We have now sketched the Egyptian palace as it must have been according to all historic probability, and according to the graphic representations left to us by the people themselves. Those of our readers who have followed our arguments attentively, will readily understand that we altogether refuse to see the remains of a palace, properly speaking, in the ruin which has been so often drawn and photographed as the _Royal Pavilion of Medinet-Abou_, or the Pavilion of Rameses III.[6] It would be difficult to convey by words alone a true idea of this elegant and singular building. We therefore give two plans (Figs. 6 and 7), a longitudinal and a transverse section (Figs. 8 and 9), and a restoration in perspective (Plate VII.). To those coming from the plain the first thing encountered was a pair of lodges for guards, with battlements round their summits like the pavilion itself and its surrounding walls. The barrier which is shown in our plate between the two lodges is restored from a painting at Thebes, but the two half piers which support its extremities are still in existence. The pavilion itself consists of a main block with two lofty wings standing out perpendicularly to its front. The walls of these wings are inclined, and there is a passage through the centre of the block. There are three stories in all, which communicate with one another by a staircase. [6] In this we are supported by the opinions of MARIETTE (_Itinéraire_, p. 213) and EBERS (_L'Égypte, du Caire à Philæ_, p. 317). [Illustration: FIG. 5.--Partial restoration of a palace at Tell-el-Amarna; by Charles Chipiez.] [Illustration: FIG. 6.--Ground plan of the "Royal Pavilion"; from Lepsius.] [Illustration: FIG. 7.--Plan of the first floor of the "Royal Pavilion"; from Lepsius.] [Illustration: FIG. 8.--Longitudinal section of the pavilion; restored.] [Illustration: FIG. 9.--Transverse section of the pavilion; restored.]