The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-16 00:00:00

EXAMINATION OF A MUMMY.

PARIS, MARCH 12.—0 n Saturday last there was opened in
the Gallery of Egyptian Antiquities, a Mummy, which formed
part of the fine collection of M. Passalacqua. Her Royal High-
ness Madame honoured with her presence the meeting, which was
also attended by a number of foreigners and functionaries, among
whom were the Ambassadors of Prussia, Bavaria and Tuscany,
the Duke of Blacas, Count Turpin, and Messrs. Champollion-
Figeac, Champollion, junior, &c. After opening the external
covering, which was attended with considerable difficulty, the
bandages, which formed more than twenty-six turnings, from the
head to the feet, were unrolled. The body, thanks to the bitu-
minous substances which had been employed in the process of
embalming, was in a state of perfect preservation. All the parts
were distinct. The nails of the hands were remarkable for their
length. The hair was sound, and retained its colour, which was
fair. The orbits of the eye were furnished with artificial eye-
balls of enamel. This is the second example of the kind, such
substitutes for the eyes having only been observed once before.
The following circumstance rendered this operation very remarka-
ble:—Two papyrus manuscripts were found ; one rolled round
the head, the other round the breast, and their perfect preserva-
tion enabled M. Champollion, jun. to eollect some valuable in-
formation from them. It was found that this mummy, which
proved to be a female, was the body of Tete-Muthis, the Miner-
vian, or Athenais, the daughter of the Guardian of the little
Temple of Isis. at Thebes. There was a necklace, composed of
serpents, in rolls, and a cross with a handle, which, with the
Egyptians, was the emblem of divine life. A scarabteus, in a
serpentine form, which was placed on the breast, was so sur-
rounded by layers of indurated balsam, that it took more than a
quarter of an hour to disengage it, though even boiling water was
employed. The date of the existence of this mummy can only
be ascertained by an attentive perusal of the manuscripts. We
believe, however, that it is more than 3,000 years old, and yet
the skin, which is of deep brown colour, has retained its elasti-
city, and even exhibited humidity in some parts. The bones of
the skull were whole. The os sphenoides, in the upper part of
the pharynx, is broken, to introduce into the interior of the head
a considerable quantity of linen. The body was opened by Drs.
Delatre and de Verneuil. The description here given, though
correct as far as it goes, is necessarily imperfect, and we shall
wait with impatienee for the report of the investigation, which is
to be drawn up by M. Champollion, jun.—French Paper.

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