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THE
ROOK
TOMBS
OF
EL
AMA.RNA.
resemble
in
face
and
dress
"
the
chief
of
the
Kheta
"
there
shown
;
but
he
does
not
show
the
peculiar
Hittite
face
or
garb.
From
this
and
other
evidence
we
might
gather
that
the
country
of
the
Keftiu
was
the
home
of
the
craft,
and
that
the
neighbouring
nations,
the
Hittites,
Retnu,
and
others
imported
these
splendid
pro¬
ducts,
and
perhaps
even
learned
to
imitate
the
less
elaborate
forms
;
so
that
it
was
as
much
by
their
agency
as
by
direct
trade
with
the
Keftiu
that
they
were
introduced
into
Egypt.1
The
recent
discoveries
in
Crete
render
this
hy¬
pothesis
extremely
likely
by
pointing
to
that
island
as
the
home
of
the
Keftiu.
There
is
no
reason,
then,
why
such
vases
should
not
be
found
in
the
hands
of
the
Kheta,
though
it
is
just
possible
that
our
artist
has
erroneously
drawn
Hittites
for
Keftiu
;
for
the
Hittites,
by
reason
of
distance,
are
less
likely
to
have
sent
tribute,
and
while
they
are
not
named
or
seen
in
the
tomb
of
Huya,
the
people
of
"
the
islands
of
the
sea"
there
named
are
not
depicted.
The
remaining
groups
on
the
wall
do
not
form
part
of
the
embassies,
but
are
Egyptian.
Below,
i.e.
on
this
side
of
the
royal
pavilion,
is
ranged
a
large
body
of
troops.
The
six
men
drawn
up
in
line
in
front
show,
perhaps,
the
number
of
files,
but
of
these
only
two
are
actually
depicted.
They
are
curiously
armed.
Some
men
of
the
first
file
are
dressed
in
the
short
tunic
of
the
Egyptians,
and
carry
a
long
staff
curved
at
the
upper
end,
and
a
battle-axe.
Two
feathers
are
worn
in
the
hair.
Others
wear
a
longer
tunic
and
carry
only
a
javelin
or
curved
staff.
The
hair
is
worn
short
and
a
ribbon
attached
to
the
back
of
the
head.
The
men
of
the
second
file
carry
a
spear
and
a
hooked
staff
alternately.2
As
the
curved
staff
is
a
1
In
the
interesting
fresco
shown
by
Dabessy,
Revue
Arch.
1895,
p.
286,
a
ship
bringing
vases
of
these
shapes,
including
a
dish
with
a
walking
bull
on
the
cover,
is
manned
by
men
in
the
dress
of
the
Eetnu.
2
Cf.
Vibey,
Tomheau
de
Pclisuker,
p.
295.
Bedawi
weapon,
according
to
Wilkinson,3
we
probably
have
here
the
troops
who
have
escorted
the
embassies
into
Egypt.
The
two
palanquins
of
the
King
and
Queen
rest
beside
the
platform.
They
take
the
form
of
state-chairs,
each
of
them
carried
by
two
strong
poles.
Sphinxes
bearing
the
head
and
crowns
of
the
King
of
the
two
Egypts,
serve
as
arm-rests,
and
the
chair
is
guarded
on
each
side
by
the
carved
figure
of
a
walking
lion.
The
floor
on
which
the
creature
stands
is
attached
to
the
poles
before
and
behind
by
a
uaz
column,
and,
in
the
King's
larger
chair,
by
the
figure
of
a
kneeling
captive
also.
Here
we
meet
also
the
personal
attendants
of
the
King,
his
censing
priest,
his
servants,
whose
backs
are
loaded
and
hands
full
of
all
that
he
may
call
for,
and
the
police.
The
two
royal
chariots
wait
in
front
of
the
platform,
gaped
at
by
a
little
crowd.
Here
also
is
the
military
escort,
and
several
servants
who
bring
forward,
for
sacrifice
or
feasting,
bouquets,
fowl,
and
three
stalled
oxen,
whose
misshapen
hoofs
show
their
fat
condition.
It
has
been
made
a
severe
reproach
against
Akhenaten
that
by
sheer
indolence
or
incapacity
he
let
slip
all
the
conquests
that
his
ancestors
had
won
in
Syria.
But
his
policy
might
be
given
a
very
different
aspect;
for
it
is
clear
that
a
firm
hold
on
Syria,
and
the
compulsion
of
a
heavy
tribute,
could
only
be
obtained
at
the
cost
of
repeated
military
expeditions
on
the
largest
scale
and
in
face
of
enormous
risks.
That
the
priesthood
at
Thebes
had
reaped
the
largest
advantage
from
such
a
policy
was
little
likely
to
recommend
it
to
Akhenaten,
who
well
knew
that
there
was
a
method
of
diplomacy
also,
which,
by
preventing
a
confederation
of
the
Syrian
peoples
against
Egypt,
secured
to
her
a
supremacy
of
a
less
vainglorious
sort,
and
a
tribute
which,
though
moderate
in
amount,
was
still
of
considerable
value
and
much
less
provo-
3
Manners
and
Customs,
iii.
p.
218.
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