. The tomb of Sa-Ptah was excavated in 1905-06 by Mr. H. Theodore M. Davis, assisted by Mr. Ayrton.

XLVII. Discovery of the tomb of Iuaa and Thuȧu, the father and mother of Thi, wife of Amenhetep III, about B.C. 1450. This important tomb was discovered by Mr. Theodore M. Davis on February 12th, 1905. Early in that year this gentleman began to excavate a site which had been chosen for him by Prof. Maspero, Director-General of the Department of Antiquities of