tories that produced glazed 

 ware and colored glass. 

 Temples were built or re- 

 stored. 



A scientific expedition 

 went to Punt, at the mouth 

 of the Red Sea, or possibly 

 across on the shore of Af- 

 rica. On their return Theban 

 troops went out to meet 

 them; the royal flotilla es- 

 corted them to the landing 

 stage of the temple, where 

 the procession formed to 

 bear the rich cargo, an offer- 

 ing to the god in thanksgiv- 

 ing for the successful out- 

 come of so great a naval 

 enterprise. And this was in 

 the fifteenth century before 

 Christ ! 



Collections were made of 

 the fauna and flora of the 

 land — giraffes, baboons, pan- 

 thers, a hippopotamus, and 

 horned cattle. Specimens of 

 plants and trees were taken 

 back. The precious trees 

 were planted, or some of 

 them, at Deir-el-Bahari, on 

 the lower terrace, and a 

 sacred garden was planned 

 for them. Square trenches 

 were cut in the native rock 

 and filled with earth. In the 

 course of his excavations 

 Naville found the drainage 

 wells, the mud they con- 

 tained, and the vegetable re- 

 fuse heaped within them. 

 Furthermore, artists accom- 

 panied the expedition to 

 make drawings of strange 

 animals, fish, and plants of 

 the country. 



THE DIF^FICULTIHS O^ EXCA- 

 VATION 



Succeeding dynasties did 

 little to change the Queen's 

 temple at Deir-el-Bahari, 

 aside from mutilations and 

 some restorations. A land- 

 slide later buried a part of 

 the site, and a Coptic convent 

 on the highest terrace added 

 to the debris. In 1890 

 scarcely a third of the great 



Photo from Rev. James Baikie 

 TREASURE TROVE OE THE ARCHEOLOGIST : A MUMMY 

 COEEIN 



The coffins or mummy cases of the Egyptians were 

 made to represent the natural form of the body, and were 

 brilliantly colored, often displaying craftsmanship of the 

 highest order. In most cases the coffin exhibited a por- 

 trait of the deceased, and in later times, especially during 

 the Roman period, these were striking works of art. 



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