Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 145.—Royal tomb, Bet Khallaf, superstructure.—f^)/)/* ResearchAccoiDii, J. Garstang. but broken vessels lay there in piles, inscribed withthe royal name. The plunderers had dug a way forthemselves ; the portcullises were undisturbed, andthe stairway was crowded with alabaster vases, tablesof offerings, and wine-jars, some of them stamped andsealed with the royal name and titles. The entranceat the top had been carefully bricked up and con-cealed, and had successfully guarde
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 145.—Royal tomb, Bet Khallaf, superstructure.—f^)/)/* ResearchAccoiDii, J. Garstang. but broken vessels lay there in piles, inscribed withthe royal name. The plunderers had dug a way forthemselves ; the portcullises were undisturbed, andthe stairway was crowded with alabaster vases, tablesof offerings, and wine-jars, some of them stamped andsealed with the royal name and titles. The entranceat the top had been carefully bricked up and con-cealed, and had successfully guarded its secret.* * J. Garstang, Mahasna and Bet Khallaf. 154 TOMBS. With the second tomb built b\- King Zeser weapproach \-et nearer to the type of the true great step pyramid of Saqqara is built of stone,and has the appearance of six superposed mastabas(fig. 147). It is not accurately orientated; the northernface deviates 4° 2iE. of the true north. The baseis not square, but a rectangle elongated from east to.
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