with the help of Greek mercenaries over-ran Egypt. The tomb is really a pit about fifty-five feet deep. At the bottom is a small chamber in which were found four sarcophagi, one of which was given to the British useum. It is a usual feat of the Arab guides to climb down the almost perpendicular sides of the shaft, but if strangers wish to explore the tomb chamber they will have to be let down by a rope— a feat which, considering the little there is to see at the bottom, is rarely performed. Of course there are numerous other tombs in the extensive necropolis which surrounds the Pyramids, but they are not of popular interest. The sight-seeing of most visitors to the pyramid field will, in short, be confined to the ascent of the Great Pyramid, possibly a visit to the interior, a hasty glimpse of the Sphinx, Campbell's Tomb, and the Sphinx Temple.

Temple of the Sphinx.-A short distance south of the Sphinx is the Temple of the Sphinx, a structure probably of the fourth dynasty. The sand - drift has so covered it that the non-observant traveller would suppose the temple to be a subterranean building. The Temple is a worthy pendant of the mighty mausoleum to which it seems to serve as a kind of mortuary chapel, for the discovery here of the famous green basalt statue of Khafra (Chephren) which we have seen in the Ghizeh Museum, is held

by most authorities to prove that this sovereign was the builder of this temple as well as of the Second Pyramid. The temple is a fine specimen of the architecture of the Ancient Empire. It is lined in some parts with huge blocks of alabaster.

The above constitute the more popular sights in the Ghizeh Pyramid Field. There are, of course, many other ruins of tombs and temples scattered about this extensive plateau, but some archæological training and antiquarian study would be necessary for a proper appreciation of these remains.

II. MEMPHIS AND SAKKARAH

Route. The quickest and cheapest way of undertaking the excursion to these remarkable ruins is by rail. The nearest station, Bedrasheen, one hour and a half's ride by donkey from Sakkarah, is only 20 miles south of Cairo. There are two morning trains

-a slow one leaving Cairo at 8 A.M. and reaching Bedrasheen in about an hour, and an express leaving at 10 A.M. which does the journey in three-quarters of an hour. First-class fare, 23 piastres return. A pleasanter route is by the Nile. Messrs. Cook run a steam-launch every Wednesday for this excursion. The charge is 15s. per head, which includes donkey and fees to guides. The Anglo-American Nile Steamer Co. also organize excursions at frequent intervals. Lunch should be taken, though slight refreshments can be obtained at Bedrasheen Station. The ride from Bedrasheen to Sakkarah (including the halt at Memphis for the Colossi) takes about a couple of hours.

Those not provided with the "Monuments' ticket" (£1, 4s. 7d.) can obtain a ticket for the Sakkarah Monuments at Bedrasheen Station for 5 p.