ouge and Mariette were opposed to the view
that the temple was founded by Thutmosis I., and Naville
agrees with them. Judging from the many new texts discovered
by Naville, I am inclined to think that Thutmosis I. began
the structure, but from plans, it would appear, which had
not been so fully developed as they afterwards became. Prom
indications to be found here and there in the inscriptions
of the Ramesside period, I am not, moreover, inclined to
regard Deir el-Bahari as the funerary chapel of tombs which
were situated in some unknown place elsewhere, but I believe
that it included the burial-places of Thutmosis I.,
Thutmosis II., Queen Hatshopsitu, and of numerous
representatives of their family; indeed, it is probable that
Thutmosis III. and his children found here also their last
resting-place.

[Illustration: 353.jpg HEAD OF THE MUMMY OF THUTMOSIS I.]

Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph taken by Emil Brugsch-Bey.

The body, though small and emaciated, shows evidence of unusual muscular
strength; the head is bald, the features are refined, and the mouth
still bears an expression characteristic of shrewdness and cunning.*

* The coffin of Thutmosis I. was usurped by the priest-king
Pinozmu I., son of Pionkhi, and the mummy was lost. I fancy
I have discovered it in mummy No. 5283, of which the head
presents a striking resemblance to those of Thutmosis II.
and III.

Thutmosis II. carried on the works begun by his father, but did not long
survive him.* The mask on his coffin represents him with a smiling and
amiable countenance, and with the fine pathetic eyes which show his
descent from the Pharaohs of the XIIth dynasty.

* The latest year up to the present known of this king is
the IInd, found upon the Aswan stele. Erman, followed by Ed.
Meyer, thinks that Hatshop-situ could not have been free
from complicity in the premature death of Thutmosis II.; but
I am inclined to believe, from the marks of disease found on
the skin of his mummy, that the queen was innocent of the
crime here ascribed to her.

[Illustration: 354.jpg HEAD OF THE MUMMY OF THUTMOSIS II.]

Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph in the possession of
Emil Brugsch Bey.

His statues bear the same expression, which indeed is that of the mummy
itself. He resembles Thutmosis I., but his features are not