The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . Thebes possessed this kings actual tomb. The chapel was at Qurnali,a little to the north of the group of pyramids in which the Pharaohs of theXr dynasty lay side by side with those of the XIII and XVII. Ramseshad begun to build it, and Seti continued the work, dedicating it to thecult of his father and of himself Its pylon has altogether disappeared, butthe fapade with lotus-bud columns is nearly perfect, together with several Cf. what is said of the Ckft in Maspero, Dawn of Civilization, pp. lOG-lOS, 232. TEE VALLEY OF THE KINGS AT THE
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . Thebes possessed this kings actual tomb. The chapel was at Qurnali,a little to the north of the group of pyramids in which the Pharaohs of theXr dynasty lay side by side with those of the XIII and XVII. Ramseshad begun to build it, and Seti continued the work, dedicating it to thecult of his father and of himself Its pylon has altogether disappeared, butthe fapade with lotus-bud columns is nearly perfect, together with several Cf. what is said of the Ckft in Maspero, Dawn of Civilization, pp. lOG-lOS, 232. TEE VALLEY OF THE KINGS AT THEBES. 383 of the chambers in front of the sanctuary. The decoration is as carefullycarried out and the execution as delicate as that in the work at Abydos ;we are tempted to believe from one or two examples of it that the same handshave worked at both buildings.^ The rock-cut tomb is some distance awayup in the mountain, but not in the same ravine as that in which Amenothes III.,Ai, and probably Tiitankhamon and Harmhabi, are buried.^ There then behind the rock amphitheatre ofDeir el-Bahari, a kind of enclosedbasin, which could be reachedfrom the plain only by dangerous paths above the temple of basin is divided into two parts, one of which runs in a south-easterly direction, while the other trends to the south-west, and is sub-divided into minor branches. To tlie east rises a barren peak, the outlineof whicii is not unlike that of the step-pyramid of Saqqara, reproduced ona colossal scale. No spot could be more appropriate to serve as a cemetery fora family of kings. The difficulty of reaching it and of conveying thither theheavy accessories and of providing for the endless processions of the Pharaonicfunerals, prevented any attempt being made to cut tombs in it during the The temple at Qurnah has been described by Champollion, Monumentu, vol. i. pp. ; of. Perhot-Chipiez, Hisloire de IArl, vol. i. pp. 396-401. The inscriptions which ref
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