Journal of the transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain . 297 ORDINARY MEETING, May 3, W. Weight, , in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, after which thefollowing paper was read by Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen, ,the author being unavoidably absent in Egypt on an exploring expedition. Mr. Boscawen said: Those who have not studied the subject will desireto know where the names to which tbo paper rektes were found. In 1872,M. Mariette was excavating in the Temple of Karnak, endeavouring to clearit out
Journal of the transactions of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society of Great Britain . 297 ORDINARY MEETING, May 3, W. Weight, , in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, after which thefollowing paper was read by Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen, ,the author being unavoidably absent in Egypt on an exploring expedition. Mr. Boscawen said: Those who have not studied the subject will desireto know where the names to which tbo paper rektes were found. In 1872,M. Mariette was excavating in the Temple of Karnak, endeavouring to clearit out as thoroughly as possible in order to obtain the plan, which he was sosuccessful in getting, and with which he has illustrated his great work onKarnak. In clearing the great gateway of the Temple, which was knownto have been built by Thothmes III., he excavated to the depth of severalfeet, and found a list of names extended right down to the foot of the inscriptions, which were published by him in a separate part of his workon Karnak, consisted of several hundreds of geographical nam
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