THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN about 30 ft. and 23 ft. square respectively; when Lepsius made his plan of the site the lower courses of D and of its chapel were still in situ. The second group contained at least nine pyramids, though Cailliaud only mentions six, Hoskins seven, and Lepsius eight. The pyramid E at the base measured 30 ft. by 26 ft. ; F COLONEL THE HON. M. G. TALBOT, R.E., AT SURVEY WORK ON THE PYRAMIDS OF GEBEL BARKAL.

was about 27 ft. square ; G and H were each about 36 ft. square ; I was about 88 ft. square, and J and K were about 25 and 23 ft.

square respectively. When Hoskins was at Gebel Barkal the pyramid J was in an extremely good state of preservation, for he says, " It is scarcely at all injured ; " in 1897 all traces of stonework had disappeared, and its remains resembled a natural mound of earth and stones. The third group contained at least eight 154 I