In the tomb of Horhotep, which is of the time of the Usertesens, and in similar rock-cut sepulchres, the walls (except on the side of the door) are divided into two registers.

The upper row belongs to the Double, and contains, besides the table of offerings, pictured representations of the same objects which are seen in certain mastabas of the Sixth Dynasty; namely, stuffs, jewels, arms, and perfumes, all needful to Horhotep for the purpose of imparting eternal youth to his limbs.

The lower register belonged to both the Soul and the Double, and is inscribed with extracts from a variety of liturgical writings, such as _The Book of the Dead_, the _Ritual of Embalmment_, and the _Funeral Ritual_, all of which were possessed of magic properties which protected the Soul and supported the Double.

The stone sarcophagus, and even the coffin, are also covered with closely-written inscriptions.
Precisely as the stela epitomised the whole chapel, so did the sarcophagus and coffin epitomise the sepulchral chamber, thus forming, as it were, a vault within a vault.

Texts, tableaux, all thereon depicted, treat of the life of the Soul, and of its salvation in the world to come.
At Thebes, as at Memphis, the royal tombs are those which it is most necessary to study, in order to estimate the high degree of perfection to which the decoration of passages and sepulchral chambers was now carried.
The most ancient were situated either in the plain or on the southern slopes of the western mountain; and of these, no remains are extant.