THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN pyramid appears not to have been provided with a chapel, for in Cailliaud's time there was no evidence that any had ever existed.

The SECOND pyramid of the group, M, is about 41 ft. square at the base, and its height is between 47 and 48 ft. ; its angle of inclination is roughly 19". The pyramid was perfect in Cailliaud's time, and he rightly called attention to the raised border on each face formed by the angle stones and the topmost layer of the A PYRAMID AT GEBEL BARKAL, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE STONES AT ONE CORNER.

pyramid. In the platform itself is a square hole, which Cailliaud noted, and which he thought had been intended to serve as a socket for some ornament. On the S.E. side was a small chapel, and in front of this stood a pylon, about 20 ft. wide at the base ; the chapel, or sanctuary, had an arched roof, and over the entrance of the pylon was the solar disk, with uraei " Os-" Above the shrine, at the end of the chapel, was sculptured in relief the ' Un trou carr6, sur cette plate-forme, a dfi servir d'emboiture k un ornement quelconque qui couronnait le monument. "Voyage,'" iii., p. 201.

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