. A history of art in ancient Egypt . mself and all hisfamily in the mummy chambers at the foot of the well, after relegating the statuesand mummies of the rightful owner and his people to the room above. 2 94 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. The well and mummy chamber in the rock are, then,found almost universally, but the form of the rest of the tombvaries according to its date and site. Those in the plain arearranged differently to those in the hill sides. But it must beunderstood that when we speak of the plain in connection withthe Theban tombs, we do not mean the space over which sprea
. A history of art in ancient Egypt . mself and all hisfamily in the mummy chambers at the foot of the well, after relegating the statuesand mummies of the rightful owner and his people to the room above. 2 94 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. The well and mummy chamber in the rock are, then,found almost universally, but the form of the rest of the tombvaries according to its date and site. Those in the plain arearranged differently to those in the hill sides. But it must beunderstood that when we speak of the plain in connection withthe Theban tombs, we do not mean the space over which spreadthe waters of the TJile. We mean the gentle sandy slopeswhich lie between the foot of the cliffs and the cultivated fields,a narrow band which widens a little between the long spurs whichthe mountains throw out towards the river. In these land-aulfsthe rock crops up here and there, and nowhere is it covered bymore than a thin layer of sand. Such a soil, being above thereach of the annual inundation, was marvellously well-fitted both.
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