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[494] N.W. corner of W. pile, with stones in enclosure, and edge of it.

Biahmu (Biyahmu). Colossi of Amenemhat (Amenemhet) III, bases/pedestals.
Caption reads:
'N.W. corner of W. pile, with stones in enclosure, and edge of it.
These stones are the highest that exist between the walls
and the piles; and therefore the best evidence that there
is for a continuous pyramid.'

With three arrows pointing at the monuments described.

Note on the Sphinx

Giza (Gîza). The Great Sphinx.
Note reads:
'The Sphinx is supposed to be of pyramid date from (1) a tablet of the time of Xufu which mentions it, and from (2) the dream of Thothmes IV which attributes it to Xafra. (3) also its surroundings at Gizeh, of any consequence, are of that period. But on the other hand the tablet was found in a temple of Petuxanu of 21st dynasty, and is clearly a later and altered copy (or an invention) as it contains figures of Osiris, Isis and Horus, Horus, Isis Seth, Pasht?, Khem, the human headed uraeus, and sacred bark, which are not found on the early monuments: beside which the mention of the sphinx in it is only an incidental topographical allusion, not essential to the tablet. The allusion by Thothmes IV is also not conclusive, and it is of doubtful critical value concerning a king who reigned 1000 or 2000 years earlier. The strongest positive argument for the late date of the sphinx is that no drawing of a sphinx in symbols, or hieroglyphs, & no statue, is known before the Hyksos; the black granite Hyksos sphinx in Bulak being the earliest I believe. Was it not then an Asiatic idea (see the Assyrian human-headed animals) imported by the Hyksos? To them seems due the notion of burying images of slaves with a body, none such being known before their epoch, and this being a form of the Asiatic custom of burying strangled slaves with a great funeral.'

Inside front cover

Inside front cover.
On left:
'W.M. Flinders Petrie,
8 Crescent Road,
Bromley,
Kent.'
Note attached to page:
'As some friends have desired to have copies of these photographs (which at present I have no time to prepare myself) I have placed the plates in the hands of Messrs Murray & Heath, 37 Dartmouth Park Hill NW; and arranged with them to supply copies to order (not less than 6 at once) at 3d per print, post free. Only the numbers need be mentioned, but a list of the titles should be retained.'
'There is far more detail in the negatives than can be transferred to a print; and any one wishing to refer to them for scientific purposes will please to apply to me. Prints on glass are almost as good as the original negatives for examination, and can be easily supplied, as well as enlargement to any scale.'
'W. M. Flinders Petrie.'

[506] Obelisk of Ebgig from the West.

-Abgig or Begig.
-Obelisk of Senusret (Sesostris) I.
-Caption:
'Obelisk of Ebgig from the West.
It is 82.7 ins wide at base and 56.4 at top. About 90 tons
The total length from base to rounding of top is 39 ft 3.7 ins.'

-Also labelled in photograph:
'Gebel Sedment'.

[135] Tombs of Beni Hassan.

-Beni Hasan (Beni Hassan).
-Caption:
'Tombs of Beni Hassan.
2 Tomb of Ameni-Amenemha, shewing rows of stones cleared
from the approach, and laid on each side (see arrows) but
not running quite to the middle. 3 Tomb of Nūmhotep.'

-The photograph is annotated '1', '2', and '3' to indicate the relevant tombs.

[119] Wrestlers. Tomb No 17 Beni Hassan.

-Beni Hasan (Beni Hassan).
-Tomb 17, Khety.
-Hall.
-Wrestlers.
-TopBib iv.156-7(8)-(14).

-Caption:
'Wrestlers.
Tomb No 17 Beni Hassan.
All these are very difficult to photograph, being painted in
red on a dirty yellow wall, & only lighted by sunset light
shining into the chambers.'

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