LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, COLOURED PLATES. Thebes, the PaviHon of Medinet-Abou, restored To face page 24 Portico in the temple of Medinet-Abou, restored ,. 144 Rahotep and Xefert, Boulak Museum ., 186 The Scribe, Louvre „ 192 The Queen Taia, Boulak Museum „ 240 Funerary offerings, fragment of a painting upon plaster, Louvre ., 334 Tomb of Ptah-hotep, fragment of Western Wall „ 356 Tomb of Ptah-hotep, ceiling and upper part of Western Wall . ,, 360 FIG. PAGE 1. House 3 2. The adoration of the solar disk by Amenophis IV 6 3. Egyptian plan of a villa 7 4. Part of the plan of a house and its offices 9 5. Partial restoration of a palace at Tell-el-Amarna 17 6. Ground plan of the "Royal Pavilion" 19 7. Plan of the first floor of the " Royal Pavilion " 19 8. Longitudinal section of the pavilion 19 9. Transverse section of the pavilion 20 10. Brackets in the courtyard of the Royal Pavilion 23 11. Plan of a part of the city at Tell-el-Amarna 29 12. Bird's-eye view of a villa 31 13. Model of an Egyptian house 34 14 — 17. Plans of houses 34 18. Piece of furniture in the form of a house 35 19. House from a Theban wall painting 35 20. House with a tower 35 21. Battlemented house 36 22. Decorated porch 36 23. House with inscription 36