ged urasus, all attached to the
winding-sheet by means of a small ring soldered on the back of each
animal. The fastening of this necklace was formed of the heads of two
gold hawks, the details of the heads being worked out in blue enamel.
Both weapons and amulets were found among the jewels, including three
gold flies suspended by a thin chain, nine gold and silver axes, a
lion's head in gold of most minute workmanship, a sceptre of black wood
plated with gold, daggers to defend the deceased from the dangers of the
unseen world, boomerangs of hard wood, and the battle-axe of Ahmosis.
Besides these, there were two boats, one of gold and one of silver,
originally intended for the Pharaoh Kamosu--models of the skiff in which
his mummy crossed the Nile to reach its last resting-place, and to sail
in the wake of the gods on the western sea.

[Illustration: 136b.jpg THE JEWELS AND WEAPONS OF QUEEN AHHHOTPU I. IN
THE GIZEH MUSEUM]

Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Bechard.

Nofritari thus reigned conjointly with Amenothes, and even if we have no
record of any act in which she was specially concerned, we know at least
that her rule was a prosperous one, and that her memory was revered by
her subjects. While the majority of queens were relegated after death to
the crowd of shadowy ancestors to whom habitual sacrifice was offered,
the worshippers not knowing even to which sex these royal personages
belonged, the remembrance of Nofritari always remained distinct in their
minds, and her cult spread till it might be said to have become a kind
of popular religion. In this veneration Ahmosis was rarely associated
with the queen, but Amenothes and several of her other children shared
in it--her son Sipiri, for instance, and her daughters Sitamon,*
Sitkamosi, and Maritamon; Nofritari became, in fact, an actual goddess,
taking her place beside Amon, Khonsu, and Maut,** the members of
the Theban Triad, or standing alone as an object of worship for her
devotees.

* Sitamon is mentioned, with her mother, on the Karnak stele
and on the coffin of Butehamon.

** She is worshipped with the Theban Triad by Brihor, at
Karnak, in the temple of Khonsu.

[Illustration: 141.jpg THE TWO COFFINS OF AHHOTP II. AND NOFRITARI
STANDING IN TUB VESTIBULE OF THE OLD BULAK MUSEUM.]

Drawn by Faucher-Gudin, from a photograph by Emil Brugsch-
Bey.

She was identified with Isis, Hathor, and the mistresses