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Photo from Egypt ^Exploration Fund 



"Here was the entrance, by means of a deep shaft, into the underground waters leading 

 to the heavenly Nile of the other world, and here, close to this deep shaft or well, was the 

 National Chapel, or Temple of Kings, dedicated to Osiris, and close to it the celebrated 

 Osireion, with its mysterious inclined passage leading to some unknown sacred goal beneath 

 the National Chapel. The well leading to the underworld was discovered last year by Naville 

 and Peet, under the auspices of the Egypt Exploration Fund" (see page 1052). M. Naville^ 

 in the white helmet, stands at the lintel, 40 feet below the desert level. 



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