The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-18
FIVE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE
NOSES

rank in her day, and could not have been
packed with more care if her friends had
destined her for the Paris Exposition, four
thousand years of. On the coffin was painted
the scene of the judgment of souls.
Over this painting are written the prayers
of the funeral service and the confession of
the deceased, who not only does not reproach
herself with any sins, but enumerates those
which she has not committed:-"I am not
guilty of murder, nor of theft, nor of adul-
terry" Another inscription contains the
genealogy of the deceased, both paternal and
maternal. We will not transcribe here this
series of whimsical names, ending in that of
Nes-KhOnS, the woman, or rather lady, in
closed in this box, where she believed herself
sure of repose, while awaiting the day when
her soul and body should be reunited, and she
should enjoy supreme felicity in flesh and
bones. Deceived hopes
The neck was the first portion of the body
which appeared disembarrassed of bandages;
bat it was glued up with such mass of
naptha that it required the aid of scissors to
remove it. All at once we saw bright glim-
mering through the dark portions Of the nitre
which still remained on the breast, and we
soon brought to light thin leaf metal cut in
the form OF the sacred falcon, the wings ex-
tended, and the tail spread as a fan, like the
eagle in heraldry. Upon this leaf of gold, too
poor trinket to tempt the grave-digger,
prayer was written demanding of the guar
dian gods of tombs that the heart and entrails
of the deceased might not be too widely sepa-
rated. beautiful microscopic gypete of hard
stone, exquisite for a chain to watch was
attached to collar of blue glass beads, where
hung sort of amulet OF turquoise blue ena-
mel, in the form of a fail. Like Sucre
d'orge, in which the transparency is gov
erned by the capitalization, some of the
beads had become half Opaque probably from
the heat of the bitumen, which was poured
upon them boiling. All this is nothing extra
ordinary, however. These little objects are
often found in the cOfhns of mummies, and
there is no curiosity shop but what possesses
more or less of these little figures in blue
paste but an unexpected and touching detail
was a flower found under each arm-so well
preserved that botanist would no doubt have
been able to name it. Was it q lotus blossom
or a persea? No one could tell us, as our
company was mostly composed of SaUGnS.
This incident made us all pensive Whose
hand had placed these poor flowers, as a last
adieu, at the moment when this deeply re-
gretted body was about to disappear forever
from mortal eyes Flowers four thousand
years old What subject for meditation
A little berry of fruit, whose species it would
be difficult to name, was also found from time
to time in the bandages.
Perhaps it was one of those narcotics which
renders oblivious those who inhale the fra
GRANGE. On fragment of cloth was written
the name of an unknown king belonging to
some dynasty equally ignored. The mummy
opened at the Universal Exhibition fills void
in history, reveals new Pharaoh. The lace
still remained concealed beneath its mask OF
linen and bitumen, which it was difficult to
remove, owing to its immense age. The
scissors finally removed the last obstacle, and
two large black eyes shone with semblance
of life from between two blackened eyehds.
These eyes were of enamel, such as the an
clients always put in carefully prepared
mummy.
The effect of those two fixed staring eyes in
that dead face was something startling. The
CORPSE seemed to contemplate the living beings
before it with disdainful surprise. The eye
brows were left clearly defined by the falling
away of flesh. The nose, we are obliged t(
ayoW il, was fattened at the end to ooncea
the incision which had been made in the re
moval of the brains of Nes-Khons, and piec'
of gold leaf was plastered over her mouth hk'
seal of eternal silence. Her line, well-pre
sarved hair fell in light ringlets about her ears
and was of that peculiar reddish tint s.
yIcherche among the Venetian ladies, and whicl
the caprice of some of our Ei6gGntes has brough
into favor at the present day. we nardiy DC
jieve that this peculiar shade (Which brough
Nes-Khons into the latest tashlon) could nav
been natural, as without doubt she was a Dru u
nette like her fellow-Egyptians, and TIL
auburn rs pIODoDAJ
fumes and drugs used in the embalnainent' l
This same golden tint is found on tne heau .'l
of two women exposed in the glass case, an
what is strange one OF them mas tne sani
co;fi,re as the Venus of Milo, and the other
nrofusion of braids forming sort OF casque
as the hair is worn at this time. Llttie y
1;ttIe the body was disclosed TO we" III a. a.
its nainful nudity. The skin on the Douy wa wa
red and covered with little blue Spots Ilh Ilh
tbe mould ON pictures, carved by the ooh1ac ava,
'-;tb tha air. From the incision MADE 10 LAX
D,,t tbe entrails, aromatic sawdust mixed wiz WIZ
rains of resin, was dropped IKE % %pIa1 ',a. rUu
on unsewed doll. The long, emaclaIeu ea.a, a,a,
an i.S .ha;r bopv arms and eXcoriated nhgel
'a;is were extended, with sepulchral EiooeSSI Ti
- az attitude of the Venus OF Me9lcls, ~
~ nv ao .bicb were slightly contracted irom ~
Srvipe of the flesh and nerves, see1 esi ILL., tbo.
bssr originally small; the toe-nalls, ita I'M % 90
of the fingers, being covered WIN v,s' or uS
1nof was she old or young, PIesIy VI p
tSis Mes -Khons, daughter OF hosus :. "no I.,o,,
pn0oa 1niS named lady by her ePitaph Nv WI -
h N S;aBcnlt to Judge. Nothing remains AIN, =
pe u,AU iin,ss enyeioped in a yellow skl'
oy 4. wonld be impossible TO recoghiIe
Whicn ~ ~ form of the Egyptian woman n
gracelSdi ,,v The brush Of Alma-Tadeln4;
PainVeo heIieve himself dreaming WHeh
might WoA hsgore him in a palpable iorl ,,l
thus sees osnnot call it a being-that nv ~.
thing-~S9 Svs hundred years before the "a "a
ana 49, and two thousand before sll'.' .',
Christ. for such is the age gepUhibition ~ In
onened at the Universal % Tnodern times