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1893 when the Egyptian Exploration Fund took the matter im 
hand, and the removal of the superincumbent rubbish was 
commenced, The work proved a most costly and laborious one, 
but was completed by the assistance of the Egyptian Government, 
and now the whole of the structure has been restored to day- 
light. The Queen Halshepset reigned in the 18th dynasty, or 
_ during the dynasty of the Theban Kings, atime when Thebes and 
_its neighbourhood was the ruling power of the world. The Queen, 
. according to the custom of the country, had been united on the- 
throne with her father Thothmes I. At his death she. married 
her brother Thothmes II. and later married once more, this time- 
choosing her nephew who became Thothmes III. For some 
reason her last husband became embittered with hatred towards 
_her, and after her decease took immense pains to obliterate every 
‘record she had made throughout the country. It was during the 
_life time of her second husband that she had erected a splendid 
Temple to his memory. _ It was built on three platforms, a lower, 
a middle and an upper. On the upper platform had been found 
many shrines dedicated to different deities, the chief shrine being 
dedicated to the Sun God Amen-Ra, There was also a 
“magnificent altar dedicated to Harmachis the Sun God of the 
_Horizon. The rev. lecturer exhibited many photographs and 
sketches thrown on a.screen from a lantern, which proved that the 
beautiful hieroglyphics and sculptures of the. Queen had _ been. 
subsequently defaced and altered by Thothmes ILI. whose name 
was always substituted for his late wife’s. In some cases Dr. 
_ Hills showed how the efforts of the defacer had failed in entirely 
removing the hieroglyphics, the original meaning of which was. 
still decipherable. 
The Rev. H. H. Winwood, Vice-President, heartily thanked the. 
lecturer for his most interesting paper, and hoped that any of his 
audience whose means allowed would assist. the invaluable work 
of the Egyptian Exploration Fund. 
The four regular ¢kcursions for the year were arranged for 
