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part in the ritual of mummification, especially in the <Egyptian> New Empire as[?]

for they, in their turn, contain the visera^sic {viscera} of the dead King.

Though scientific research demands the investigation of this

innermost recess, notwithstanding the intense interest of the undertaking,

the natural excitement of revealing and examining the contents of that

Canopic Naos, of the Casket and of those black chests, can

one claim pleasure derived in having disturbed its sanctity?

So be it! - having admitted our feelings, let us now see

in proper sequence what our investigation reveals in examining

thi/<e> highly religious and intensely interesting equipment stored in

the room <therein.>⁽¹⁾

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With out hesitation/<certainty> <It at once becomes obvious> one may say/<it can be said> that the objects placed/<placed in the Recess> here form

part of one great recondite idea, and that each of them have a

mystical potency of some kind <and> <in connection with the dead, the future of the deceased.> As D^r Alan Gardiner rightly says there is:

"It is necessary to admit without hesitation that the idea of a mystical potency

inherent in the images of things is a characteristically Egyptian conception;"

and that it "is obvious in the case of the Shawabti-figures, the model boats

deposited in tombs, the sham loaves and offerings, and in numerous other cases".

(Tomb of Amenemhet, p. 20). It is up to us to find not what are their repectives^sic

divine are/<or> mystical powers.>

This innermost recess, called the store-room, situated in the

North East corner of the Burial Chamber, takes the form of a small

rectangular chamber room, not more than … b/<x> …. square

and …. in height. It has ingress by Ingress <to it> is by means

of a low open doorway situated in the North East corner of the Burial Chamber.

This/<e> innermost/<the Room itself> recess takes the form of a small room, not more/<Room is not more than>

than … x … Square, and … in height. Ingress

to it/<thither> is by means of a low open doorway cut/<situated> in the northeast

corner of the Burial Chamber. In it there is no attempt at

decoration, its low ceiling and four walls are left quite plain,

unsmoothed, the marks of the finishing chisel being still visible upon

their surface, in fact, it is just as when those ancient

Egyptian maso stone cutters vacated it.^(2)[?] <Even some of the flakes of stone

from their chisels still lie/<ay> on the

xxx[?] floor.

X

Oct. 26.

Paid the men yesterday. Today being Tuesday no work.

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The Egyptian deities

The material resemblance of the attribributes^sic {attributes} of the numerous

different divinities (many of them being substantially identical is

one of the causes of the complexity of Ancient Egyptian mythology.

In fact, the whole fabric of the theology of those ancients is so