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Identifier: sacredbeetlepopu00wardrich (find matches)
Title: The sacred beetle: a popular treatise on Egyptian scarabs in art and history
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Ward, John, 1832-1912 Griffith, F. Ll. (Francis Llewellyn), 1862-1934
Subjects: Scarabs Egypt -- Antiquities
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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DYKED BYAMENEMHAT wtiBiiliiw^1*1 ■ MAP OF THE ANCIENT LAKE MOERIS. The shaded part shows the land reclaimed from the Lake by the kings of the Xllth Dynasty. of famine came he made the people live. This is the tale of hisviceroy, and it is like what Lord Cromers men have been doing inthe low Nile of last year. The obelisk at Heliopolis erected bythis king is the oldest monument of that kind in the world. 344. (Plate XVI), USERTE- SEN II foQ^n, Throne name Kha •KheperRa (2684-2660,B.C.). Of this king Ipossess a cylinder, whichis remarkable as showingtwo royal cartouches ofdifferent sovereigns, asis described hereafter.Dr. Petrie discovered hispyramid at Illahun, in the w/j ~35S. h Ch PECTORAL OF USERTESEX II.Found at Dahshur. Plate I.) SCARABS OF OLD AND MIDDLE KINGDOMS. 35
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BRICK PYRAMID OF ILLAHUN, ENTRANCE OFTHE TOMB OF USERTESEN II. THE FAY CM. Fayum. This king was so proud of the development of the newprovince, that he had his tomb placed there. His works were exten-sive, and records of them exist at Tanis, Beni Hasan, Assouan, andelsewhere. A statue of his Queen, Nefert, was found at Tanis.218. Usertesen III, XIIth Dynasty (2660-2622, B.C.). This scarabbears the kings throne title, abbreviated ( O Q U ) Kha kau ?-a.This king was buried at Dahshur, where De Morgan identifiedhis pyramid. Though only now a shapeless heap of ruined unburntbrick, it had at one time been plated with white polished stone.The royal family were buried within its enclosure, and hereDe Morgan found, in the tomb of a princess, a wooden box con-taining jewellery. Another treasure was found near it, the twobeing of the value of ^70,000. These had escaped the atten-tions of ancient plunderers. The princess had been a daughter ofUsertesen II and sister of Usertesen III. 513. Of USE

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