150 .-- Tombs in cliff opposite Asuan.] [Illustration: Fig.

151 .-- Facade of tomb of Khnumhotep, at Beni Hasan, Twelfth Dynasty.] [Illustration: Fig.

152 .-- Facade of tomb, Asuan.] The funeral procession, having slowly scaled the cliff-side, halted for a moment at the entrance to the chapel.

The plan was not necessarily uniform throughout any one group of tombs.

Several of the Beni Hasan tombs have porticoes, the pillars, bases, and entablatures being all cut in the rock; those of Ameni and Khnumhotep have porticoes supported on two polygonal columns (fig.