THE EGYPTIAN SUDAN and chapel of the second of the two largest pyramids at the north end of the hill. He who made the attempt had gone to work systematically, and it was evident that it was only the difficulty of getting rid of the sand and stones which he dug out, that stopped his work. That the attempt should be made was not PYRAMID AT MEROE, FROM WHICH THE TOP HAD BEEN REMOVED BETWEEN" 1899 AND 1903.

surprising, for I knew that some of the antiquity diggers from Upper Egypt had gone into the Sudan, and the site of the pyramids of Bagrawiya formed an ideal place for excavations for the native digger. In the first place, there were no watchmen to be reckoned with ; and in the second, the pyramids were miles from any human habitation, and at a considerable distance from any 338 J