FIVE YEARS’ EXPLORATIONS AT THEBES OXFORD PLATES AND LETTERPRESS PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS BY HORACE HART [Illustration: ELECTRUM STATUETTE OF A YOUTH XVIII^{TH} DYNASTY: PERIOD OF AMENHETEP I.] FIVE YEARS’ EXPLORATIONS AT THEBES A RECORD OF WORK DONE 1907-1911 BY THE EARL OF CARNARVON AND HOWARD CARTER WITH CHAPTERS BY F. LL. GRIFFITH, GEORGE LEGRAIN, GEORGE MÖLLER PERCY E. NEWBERRY AND WILHELM SPIEGELBERG WITH SEVENTY-NINE PLATES AND FRONTISPIECE HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, NEW YORK, TORONTO AND MELBOURNE 1912 PREFACE The following volume contains a record of work done in the Theban Necropolis during the years 1907-11. In the editing of this report I have availed myself of the generous help of several scholars, whose names appear at the heads of the chapters they have contributed. To these gentlemen I wish to tender my sincere thanks for their co-operation. Mr. Howard Carter has been in charge of all operations; and whatever successes have resulted from our labours are due to his unremitting watchfulness and care in systematically recording, drawing, and photographing everything as it came to light. To Professor Sir Gaston Maspero, the Director-General of the Service des Antiquités, I wish to proffer my thanks for his most kind and valuable support; as also to Mr. Weigall, who, in the course of his official work, has given me his most willing assistance. To Dr. Budge I should also like to express my indebtedness for several valuable suggestions. CARNARVON. HIGHCLERE, _August 1911_. CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE. BY THE EARL OF CARNARVON v INTRODUCTION. BY THE EARL OF CARNARVON 1 CHAPTER I THE MORTUARY CHAPEL AND SEPULCHRE OF TETA-KY. BY HOWARD CARTER 12 II THE PAINTINGS AND INSCRIPTIONS OF THE VAULTED CHAMBER OF TETA-KY. BY GEORGE LEGRAIN 14 III THE FUNERARY STATUETTES FROM TOMB OF TETA-KY. BY PERCY E. NEWBERRY 19 IV EXCAVATIONS IN THE VALLEY OF DÊR EL BAHARI. BY HOWARD CARTER 22 V WORK DONE IN THE BIRÂBI. THE SEVENTEENTH DYNASTY TOMB NO. 9. BY HOWARD CARTER 34