The Recent Discovery At Thebes.

prepared for their reception . Several hieratic inscriptions written upon the mummy-cases of Amenophis I ., Thothmes II ., Seti I ., and Rameses give the dates of transfer , ancl also of the periodical inspections to which the depot ivas subjected . It was the Priest-Kings of Amen , from Her-Hor to Piuotem III ., who peopled the cavern at Dayr-el-Bahari . One of the seals impressed upon the shattered door of this hiding-lace yet bears the titles of the hih priests

p g of Amen enclosed in a royal oval ; and this testimony confirms the testimony of the hieratic inscriptions before mentioned . " Then folloivs a list of the principal mummy-cases and mummies , arranged as far as possible in chronological order . The period preceding the Eighteenth Dynasty is represented by at least two personages—1 . A Avooden sarcophagus painted white and formerly gilded ,

like the sarcophagi of the Eutefs and of Queen Aah-hotep . On the breast are the two cartouches of Raskenen-Taaken named in the inscription of Aahmes . 2 . A mummy bearing the name of " the royal wife , " Queen Ansera . According to the hieratic inscriptions before mentioned , the mummies of Seti I . and Rameses ivere laid in the tomb of this queen ; hence the probability that this excavation was oriinallher sepulchre .

g y Eighteenth Dynasty . —3 . Mummy and mummy-case , bearing the name of Ra-neb-pehte , Ahmos . I . The mummy is unbandaged , and measures 1 metre 70 centimetres in lens-th . -. „^ . ^ .

„ 0 „ 4 . Mummy of Queen Aahmes-Nofretari , in a cartonnage of hardened linen . A smaller brown case enclosed . Four canopic vases . 5 . Wooden sarcophagus bearing the name of a Queen Aah-hotep . M . Maspero is inclined to connect this case with the famous mummy of Queen Aah-hotep in the Boulak Museum , which with a rich store of jewels was said to have been found in the sandonly a few feet below the surface .

, 6 . Mummy and mummy-case of Queen Hont-ii-inou-hoo . 7 . Mummy-case of Princess Mashont-ti-moo-hoo , probably daughter of the preceding . The mummy is missing , aud has been replaced by a piece of wood bandaged to represent a mummy . 8 . Mummy-case of an infant princess named Sit-Amen . 9 . Mummy of an infant rince named Se-Ameneldest son of Ahmos I .

p , 10 . Mummy and mummy-case of King Amenophis I . The second cartouche bears the name of "Amen united to Egypt , " instead of only Amenhotep , as usual . A hieratic inscription on the breast states that the mummy was transferred hither in the seventh year of Pinotem , son of Pinotem , son of Piankhi .

11 . Mummy-ease of Thothmes I ., containing the mummy of Pinotem II . 12 . Mummy-case of Thothmes II . The hieratic inscription states that its removal took place in the reign of Pinotem , son of Piankhi . 13 . Mummy-case of Thotmes III . The mummy presents a very "ambiguous " appearance , and measures only one metre 55 centimetres . The case has been broken open in ancient times . Various objects enclosed bear both the cartouches of Thothmes 111 .

14 . A mummy-case , evidently of the Twentieth Dynasty , containing the mummy of Queen Sitka , of the Ei ghteenth Dynasty . _ 15 . Mummy-case of the Lady Rai , nurse to Queen Aahmes-Nofretari . In this case was found the mummy of Queen Ansera . 16 . Mummy-case of Sonou , Master of the Household of Queen Nofretari . The mummy is replaced bthat of the Princess Mirit-Amen .

y Nineteenth Dynasty . —17 . Mummy-case of a woman , surcharged with the cartouches of Rameses I . The mummy is missing ; the mummy-case is of the Twentieth Dynasty . 18 . Mummy-case of one Neb-Seni . 19 . Mummy and mummy-case of Seti I . A hieratic inscription dates its removal " in the year VII . "