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 throughout the land, and he hideth his path in the darkness.

'I am he that hath watched over thee—oh my son beloved! Horus crowned in Thebes!'

Thothmes reigned very nearly 54 years. His faithful attendant Amenemhib, whose prowess had saved his master from the elephant and the wild horse, lived long enough to record that master's end.

'So after many years of victory and power,' he says, 'the King ended his course. He took his flight upwards into heaven and was joined unto the company of Ra. When the morning broke and the sky grew bright then was King Amenhotep (may he live for ever!) seated upon his father's throne; crowned like Horus, son of Isis, he took possession of Khemi.'

The magnificent terraced temple of Hatasu formed the mausoleum of the Thothmes family; but, like his predecessors, Thothmes the Great has not been suffered to remain undisquieted in the tomb. It was not far off from Hatasu's temple that his mummy also was discovered. The coffin was much injured, and the mummy itself broken into three pieces—the mutilated