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Show I f Tombs of Egypt's Kings f iHpeclal OorrCPondenco ) Making an early atari we left Ue llttln town of I .ii 1 or and Ha majestic old ruined templm which are all ttat la left In mark thi place win re ancient Thebea with lla hundred galea floor lahed In the hi Ight of It glory SjtoO year before the Christian era Crosa-Ing Crosa-Ing tho grand old Nile In native brat, wu found our donkeyn and attendant Arabs In walling on the bank to take im to that plate nf mysteries, the grave of thn king that ruled Kgypt when thn world rlvlllrallnn a ) oil ng. After the bickering, scolding and stronger language that la tho rule with thn donkey boy was sat In factor I ly concluded, we finally mounted our little lieasla nnd alarted on our way over thn hot sand 10 tho Libyan mountains Aftir a Jaunt of pcrbspit threnqusrter of an hour, during which our sober iliinke) ride of the beginning resoltcrt Itself Into nn dell Ing race, we made our flrat atop ni Ihn Temple of Knonch This la na old ruin conalellng of time room, with walla covered with CttMillan hler,. glyphlca and Ihn wlioh fronted by a row of eight flutid tutumnp It Ii lo 1 fair alale of pr nn'Inn ond sat.! to lin a Ptolemaic r ruclurn TorL mlntitea more thrmii-li the VnlleyBl Mabel Malook bmiiKht tit lo tho desolate, deso-late, verdurelesn mountain In whlcn tho (oiiiba are alluntcd Wu Ultc' those of Itameae third fourth, iljtb nnd ninth, section 1 with Ha long op proach of alone tei hi nutlfully kewn from the nxk, and. lo crown all, thai of Amenuphl the Great, discovered only about four jenrs lncc AU of these burial chamber nro magnificent specimens of the grandeur of lho final resting place of thoo mighty klngt but that of Amcnaphla Is by far M llnest of them, and I will try t, h n faint Men of It nwo-lnsplrit j nltr antt innirnldeenen. In tha Tomb Chamber. Tho entrance Into tho passngo Ii about twelve feet square, nnd ce llnuea for several hundred fcot, dlro ly Into the mountain on a gradual rllno till lho lomb chamber la reichei Tho sides nnd ceilings of passage aai iVamber are elaliorately covered tf Hgptlan character, showing tho greatness great-ness of Auifiiaphl nnd tho esteem Is which ho was held by his subjects, who nro represented In vast numbers, bringing offering of fowls, rlibf first nnd wine. Tho characters njo In painted sculpture. In lho shade of red green, yellow, blsck and white aid whllo thonn near tho cntrancf are much faded, those of tho chamber are as bright as when plsccd Ihcre.U.OOO ircars ago. This haubnr Ja Wof, twonty-flvo feet square, wllh celling aeemlngly supported by square atono cnlumna also covered with sculptured characters In pralao of tho "distinguished "distin-guished occupant." Theso old fellows evidently did not Intend that their light should bo hidden from the world to come or their own ostlmato of their greatness bo permitted to fade. A ir-Hon ir-Hon of tho Hi Kir of this chamber, about ton feet squaro. Is somewhat lower than tho rest, nnd In tho center of It I tho Hono sarcophagus, heavily carved. In this lies, In a wonderful Ktate of prescrvstlon, tho mummy of tho great king. It was wonderful to gato upon him, resting where he was placed forty centuries ago, looking to natural that ono could know tho "manner "man-ner of a mnn" ho wns. Ho Is the only ono nf thoso ancient rulers thus far discovered In hla tomb, tho rest bar Ing been found hidden In envos near tho tomplo of (Jueun llataxti, where thoy had been plncvd to provent falling fall-ing Into thu hands of enemies. Took Ourden of King's Sins. In nn ante room near to the resting placo of tho king nro thrco other mummies, mum-mies, a woman and two men, who, no-cording no-cording to tho writings on the wall, bad tho honor of being sacrificed Just Status of rtamescs. provlous to me htnes demiso. thnt they might pro mo him into tho othir world and tul.o upon tiunisultos the punishment tor the situ he had committed com-mitted while on earth Leaving tht tombs, we next lslted the great tern-plo tern-plo of Itamescu n, but a short distance away. A t lendld l'roplou. nbout JOO foot wide, f rnis (he front of this building, build-ing, and from It we entored a large court at leaat 1150 aquare Ita columns nnd walls nte mostly deatroed, but on tho; that remain are scenes repre-senUng repre-senUng the king In battle, with the enemy In full flight. Here Ilea a colossal colos-sal atatuo of ltamesea broken to a timber of pieces It is mote thsn six r feet In length, made f red granite asd weigh wm tons 11 wns brought fnim the quarrle of Hyme but how one knows It wa beyond doubt teo flnnat atatuo of this king found la Kgypt. The few columns still aland lag, with their capital representing lie pnpjru. flower speak much of tin jnauty thai prevailed In thoso long frrgotten year Other scene on the vails show Hip capture of a town h no of ladder The Memmon look rather dilapidated but 11 matu la In n no stale ol pr wrvatlon, and alts Oiero looking oer the splendid reach f fertile rountrj between It and tbo loblo rlur Junt as In the long ago in houra rldn took us back to the Nile, where ban hituli was demanded demand-ed and paid und nrroi ilng the river Palace of Qtxtenth. wo alcpt ngnln under tho shadow of tho columns of lho Ono temple of Luxor. |