LIGHT IN THE EGYPTIAN TOMBS.
• [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—Having been absent from England, I have only recently- seen the Spectator of August 20th, in which I have read with special interest the communication entitled "Notes from a. Diary in Egypt and Palestine." Will you allow me briefly to. notice one point in that interesting paper? The writer speaks of the difficulty of understanding how the necessary light could have been obtained for executing the delicate paintings. and inscriptions still found on the walls and ceilings of the dark interiors of the Egyptian tombs. It occurs to me that an explanation is easily found. It is, that the work was done while the structure was in course of erection, and before the tombs were covered in. That is to say, it was executed in the- full light of day, and afterwards built into its place as the superstructure was proceeded with.—I am, Sir, &c.,
G. V. S.
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