LVIII (1) Seal Impression on Doorway of Chamber A; (2) Interior of Chamber A. LIX (1) Chamber B before Opening; (2) Chamber B after Opening. LX (1) Decorated Rectangular Coffins; (2) Plain Rectangular Coffins. LXI (1) Children’s Coffins and Viscerae Boxes; (2) Plain Anthropoid, ‘Dug-out’, and Semi-decorated Anthropoid Coffins. LXII (1) _Rîshi_ Coffins; (2) Decorated Anthropoid Coffins of New Empire. LXIII Decorated Anthropoid Coffin of the New Empire. LXIV (1) Rush-work Baskets; (2) Mechanical Toy Bird and Bird Trap. LXV (1) Toilet Set; (2) Fan-holder, Kohl-pot, &c. LXVI Scribe’s Outfit. LXVII (1) Electrum Statuette; (2) Statuettes lying in Coffin No. 24; (3) Wooden Statuette. LXVIII (1) Objects from Decorated Rectangular Coffins; (2) Objects from Plain Rectangular Coffins. LXIX (1) Objects from a Rectangular Gable-Topped Coffin; (2) Objects from a Plain Rectangular Coffin. LXX Objects from _Rîshi_ Coffins. LXXI (1) Chair and Stool; (2) Musical Instruments. LXXII Scarabs, Cowroids, and Rings. LXXIII Bead Necklaces, Bangles, and Bracelet. LXXIV Pottery Vessels. LXXV Panel Stelae. LXXVI (1 and 2) Writing Tablet No. 28, _reverse_ and _obverse_; (3) Panel Stela. LXXVII Writing Tablet No. 26, _obverse_. LXXVIII Writing Tablet No. 26, _reverse_. PLATE LXXIX: BOTANICAL SPECIMENS AND FIG BASKETS. INTRODUCTION BY THE EARL OF CARNARVON The necropolis of Thebes--the great city which for so many centuries had been the capital of Egypt--lies on the western side of the Nile valley, on the margin of the desert opposite the modern village of Luxor. No ancient site has yielded a greater harvest of antiquities than this famous stretch of rocky land. From time immemorial it has been the profitable hunting-ground of the tomb robber; for more than a century a flourishing trade in its antiquities has been carried on by the natives of the district, and for nearly a hundred years archaeologists have been busy here with spade and pencil. The information that has been gleaned from its temple walls and tombs has enabled scholars to trace, point by point, the history of the city from at least 2500 B.C. to Ptolemaic times. The necropolis itself extends for some five miles along the desert edge, and evidences of the explorer and robber present themselves at every turn. Open or half-filled mummy pits, heaps of rubbish, great mounds of rock débris, with, here and there, fragments of coffins and shreds of linen mummy-wrappings protruding from the sand, show how active have been the tomb despoilers. Notwithstanding all the work that has been done here, very little can, in any sense, pretend to have been carried out in a systematic manner; and as few records of the various excavations have been kept, the work of the present-day explorer must necessarily be a heavy one. Often he will get no further in his