PYRAMID OF AMEN-SHIPALTA During the first visit to the site whilst the excavations were going on, Sir Reginald Wingate asked us to clear out the core of the I PORTRAIT OF AMEN-SHIPALTA, QUEEN OF MEROE, WHO BUILT PYRAMID NO. 6.

[From Lepsius, DenkmiUer, Abth. V. Bl. 41.

portion of the pyramid which F'erlini had left untouched, as he wished to be quite certain that there was no chamber, or niche, behind the chapel. For if Ferlini really did find a chamber at the 375