The mask of Rameses II.

shows no sign of paint, except a black line which accentuates the form of the eye.

The face is doubtless modelled in the likeness of the Pharaoh Herhor, who restored the funerary outfit of his puissant ancestor, and it will almost bear comparison with the best works of contemporary sculpture (fig.

262).

Two mummy-cases found in the same place--namely, those of Queen Ahmesnefertari and her daughter, Aahhotep II .-- are of gigantic size, and measure more than ten and a half feet in height (fig.