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Photo from Egypt Exploration Fund 

 THE BURIAE POT HAS BEEN REMOVED, SHOWING THE HUDDLED BODY 



WHERE TO EIND REAL DUST 



It was a difficult site. The excavator 

 is almost invariably confronted with the 

 difficulty of disposing of his rubbish, 

 especially at such a site as Deir-el-Bahari, 

 where the temple is shut in between hills 

 and necropoles. Here the debris had to 

 be carried to an old clay-pit in order to 

 run no risk of covering either building 

 or tomb. This precaution, heavy task 

 though it proved, doubtless saved the 

 eleventh dynasty temple from burial be- 

 yond any hope of resurrection. Any one 

 wdio took part in the clearing of Deir- 



el-Bahari will never see any dust worth 

 mentioning elsewhere. 



At a distance of 50 yards a visitor 

 would hear a terrible hubbub, seeing 

 nothing but an impenetrable haze of 

 dust, from which would presently emerge 

 a tram, visible at 10 yards, under the di- 

 rection of a dust imp — another, a third, 

 a hundred. Over the high embankment 

 would plunge the loads, and the train, 

 once started, rolled all day ceaselessly on 

 its double track, save for the noon hour 

 of rest. 



The temple of Queen Hatshepsut has 

 been reclaimed from the rubbish of ages 



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