The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-06-26
EGYPTIAN DISCOVERIES.

Haya-l Tay!ur'> last letter from Cairo
. u ;.-- Jri5HH. i Of unusual interest
/ l!r r-5at-- al the recent discoveries ~
-. Nuri-tF-. iacrS hitherto unknown
/ except Ip TI.e few archaeological students
I vino may have come iii contact with
! MarietJe, - has MIR TAYLOR. Even
/ Wendell Phillips when he last deliver
/ eI lii lecture on tie Lost Arts, in
I Brooklyn. was not aware that the manu-
i taeTIre ot glass was known TO the an
clients. i.uJJ wears before the birth Of
| Christ. Dir. Taylor speaks Of the num-
/ eroU- specimens of Egyptian antiquity
which have been carried 10 the museums
Cf London. Paris and Berlin. He saws
that de most valuable Egyptian muse
uu in the world i in Cairo lie adds.
That which was previously carried
hriu% Tor the most part. easily accessi-
hlr. prove 10 belong 10 the later rather
than the earlier dyuaSticS. Unwearicd
di--iu- has enabled Us 10 reach the rec
Or,is OF the Ancient Empire and TO
.hJw-wiat We never before suspected
that the glory Of Egyptian art belongs
10 thc age Of CheCps. and only It's de
cadence To the age OF RameseS III. tSes-
Osiris. Not only the art. but the cul-
turs, the religion. the political or-aniza-
ton OF Egypt are carried back TO the
third dynasty t4isO b. O.. and Menes.
the first historic king, dawns upon our
knowledge, not a. Il primitive barbarian.
but as the result OF 4 long stage of un-
recorded development. l do not hest
ta.e to say that since ChampOlliOn dis
covered the key TO the hieroglyphicS. no |
scholar has thrown such broad light |
upon E-yPtaiu life and history as Mari |
et,a.
OF even greater interest arr
the household articles, implements OF
trade. food, &c, which, like the spoils
Of POnpeii, restore ior Is the domestic
TT. OF tie people. Here. for instance.
are stools. caHe-bOtTomed chairs and
work boxes. 1000 years OiJ, vet 10
EICre diiapidated than il they came out
ui :; gi.rrt; of the hast canturr: nets.
knives. needles, and toilet ornaments;
glass bottles and cups. as clear as if Just
blown: earthenwaFe, glazed in blue and
yellow patterns. the very counterpart of
old Maio.icd scedS, eggs and bread; straw
baskets. and clIiid's ball for PLAYING;
paint boxes with co!ors and brushes, and
boards for games OF draughts-in short.
collection almost as varied and COM
plete rs the ashes of NesUvius preserved
IoE u- VI llit tFitECO- AsDlllttll lie oL lllt |
year ~ of our era. But these Egyptian
relics date from /, 1,0JJ To 3, 600 years be
fore our era began.
The climate of Egypt and |
The sand under which the sepulchrtl
chambers have so ion. been buried. seem
absolutely to prevent decay, and thus
these ilo-t ancient and recovered mOuu-
ment, appear TO De modern in compari-
son with these which are exposed to the
air. Ia 1851, shortly after my meeting
with .iariette at Memphis, he discovered |
the UayIOlatcd tomb of an Apis bull
on first entering. he saw upon the light
layer OF dust covering tine floor the dis
fict footprints of men who had placed |
the mummy in his sarcOphaGus three
Thousand seven hundred years before.
i large glass case in one of the
Eastern rOOIus l. quite filed by the mag
uiiicent Jewels of the queen. Aah-hOtep |
(of the NVIIIth dynasty, about 100 b.
c., supposed 10 be the mother of King |
AmCSiS. who OvertiIrew the HykOs.-
The splendid giIded coffin was found in
tact. only two or three feet below the
soil. at a small village near Thebes. 1t
appears to have been stolen from the
Sepulchre By thieves, who were pursued,
or became alarmed. and hastily buried
Il by the way No modern queen, |
would hesitate TO wear the exquisite
chains GiademS. earrings and bracelets
o5 this ThcbaII woman. II would require
- professional iewclcr TO do justice to
the admirable quality Of the workman
-i.ip.