. Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte . wo fiuds, tbough valuable 4- marks the position of ilio lilock of Imiltlings shown enough in themselves, were only in fig. 2. Tlip west corner of chamber 4 is 110 m. from tlie nortli corner of the temple. a small proportion of the wholc; and perbaps not ail tbe objects wbicb bave been sold as part of tbe treasure really came from Toukh el- Qaramous. After tbis discovery tbe sehakhiii were turned on to anolber part of the mound , and tbe place \^ as reserved for excavation by tbe Service des Antiquités. A certain Greek is reported to bave corne
. Annales du Service des antiquités de l'Egypte . wo fiuds, tbough valuable 4- marks the position of ilio lilock of Imiltlings shown enough in themselves, were only in fig. 2. Tlip west corner of chamber 4 is 110 m. from tlie nortli corner of the temple. a small proportion of the wholc; and perbaps not ail tbe objects wbicb bave been sold as part of tbe treasure really came from Toukh el- Qaramous. After tbis discovery tbe sehakhiii were turned on to anolber part of the mound , and tbe place \^ as reserved for excavation by tbe Service des Antiquités. A certain Greek is reported to bave corne one nigbt wilh a party of natives and to bave opened a hole in tbelorbidden ground, but without success. Witb tbis exception tbe place remained untoucbed (fig. 1). Tbe gênerai position of ibe spot where tbe treasure was found is shown in fig. 1. It lies witbin tbe precincts of tbe temple of wbicb Mr. Naville discovered tbe foundalion-deposits in 1887. The site of the temple is marked by heaps of limestone chips lying on a plalform of sand, and. — 207 — [3] the course of the temenos-uall can slill be distinguished on tbe N. W. andN. E. sides. On the S. E. side the temple area seems to hâve been boundedby the great wall of the fortress. «hich at this point bas been demolishedby the sebakhin. Part of the surface of the temenos was covered in ancienttimes by mud-brick constructions, probablv slorerooms and dwelling-placesfor the temple attendants, andit was in a block of buildingsof this sort that the treasure wasfound. When we began work on the9C)of April, the appearance ofthis part of the site was as fol-iows. The walls of the chambers6, 7, 8 (see fig. 2) stoodconspicuously above tbe sur-rounding ground. N. E. of thèsewere numerous traces of the S. W., where our worklay, the ground had been mucheut away. Hère and there onesaw an outcrop of hard blackearth, with which many of thechambers were partiv lilled. Iwas told that the two treasure-chambers, n° 1 and q
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