The heads are portraits.

The faces are round, the eyes large, the expression mild and characterless.

Each is crowned with the flat-topped cap and lofty plumes of Amen or Maut.

We cannot but wonder for what reason these huge receptacles were made.

The two queens were small of stature, and their mummies--which were well-nigh lost in the cases--had to be packed round with an immense quantity of rags, to prevent them from shifting, and becoming injured.