View looking down into the chamber of a mastaba tomb at Saqqara, photographed in the course of excavation. Two of the diggers, and their chief Roubi, are seen on the left, while Mariette himself is seated in the centre, posed in the act of examining two statues excavated at the site. In the acco...
Close view of relief panels in the entrance court of the mastaba tomb of Ty. Mariette's text expresses regret that lack of light in the interior of the tomb prevented him from photographing and reproducing the fine carvings to be found there.