Of course, had we known then what we now know or at all events surmise, that there were lamps, we might have suspected some hidden spot, some cachet.

I am going to ask you to go out to Egypt again; to seek the tomb; to find the serdab; and to bring back the lamps!'" "'And if I find there is no serdab; or if discovering it I find no lamps in it, what then ?' He smiled grimly with that saturnine smile of his, so rarely seen for years past, as he spoke slowly: "'Then you will have to hustle till you find them!' "'Good!' I said.

He pointed to one of the sheets.
"'Here are the transcripts from the Chapel at the south and the east.
I have been looking over the writings again; and I find that in seven places round this corner are the symbols of the constellation which we call the Plough, which Queen Tera held to rule her birth and her destiny.

I have examined them carefully, and I notice that they are all representations of the grouping of the stars, as the constellation appears in different parts of the heavens.

They are all astronomically correct; and as in the real sky the Pointers indicate the Pole Star, so these all point to one spot in the wall where usually the serdab is to be found!' "'Bravo!' I shouted, for such a piece of reasoning demanded applause.
He seemed pleased as he went on: "'When you are in the tomb, examine this spot.