, 1870-11-06
RELICS OF THE DAYS OF PHA-
RAOH

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RELICS OF THE DAYS OF PBA-
RA0H.
IMterc*stnt< to EEyptoloEtsts-
tbs London cs:s.a Palace has juss bsen
enriched By the addition to its ,reAsuroa OF =
mo=t interesting collection OF antiquities aud
cs,ticeities. m3Ge in Egyn. by the lite Mr. I
Eobett HaF, Of Lsuplun, y. q, during hia
long residence in the East. II con.1sts, says
the London Times, Of several specimens Of
mummies, OF different styics and date7;
bIouzs, stone, wooden. and terra Gotta objects
Of worship and veIersslon: mural aud fune-
raj tablets; amuleta and other personal or
namenta and ttinketh;. Iotire offerings and
menentoes Of The acad; pspyrI scaEabei,
eons pieces ot '1 aonest,e furniture. Thsse
wtre also purchased By Ar. Hay. In Egypt.
between forty and ffly years since, and were |
for many Yeatn housed 1t his home in Scot /
land. where they were inspected By many ORR |
eutal scholars and traTellerr, including such
Dr.. Bizch. On the death OF Mr. Hay,
his edn and successor wished TO dispose oi |
them and they hayo now fonnd, for time,
until actually disposed Of, an appropriate rest
iug-plsee in the Egyptian Court Of the CfJat.l
The special intereet Of the Hay collection
does not consiak in it, extent, although it
comprises more than one thousand thres hun-
cred objects, or even IN the refy fne cond1-
tion Of the specimens themselvea; but it lies
selsting M 70 M Eeyptian @ history skieh I esnnot b be
explained by some object Or other in it, or
any reference in the Sacred Writings, OF in
the Second look Of Harodotus, or in JuysnAl,
wlnch cannot be illustrated out OF itn very
varial treasures. Ths locale Of some apsci-
nens ID history in itself. and pictorial snec-
dotes may be gathered il plenty ont Of ths asso-
cations Which surround others. Hare the Viz
l. or may eee a1emplited tho earliest, aud,
therefore, rudeet, ~ we'll u the 1Ato.t and tho
finest, periods Of Egyptian art and uo are let
into rnany. II not most, Of The secrets OF the
domestic Life Of that wonde1tul people at Al era
contemporary with kings David and Solomon,
II not with the Judges Of Inrael, and erou
with Moses. By the careful study Of this col
lection It il not too much to say that the an
nzla Of Manetho and Dorosns will bc better
understood than haretofora, md freah lieht
will be thrown on muck that has hitherto been
looked upon as obscure in the writings Of piAto
and the "Fa.Aer Of Hiataty-"
The specimens are distributed in eight large
glazed cAtes, each On 4 separate tAhla- Con-
spicuou. iu the centre OF this room are, OF
course. tho muu,mioa; each Uummy case Ia
open, and in most OF them tho ceremsuta OF
the occapauts Of these cothns arc almost As
| perfect and - bright 10 color =. they Here
! whtn they we're submitted to tue respective
| processes 61 eQuH41ul0E. IL u2t ALT II lGASl
| some, Of these mummies ake as dae and ~
| perfect as thusa Witu which We arc all familiar
in the 1sritisk, Museum. and they have the ad-
ditioua1 advantage Of nover having been uu-
| rolied4 Tho processes Of embAlning num-
mics ars we'll illustrated. by three hs.da
viii titumsa inside, .64 i'd with arsi-
fetal eyes Of g'nsd and sloth; the third spesi.
! men is prerared with "myrrh And alocs.
and tbs hsndagss are 30 flsted rs still to pre-
/ eeEvo the identity OF the features. Near
these are sevesal wooden figures Of Osiris,
are followed out At the back for the purpose
Of inserting rolls Of papErus containing pray
ers for the deceased, and before some Of
them is u model Of = devotee in the attitude
Of pra!er. 1t arpeazs that these images were
placed in the halls Of Egyptian families to re-
much aa the smagfnes OF such OF their fore
fathers as had held high o.sices Of State weya
| preserved At Rome, under tho Consuls and the
Emperors.
mysterious 0enii Of Amento-human, ape,
dog, and hauk-headed respectively. Not IA
| OF: in separate case. il what look At first
sight Ike = coa1ae winding sheet, bHt which
really is robe thrown loosely round the
shoulders OF the deceased, whom he haa gone
sort Of puIEaio1isl process before the tudyt
above mentioned, who places it on lis persor
u sign Of jnstihcation or absolut'on fEon
the atain Of Sin.
In another case are blskets still containing
scraps Of moAls offered to the n.anes, AMI
net with. % they ncro generally carried Of
by lIeligious jackals, who. however, cam
to be regarded as Hacred impeFsonAtious o
Anutda, the Guardian OF sarcophaf,.
i Passing from dead men aud women 10 thu
godasthensal<es. We find very numerous e1
, | AY,ntpH nf u0xrtE Ill thn6A EFynfinr 1Aifie,
and thei, symbolic :. triads" Which are men
toned in ancient authors. These are msinl
, in bronze On A@aA scale, and curious au
rather dne, u representing the rulers 0
. Egypt under the gniso Of gods, much A. HoE
1 Ace W6fani{B Augustus u ! prtEsens diuu
, among tho gods--the most cr.aous are Chou
$ eon Ptah or Fire God Of Thebes, In bronz
: and in autimony the Conventional Isis, fre
quenuy repeated; fne pasht, Aunun- Ho
. nus, Thoeris, the Hoppotamus, Goddess. &s
:, the dog, md the crocodile in the old Egyptia
= worship, an outsider ia inclined to wondt
g that they ute not moro largely sepresente
. here among the deities.
!: In another case is numerous collection Q
d inscribed eoaEahei some Of porcelain aud OF!
!. othe1n Of lApis-lAzuli; some c1qu1sitel.
. wrought arnulets Of the tiniaat possible sir
: tles-e - sre aas1xed % by great boaness Of issis
J. combined With delicaey Of execution.
Il It will be- remembered thst 1t PoupeI n
ii Helculaneum variety OF female ornament
n such 40 brooches, hair combs, rings, DC. ha,
le l'een discovered in Ill but perfect condition
10 Here, however, We have similar iust1uMen
t. Of personsl vanity, mirrors, wooden pillov
! for the neck, bo1es Of paint and other CO
y @etiss, pocket combs, turing pins-eueh
in and twee1s1s for pulling ont Bnpsr,!uo1
ss haizs and it is only fair 10 add that the u
e. Of Eucl articles does net appear to have boi