Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-08-12

New YonK, Aug. 3, lsj3.
In my former letter about the Museum of Esvp-
tan Antiquities, wrote more especially rh." 81
objects cAcmpliiyns the rInc Arts always excepting
the mummics, which now-a-lays would hardly be
classcd ~ such Singular and beautiful as many of
these objects are. they yet of less interest
mo, than those objcct which more nearly concerned
the every day life If the pcopc-thc articles which
they used in their toilets, their Kitchens &c. 1t i,
interesting to compare such with those in at the
present day, aud to see how much change ha, been
wrought By the lapse Of three thousand ycars-a
change which il not always AN Improvement.
Thus gather that the doctrine of wonan's rights
was not at least universal in Egypt, for find here
lady, work basket, which among other things
contains piece of linen which the owner was mend
Ing, pretty neatly too, and for her to accomplish
much in that line with such needles She had, She
could not have devoted much of her time to politics,
If the needles awkward, the pins even
worse, for they are about large ten penny
nails, but seem sharp and solid headed. They
carry back the date Of the invention of pins to
earlier period than aware Of This lady, how
ever wa-, regret to say, no longer young, for
find in her basket some false hair, and M Uturyr.
She did conGnc herself it seems. simple darn
n,, for there i, II netting needle with thread ON it
almost exactly such as you will see now-a-day..
She also hal scissors, of bronze beautifully fashioned
like sphiuN-ln fact, Il should think they moro
apt to have common utensils arti,cally shaped than
we. Their spoons are fishes or some such thing.
Onc is II Nuhian woman swimming and holding the
bowl in her hands. Their boxes represent an ami
NAL she'll, flower. In the work
basket were two combs, ivory and ornamcutcd, the
other wooden and more for use. There are also
combs, coarse ON one side, and fine on the other
like ours, but Mirrors also in bronze, for
looking glasses seem to be of later date. Yet glass
was known and seems to have been used good deal
There glass bottles, and cups Cone of which had
rouge in 1t and presume belonged to the lady
have spoken of vases, and bcals and necklaces,
There i, thing which seemed almost incredible
to me which j. paper wei gh made in the same way
- the odo~. venetian gas, Win ngurc> inside of it,
Its not however well wrought and polished those
have, any of their work, in glass. In
writing utensils, are their supcror,. Their pens
look as if they were made out of grape vine, and
the papyruS paper is not a. white NOR, a ours,
whatever it may have been when fresh. Yet their
writing is very neatly executed, and there are
several long rolls of paryru-, which ought to con-
tain good deal of information, for they are
covered with closely and finely formed characters.
In dolls should have said We were their superb
while ago, for they to have had only
such mi ;ht cut out of Single, but in my
opinion they far preferable to the squcaking
denominations which are much in vogue now-a-
days. Then there are musical Instruments, and Il
beautifully wrought battc-lNc and dagger, and drill
bows, and walking sticks, and sandals and caSkc-.
and lamps, and an minity of other articles which
the limit, of this letter exclude. 1t i instructn.
too to trace the Jewish connection with their his
tory a. represented in their pictures. The Jewish
phy,osnomy is plainly to be recognized, and Away,
a. subject and dcspscd. You rccollcct the old wo-
mans poem the subject of Pharaoh, the first two
lines of which were
" Pharaoh was an old ra seal.
Because he would not let the children of Israel 90
three day Journey into the wilderness with their
hocks and their herds and their little ones, to
keep the Pa>chal"
If you are a believer in physiognomy and don't
like to condemn Pharaoh the old lady'> authority
his face at your leisure. To be sure his nose is
knocked off and he is otherwise dapidatcd, besides
being painted red which probably mtrricrcs with
his natural expression, but after all coincide with
the old lady. There arc bricks there too, which
might have been made by the Jews, very different
from the bricks of the present day, and with
straw in them at any rate. The information
in reference To the Jews is merely incidental of
course, but to ancient Egypt and it. ways of life
and death and burial one can no where find such
" infinite riches in little room " at No. Gj9
Broadway. Yours, &c.. ALPHA