Question: Importing Data in Maple

I have a problem and hope, anybody can help me with that.

I have density data dependig on temperature and pressure. The data are stored in an excel file (in a square block - see attachment). Is there an easy way to import this data in Maple, that I can use several values of the density at given a pressure and temperature? Maybe comparable with a table (or matrix) where you can pick out indexed values, e.g. rho[temperature,pressure].

My current solution is to write a procedure, but before that I would like to know if there is an easyer way.

Another point is, how to plot this data. A possibility is with matrixplot, but the values of the x and y axis are not related with the given pressure and temperature but with the row and column numbers.

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