Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-02
tFroHl a Paris paper
ANTIQUITIES IN EGYPT

ANTIQUITIES IN EGYPT.
Mr. Belsoui sent ny the English government 10 col
lect monuments OF antiquity Egypt, The British
Museum Ihe following letter n YiscOuBt
sT Ike purpose lis publication III the Paris pauels
The nstrions S0Vasi When the letter an ived was I'M.
happily Gun readers will 6ouut lie gratd
60 by executing Tie Intentions OG 81. Bs'zoni. The
ictte. is as follows
"(,airo Jan. o, 1915
am just arrived from Upper Egypt, aud preparing
to return !Hio NUbia, for the third lime.
When hrst visited lhebes, III ISio, succeeded in
embaiking tie Nile, the upper part OF the famous
statue ut NelTpOR. This grand fragment, which lay
Tor many in The ruins OF lie palaces desiTOye
by CaHhyses is actually on lis way TO The British Aiu
scum. II is colossal bust single block of gIa-
nte feet in height The breast the top ofhe
head and tw Give tOas weight. Otter travellers before
me- lad formed tue design OF conveying IL to Europe
hut abandoned their Intention, nom the difficulty Of
binding means oftTauspoItng such mass The distance
two miles, embark IL tie Mic, by which alone
1t could reach Alexandria have succeeded III effect.
ing this without machinery, aud solely By the labor Of
Arabs, however III suited such Jude efforts to people
sunk The inducn-e of The savage IL aucoIdns
~ TOOK the labor of six months.
" From JhFFes returned up towards Nubia 90 eva.
mine We siiDd Temple Of lbsamhuiI, which IA. cured
thirds Of ITS height in the sand
second cataract. There found inhabitants vtTy ug Ia
70, ali 10 my view, aud oil whose pa prepared NY
self encounter difficulties. I,howeVer, fro the ad.
vanced state of the season, was induced te postpone
this enterprige to other tine.
IN the meantime, went back to 1hehes, where l
employed m self IN new excavations the Temple
of Earnack IT was there found, mary feet under
ground, arrange OF Splp nXes, within wall. These
SptynSeg with hons head upoh wonai's bust are
Of blgck granite, ri the Ordinary sire, and for the
part huely eNecned.N There was IN the same place,
statue Of Jiiyitcr -4mH5H, IN white marble.
II waS NOT urtil nv second Voy.gc, in iSiT, that I
discovered tile mead Of CciossHS mach larger han
that 81 YcURpR u u gIarite, and foTtDud out Of
siase black treasured of user feet from the
nect 90 ,be top 81 the mhIP, with witch The bead is
covered II - III excellent preser' aiioii the polish 10
stills ne asif it had JUS, come from The hands of lie
siaiuaiy.
Anrrtltis [ resumed the way 10 Nubia where 50
man, hardtriaIs awaited me. lie people ofIh's coeh
ny ave utterly savage, and have Idea Of hospitality
Ihry refused The common necessaries oflife Meth
cutr,atY nor promise had any eject moon theni
wrIe obliged TO live upon Turkish wheat, diluted in
water. By diUt, how OF patience ard courage
Ter ~ DAYS OF incessant travelling had The happiness
Of Gndue nysef IN The Temple Of 1bsauhuii vbrremo
European foot had ever trod before and which presents
excavation tIuCh moro vast an any to he found in
There.
The Temple Of Ybsambnle is lG2 feet long and con.
tins four chambers AID large CONT where are to he
eieht colossal figures, thirty feet high The
lpnirs and walls are covered with IieIogIypbics aud
GgTes. in good preservaticn Ibis Trlc must, there.
tore lave been spared by Canhyses, The ofbsTtava-
gers IS ~ came after hri. brought away fiom this
su,rr snti0ues two liens with yulInies' heads aud
liftit statue 81 JnJ.Vtr dMmoH.
On retaining tLfOuc!l fhebts, again viewed those
objects which have excited the attention Of travellers
of c,efy ndtionI mean the tomh' Of the Kings Of
E.yrf.
T. was weu know n, tia, Independent oftbese tombs.
wi ca ale open, there others under gtonud but
Tcsun had ytt Giscovefed IN What precise svot
Aft'f cHpio' irg inse fora considerable tine ~ nb
serving dtsrtiysy he situation Of Ehebes, ! found q
clue ~ sad niy way. end having made setsfAi
excasat,0 ns net Wi,h siN q hemOne is nat OflJis
~ Is siguineG 10y The mummy Of ~ ON, which Nrs
hHnd there. The mummy is f.ied with asphatu5. II
j. Impossible for ne 10 give you 40 idea Of tbe gran
dcur and WagnirceEtc Of this tomb.
-" u - certainly the most curious aud astonishing
thing i Egtpt ana nprCsscs with the highest idea
Of me workmanship 0f the ancient inhabitants. The
ipfeiof from one eteinity TO The ohcr IS 100 feet,
STAINS great number Of apartments and galleries
The walls are every WbCfe covered with biuegyphi, s
aud bus TeiifIS, w fresco roOis, which brighter
th8u any color we have sud iresi es if they
had besn only Just put but tie Huest antique m
tlis place is IN The principal Ihanhef. itis safCO
pba-,s formed Of single piece o. alabaster feet
inches long, feet inches wide. the interior aud The
exterior bFng equally cpyered With meTGcynhics and
figures. followed With a cbisel. This sarc0phsgus
sounds like silver bell ard Is transparent as ice
douht when shall have transported 10 England
n, hove do successfully II viii he csiecned one
Of te mostpiecious Of which European
D,Hseum eau boast"