y of Thinis, was Khontamentit, Lord of the West, until the
following day.

* The sepulchres of Tumu, Khopri, Ra, Osiris, and in each
of them the heap of sand hiding the body, are represented in
the tomb of Seti I., as also the four rams in which the
souls of the god are incarnate. The tombs of the gods were
known even in Roman times.

** To my mind, at least, this is an obvious conclusion from
the monuments of Siut, in which the jackal god is called
Uapuaitu, as the living god, lord of the city, and Anupu,
master of embalming or of the Oasis, lord of Ra-qririt,
inasmuch as he is god of the dead. Ra-qririt, _the door of
the stone_, was the name which the people of Siut gave to
their necropolis and to the infernal domain of their god.

That bliss which we dream of enjoying in the world to come was not
granted to the gods any more than to men. Their bodies were nothing
but inert larvae, "with unmoving heart,"[*] weak and shrivelled limbs,
unable to stand upright were it not that the bandages in which they were
swathed stiffened them into one rigid block. Their hands and heads alone
were free, and were of the green or black shades of putrid flesh.

* This is the characteristic epithet for the dead Osiris,
Urdu Mt, he whose heart is unmoving, he whose heart no
longer beats, and who has therefore ceased to live.

[Illustration: 164.jpg PHTAH AS A MUMMY. 2]

2 Drawing by Faucher-Gudin of a bronze statuette of the
Saite period, found in the department of Herault, at the end
of a gallery in an ancient mine.

Their doubles, like those of men, both dreaded and regretted the light.
All sentiment was extinguished by the hunger from which they suffered,
and gods who were noted for their compassionate kindness when alive,
became pitiless and ferocious tyrants in the tomb. When once men were
bidden to the presence of Sokaris, Khontamentifc, or even of Osiris,
"mortals come terrifying their hearts with fear of the god, and none
dareth to look him in the face either among gods or men; for him the
great are as the small. He spareth not those who love him; he beareth
away the child from its mother, and the old man who walketh on his way;
full of fear, all creatures make supplication before him, but he turneth
not his face towards them." Only by the unfailing payment of tribute,
and by feeding him as though he were a simple human double, co