represents a scene from the everyday life of the people of the Upper
Nile, and gives a faithful picture of what took place among many of its
tribes during a rapid inroad of some viceroy of Kush or a raid by his
lieutenants.

The resources which Thutmosis I. was able to draw regularly from these
southern regions, in addition to the wealth collected during his Syrian
campaign, enabled him to give a great impulse to building work. The
tutelary deity of his capital--Amon-Ra--who had ensured him the victory
in all his battles, had a prior claim on the bulk of the spoil; he
received it as a matter of course, and his temple at Thebes was thereby
considerably enlarged; we are not, however, able to estimate exactly
what proportion fell to other cities, such as Kummeh, Elephantine,*
Abydos,** and Memphis, where a few scattered blocks of stone still bear
the name of the king. Troubles broke out in Lower Egypt, but they were
speedily subdued by Thutmosis, and he was able to end his days in the
enjoyment of a profound peace, undisturbed by any care save that of
ensuring a regular succession to his throne, and of restraining the
ambitions of those who looked to become possessed of his heritage.***

* Wiedemann found his name there cut in a block of brown
freestone.

** A stele at Abydos speaks of the building operations
carried on by Thutmosis I. in that town.

*** The expressions from which we gather that his reign was
disturbed by outbreaks of internal rebellion seem to refer
to a period subsequent to the Syrian expedition, and prior
to his alliance with the Princess Hatshopsitu.

His position was, indeed, a curious one; although _de facto_ absolute in
power, his children by Queen Ahmasi took precedence of him, for by her
mother's descent she had a better right to the crown than her husband,
and legally the king should have retired in favour of hie sons as soon
as they were old enough to reign. The eldest of them, Uazmosu, died
early.* The second, Amenmosu, lived at least to attain adolescence; he
was allowed to share the crown with his father from the fourth year of
the latter's reign, and he also held a military command in the Delta,**
but before long he also died, and Thutmosis I. was left with only one
son--a Thutmosis like himself--to succeed him. The mother of this prince
was a certain Mutnofrit,*** half-sister to the king on his father's
side, who enjoyed such a high rank in the