xiv List of Illustrations. FIG. PAGE 121. The upper chamber, well, and mummy-chamber i8i 122. Double Mastaba at Gizeh 182 12 J- Sarcophagus of Khoo-foo-Ankh 183 124. Details of the Sarcophagus of Khoo-foo-Ankh 184 125. Bas-reHef from Sakkarah 185 126. Head of a Mummy 188 127. Plans of the temples belonging to the Second and Third Pyramids ... 193 128. Plan of the Pyramid of Cheops 198 129. The Great Pyramid and the small pyramids at its foot 199 130. The Three Great Pyramids ; from the south 201 131. The Pyramid of lUahoun, horizontal section in perspective 205 132. Section of the Pyramid of Cheops 206 133. The southern Pyramid of Dashour 207 134. Section of the Stepped Pyramid 207 135. The Stepped Pyramid . 208 136 — 142, Successive states of a pyramid 209 143. Section of the Stepped Pyramid at Sakkarah 213 144. Construction of the Pyramid of Abousir in parallel layers 213 145. Partial section of the Stepped Pyramid 214 146. The Pyramid of IMeidoum 215 147. The Mastabat-el-Faraoun 216 148. Funerary monument represented in the inscriptions 216 149. Plan and elevation of a pyramid at Meroe 219 150. Method of closing a gallery by a stone portcullis 220 151. Portcullis closed 220 152. Transverse section, in perspective, through the Sarcophagus-chamber and the discharging chambers of the Great Pyramid 221 153. Longitudinal section through the lower chambers 222 [54, Pyramidion 230 155. The casing of the pyramids 233 156. Plan of the Pyramids of Gizeh and of that part of the Necropolis which immediately surrounds them 237 157. The Sphinx 238 158. Pyramid with its inclosure, Abousir 239 159. The river transport of the Mummy 243 160. Tomb at Abydos 244 161. Section of the above tomb 244 162. Tomb at Abydos 245 163. Section of the above tomb 245 164. Stele of the eleventh dynasty, Abydos 246 165. Stele of Pinahsi, priest of Ma; Abydos 247 166. Facade of a tomb at Beni-Hassan 250 167. Facade of a tomb at Beni-Hassan, showing some of the adjoining tombs 251 168. Interior of a tomb at Beni-Hassan 252 169. Plan of the above tomb 252 170. Chess players, Beni-Hassan 253 171. General plan of Thebes 257