nt fragments, such as the name of Rameses III., which dates
the building; some borderings of lotus flowers and birds with human hands
(fig. 240); and some heads of Asiatics and negro prisoners (fig. 241).[68]
The destruction of this monument is the more grievous because the Egyptians
cannot have constructed many after the same type. Glazed bricks, painted
tiles, and enamelled mosaics are readily injured; and in the judgment of a
people enamoured of stability and eternity, that would be the gravest of
radical defects.

[Illustration: Fig. 240.--Relief tile, Tell el Yahudeh.]

[Illustration: Fig. 241.--Relief tile, Tell el Yahudeh.]

[55] Works on scarabaei are the Palin collection, published in 1828; Mr.
Loftie's charming _Essay of Scarabs_, which is in fact a
catalogue of his own specimens, admirably illustrated from drawings by
Mr. W.M.F. Petrie; and Mr. Petrie's _Historical Scarabs_,
published 1889.--A.B.E.

[56] These twin vases are still made at Asuan. I bought a small specimen
there in 1874.--A.B.E.

[57] The sepulchral vases commonly called "canopic" were four in number,
and contained the embalmed viscera of the mummy. The lids of these
vases were fashioned to represent the heads of the four genii of
Amenti, Hapi, Tuatmutf, Kebhsennef, and Amset; i.e. the
Ape-head, the Jackal-head, the Hawk-head, and the human head.--A.B.E.

[58] The remains of this shrine, together with many hundreds of beautiful
glass hieroglyphs, figures, emblems, etc., for inlaying, besides
moulds and other items of the glassworker's stock, were discovered by
Mr. F. Ll. Griffith at Tell Gemayemi, about equidistant from the
mounds of Tanis and Daphnae (San and Defenneh) in March 1886. For a
fuller account see Mr. Griffith's report, "_The Antiquities of Tell
el Yahudiyeh," in Seventh Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund_.
--A.B.E.

[59] Some of these beautiful rods were also found at Tell Gemayemi by Mr.
F. Ll. Griffith, and in such sound condition that it was possible to
cut them in thin slices, for distribution among various museums.--
A.B.E.

[60] That is, of the kind known as the "false murrhine."--A.B.E.

[61] The yellows and browns are frequently altered greens.--A.B.E.

[62] One of the Eleventh Dynasty kings.

[63] There is a fine specimen at the Louvre, and another in the museum at
Leydeu.--A.B.E.

[64] For an account of every stage and detail