When the burial was over, the entrance was filled up with blocks of rock, and the natural slope of the mountain side was restored as skilfully as might be.
[Illustration: Fig.

159 .-- Wall-painting of the Fields of Aalu, tomb of Rameses III.] The most complete type of this class of catacomb is that left to us by Seti I.; figures and hieroglyphs alike are models of pure design and elegant execution.

The tomb of Rameses III.

already points to decadence.

It is for the most part roughly painted.