A Topographical Catalogue of the Private Tombs of Thebes. By
Alan H. Gardiner and Arthur E. P. Weigall. (B. Quaritch. 10e. net.)—The "private tombs" at Thebes consist of a number of rook-cut funerary chapels of high dignitaries, from which is derived practically all our knowledge of social life in Egypt from the eighteenth to the twentieth dynasty (about 1600 to 1200 B.C.). The scenes depicted in these tombs show the Vizier in his Court of Justice; the tutor of the King's children nursing his Royal charges, the Royal butler prepar- ing the drinks for a State banquet, the head gardener of the Rameseum at his work, and so forth. This catalogue of the tombs is a valuable document for the Egyptologist : the names of its authors guarantee its merit. We should add that the publication of this catalogue, like the conservation of the tombs themselves, is due mainly to the scholarly liberality of Mr. Robert Mond.
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