The Tomb of Htitshopotte. (A. Constable and Co. 42s. net.)—
This volume consists of three parts. Mr. Theodore M. Davis, who originated the enterprise, tells the previous history of the tomb, and how it came to be examined again ; M. Edouard Naville relates the story of the Queen—her name is commonly spelt Hatshepsu—which is one of the most remarkable episodes in Egyptian history ; and Mr. Edward Carter describes the process of excavation, and the results which were attained. The chief of
these was the discovery of the two sarcophagi, that of the Queen and that of Thoutmosis I. (her father). Both were empty, the bodies having been removed in 900 B.C. by the priests to Deir el Bahari. As two female bodies were found there in 1881, it is reasonable to suppose, with Mr. Davis, that one of them is the Queen. Limestone slabs were discovered inscribed with chapters from the "Book of the Dead," and a variety of fragments of funereal furniture, but nothing of much importance. The sepulchral chamber was without inscriptions.
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