at once employed to exhume these objects, and for eight and forty hours M. Brugsch and Aḥmad Effendi Kamal stood at the mouth of the pit watching the things brought up. The heavy coffins were carried on the shoulders of men to the river, and in less than two weeks everything had been sent over the river to Luxor. A few days after this the whole collection of mummies of kings and royal personages was placed upon an Egyptian Government steamer and taken to the Museum at Bûlâk. When the mummies of the ancient kings of Egypt arrived at Cairo, it was found that the Bûlâķ Museum was too small to contain them, and before they could be exposed to the inspection of the world, it was necessary for additional rooms to be built. Finally, however, M. Maspero had glass cases made, and, with the help of some cabinets borrowed from his private residence attached to the Museum, he succeeded in exhibiting, in a comparatively suitable way, the mummies in which such world-wide interest had been taken. Soon after the arrival of the mummies at Bûlâk M. Brugsch opened the mummy of Thothmes III., when it was found that the Arabs had attacked it and plundered whatever was valuable upon it. In 1883 the mummy of Queen Mes-Hent-Themeḥu, e), emitted unpleasant odours, and by M. Maspero's orders it was unrolled. In 1885 the mummy of Queen Aḥmes Nefertări, was un rolled by him, and as it putrefied rapidly and stank, it had to be buried. Finally, when M. Maspero found that the mummy of Seqenen-Rā, was also decaying, he decided to unroll the whole collection, and Rameses II. was the first of the great kings whose features were shown again to the world after a lapse of 3,200 years. Such are the outlines of the history of one of the greatest discoveries ever made in Egypt. It will ever be regretted by the Egyptologist that this remarkable collection of mummies was not discovered by some person who could have used for the benefit of scholars the precious information which this "find" would have yielded, before so many of its objects were scattered; as it is, however, it would be difficult to over-estimate its historical value. The following is a list of the names of the principal kings and royal personages which were found on coffins at Dêr el-Bahari and of their mummies : XVIIth Dynasty, before B.C. 1700. King Seqenen-Ra, coffin and mummy. Nurse of Queen Nefertari Rää, coffin only. This coffin contained the mummy of a queen whose name is read An-Ḥāpi. XVIIIth Dynasty, B.C. 1700-1400. King Åāḥmes (Amāsis I.), coffin and mummy. King Åmenḥetep I., coffin and mummy. The Prince Se-Amen, coffin and mummy. The Princess Set-Amen, coffin and mummy. The Scribe Senu, chief of the house of Nefertȧri, mummy. Royal wife Set-ka-mes, mummy. Royal daughter Mesḥentthemḥu, coffin and mummy. Royal mother Аāḥ-ḥetep, coffin. King Thothmes I., coffin usurped by Pi-net'em. King Thothmes II., coffin and mummy. King Thothmes III., coffin and mummy. Coffin and mummy of an unknown person. XIXth Dynasty, B.C. 1400-1200. King Rameses I., part of coffin. King Seti I., coffin and mummy. King Rameses II., coffin and mummy. XXth Dynasty, B.C. 1200-1100. King Rameses III., mummy found in the coffin of Nefertȧri. XXIst Dynasty, B.C. 1100-1000. Royal mother Net'emet. High-priest of Amen, Masahertha, coffin and mummy. High-priest of Åmen, Pai-net'em III., coffin and mummy. Priest of Amen, T'et-Ptaḥ-auf-anch, coffin and mummy. Scribe Nebseni, coffin and mummy. Queen Māt-ka-Rā, coffin and mummy. Princess Uast-em-chebit, coffin and mummy. VIII. The Tombs of the Kings, called in Arabic Bibân el-Mulûk, are hewn out of the living rock in a valley, which is reached by passing the temple at Ķûrnah; it s situated about three or four miles from the river. This valley contains the tombs of the kings of the XIXth and XXth dynasties, and is generally known as the Eastern Valley; a smaller valley, the Western, contains the tombs of the last kings of the XVIIIth dynasty. These tombs consist of long inclined planes with a number of chambers or halls receding into the mountain sometimes to a distance of 500 feet. Strabo gives the number of these royal tombs as 40, 17 of which were open in the time of Ptolemy Lagus; in 1835 21 were known, but the labours of M. Mariette were successful in bringing four more to light. The most important of these tombs are : No. 17. Tomb of Seti I., B.C. 1366, commonly called "Belzoni's Tomb," because it was discovered by that brave traveller in the early part of this century; it had already been rifled, but the beautiful alabaster sarcophagus, which is now preserved in the Soane Museum in London, was still lying in its chamber at the bottom of the tomb. The inscriptions and scenes sculptured on the walls form parts of T I. Ground plan of the Tomb of Seti I., B.C. 1366. (From Lepsius, Denkmäler, Abth. I., Bl. 96.) the "Book of being in the under-world;" it is quite impossible to describe them here, for a large number of pages would be required for the purpose. It must be suffi cient to draw attention to the excellence and beauty of the paintings and sculptures, and to point out that the whole series refers to the life of the king in the under-world. The tomb is entered by means of two flights of steps, at the bottom of which is a passage terminating in a small chamber. Beyond this are two halls having four and two pillars respectively, and to the left are the passages and small chambers which lead to the large six-pillared hall and vaulted chamber in which stood the sarcophagus of Seti I. Here also is an inclined plane which descends into the mountain for a considerable distance; from the level of the ground to the bottom of this incline the depth is about 150 feet; the length of the tomb is nearly 500 feet. The designs on the walls were first sketched in outline in red, and the alterations by the master designer or artist were made in black; it would seem that this tomb was never finished. The mutilations and destruction which have been committed here during the last twenty-five years are truly lamentable. The mummy of Seti I., found at Dêr el-Baḥari, is preserved in the Gizeh Museum. No. 11. Tomb of Rameses III., B.C. 1200, commonly called "Bruce's Tomb," because it was discovered by this traveller, and the "Tomb of the Harper," on account of the scene in it in which men are represented playing harps. 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 |