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Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 by The Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter — John Shaqi

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Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 by The Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter

Name: Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 by The Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter
Author: Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of

Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of

Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt; Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)

VI THE CARNARVON TABLETS I AND II. BY F. LL. GRIFFITH                 36

VII THE ‘VALLEY’-TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSÛT. BY HOWARD
CARTER                                                                38

VIII PTOLEMAIC VAULTED GRAVES. BY HOWARD CARTER                       42

IX DEMOTIC PAPYRI AND OSTRACA. BY WILHELM SPIEGELBERG                 46

X COLONNADE AND FOUNDATION DEPOSIT OF RAMESES IV. BY
HOWARD CARTER                                                         48

XI OTHER ANTIQUITIES DISCOVERED. BY HOWARD CARTER                     49

XII THE LATE MIDDLE KINGDOM AND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD
NECROPOLIS. BY HOWARD CARTER                                          51

XIII HIERATIC TEXTS FROM TOMB NO. 37. BY GEORGE MÖLLER                89

XIV THE VEGETABLE REMAINS. BY PERCY E. NEWBERRY                       94

INDEX                                                                 95

ILLUSTRATIONS: PLATES I-LXXIX                                    _At end_

ILLUSTRATIONS

FRONTISPIECE

ELECTRUM STATUETTE OF A YOUTH: XVIIITH DYNASTY

PERIOD OF AMENHETEP I

FIGURES IN TEXT

FIG.                                                                PAGE

1. Excavations in the Birâbi                                           2

2. First Appearance of the ‘Valley’-Temple Wall                        3

3. The ‘Valley’-Temple Wall                                            5

4. Tomb No. 25                                                         6

5. Tomb No. 37                                                         7

6. Uninscribed Cones of the Eleventh Dynasty                           8

7. Votive Cake-offering--Tomb of Kha-em-hat                            9

8. Chert Chisels and Hammers                                          10

9. Scarab from Tomb No. 5                                             27

10. Hieratic Inscriptions from ‘Valley’-Temple                        39

11. Graffiti on Stones from ‘Valley’-Temple                           40

12. Gilt Copper Vessel from Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves                  43

13. Ptolemaic Coins from Ptolemaic Vaulted Graves                     44

14. Key to Gaming-board                                               57

ILLUSTRATIONS

LIST OF PLATES AT END

PLATES I-XII: TOMB OF TETA-KY:

I (1) Open Court-yard; (2) Vaulted Chambers.

II Plan of Tomb.

III (1) Right Wall of Painted Niche; (2) Left Wall of Painted Niche.

IV (1) Ceiling Decoration; (2) Ceiling Decoration and Frieze.

V Scenes on North Wall.

VI Scenes on Eastern and Western Walls.

VII-IX Scenes on Southern Wall.

X (1) Shawabti Figure in Model Coffin; (2) Shawabti Figure of
Sen-senb.

XI Model Coffins.

XII (1) Table for Offerings; (2) Funerary Statuettes.

PLATES XIII-XXIV: DÊR EL BAHARI VALLEY:

XIII Panoramic View showing the Sites excavated.

XIV Tomb No. 5 before and after opening.

XV Plan of Tomb No. 5.

XVI Series of Coffins from Tomb No. 5.

XVII Tomb No. 5, Antiquities from.

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Five Years' Explorations at Thebes: A Record of Work Done 1907-1911 by The Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter

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