Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . - of these ka statues of limestone,finely painted, are now in Boston, and form aninteresting study of men, w-ith their wives andchildren, who must have been officially connectedwith the building of the great pyramids. 2. ROYAL TOMBS AND PVRA^UDS. The great mastaba at Nagada and the tombsat Abydos are the earliest royal tombs knownin Egypt. The outer walls of the Xagada tomb arerecessed at intervals with vertical grooves very similarto those on the walls of early Babylonian build
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . - of these ka statues of limestone,finely painted, are now in Boston, and form aninteresting study of men, w-ith their wives andchildren, who must have been officially connectedwith the building of the great pyramids. 2. ROYAL TOMBS AND PVRA^UDS. The great mastaba at Nagada and the tombsat Abydos are the earliest royal tombs knownin Egypt. The outer walls of the Xagada tomb arerecessed at intervals with vertical grooves very similarto those on the walls of early Babylonian buildings(fig. 141). Similar panelling is frequently found onmastabas of the early period, and of the Old Kingdom(fig. 142). At Abydos there is a series of royal tombs of theFirst and Second Dynasties. They consist of im-. ISO TOMBS. mense rectangular pits from lo to 14 feet deep, andlined with bricks. The tomb chamber is in thecentre, surrounded by a number of smaller chamberswhich contained offerings and also the bodies ofservants, whose kas would accompany their masterto the future world. The tombs vary brick walls were lined with wood ; at first thetomb chamber was of wood or of brick, and flooredwith wood. A stairway (fig. 143) was soon introduced Fig. 142.—Tomb of Senna, with panelled east wall, Denderab,Sixth Dyna&ty. on the north side, then a granite floor was providedfor the tomb chamber, and b\ the time of the SecondDynasty there is a tomb chamber built of hewnstone. The tomb was roofed over at the ground levelwith beams of wood and a layer of straw. Abovethis sand was piled, and a low retaining wall some3 or 4 feet high shows the very modest height of thesuperstructure. In front of the tomb at the east side(in one instance on the south) two large e^tone stei?ewere erect
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