e more complete than at Beni-Hassan. Butsince travelling in Egypt became the fashion their sufferings havebegun. The mania for carving names upon every surface, and forpreserving souvenirs of all places of interest, has destroyed thewhole of one wall. The smoke of torches has also done its workin… … Fig. 170.—Chess players, Deni-H.assan. (Ch.Tmpollion, pi. 369.) The rich necropolis ot Thebes has not preserved any nionu-ments from this period in such good condition as those of Abydos,Beni-Hassan, or Siout. M. Maspero has discovered, however, inthe district knowni as the Drah-Abonl-Ncgs^ah, some…
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