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Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt

CHAPTER III
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The first chamber is decorated with panels sculptured in the stone, and was closed at the further end by three portcullises of granite.

The second chamber appears to be unfinished, but this was a trap to deceive the spoilers.

A passage cut in the floor, and carefully hidden, gave access to a lower chamber.

There lay the mummy in a sarcophagus of sculptured basalt.

The sarcophagus was still perfect at the beginning of this century.


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