New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-29
EGYPTIAN DISCOVERIES.
LETTER FROM AMELIA II. EDWARDS.

LETTER FROM AMELIA r. EDWARDS.
MR. T. @. APPLETON GIvEs PRAISE FOR DISCOVERY
TO me WRONG PERsOS-THE DIsCoyERER.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: VIII you lend me your valuable aid to
correct some errors. ard to establish one or two
important facts, in connection with a recent
Egyptoogical discovery of great interestf In
pleasant little volume written by Mr.. T. G.. Apple
ton and Just published here by Macmillan u Co..
there occur the following lines:
There las been ,rOUraHc by Marette Bey very near
the temple fAboo simhcD Behind walls OF ruDurht
brick which ucr", IN their nsisniiicanee, iook hka
hornets nest, siall top about - l,et ID ID N's w
coveted last ycar On the inside. over tn door, VIII
Ten: Opened February lG 1874, hy \; NJ Apparently
eractlcss wight has oh.it rated i,e worn Aats i
II II poor return FOR Il. Mni.tc's devotion ana toll
friend. aud not dcfaced see Nile J2rnai W l. IT,
Appleton Macmillan & Co, London, 1901
Mr. Appleton next goes OH 10 describe figure
painted upon one of the walls, and ends by
comparing the chcerfulness of this so-called
"tomb7 with the "barc horrors OF modern
Christian vault. / am anxious TO be per-
mit,ed IN clear these statements from much
very natural and very pardonabe error. In the frs
place, the tf01tdiHe not made By NJ. Mariette,
bat Ly Mr.. Andrew McCallum, a gentleman well
known ia the world Of English art--and whose mi
tials do ia fact correspond to those of the learned
cnnscrvator Of the Bombay Museum. Mr. McCallum
formed one of q PARTY of iiyel being also one-Wllo
went up the Nile in the Winter and Spring of ls7i-
j. and sp-ut nearly five months on the river \ fort
nj dit OF this time we devoted 10 AbOO Smbel-a To-
cllity of SURPRISING interest which most travellers
dsniss in a lew hour. In the second place, the
G0p~aue II not a tomb but n Tock-cut specs, or
grot a. such as is the famous specs Artcmldos at
Ecni Iassan. 1t served rs subsidiary chapel To
line Great Temple The discovery was quitc acct
dental The clearing out If the sand which con
ccll.I the entrance AMI chokcd the interior occu-
,.d nearly three DAYS and accomplished by the
help of a hundred natives.
OF ths Va uah.e inscriptions and paintings found
upnu the walls took ample notes and made careful
fac siilr- upon the spot. IL will not now be long,
trust before make the particulars public m fun
aud satisfactory form. My narrative, which has
been for some zine announced, viii be
ahin,antly illustrated with plans aud sketches;
while for trausaions Of the descriptions. both hero
r'ypaic and hieratic shall have To acknowledge
thr kind aud ready aid of one of the greatest OF living
r .,yutnlocists. In conclusion, | beg 10 refer Mr..
Apulcton and American readers generally 10 Nr. Me
Cainms lctter written from Kor0sko, IN NubIa, and
puishrd in The LOadOR times on tlle 18TH 0i March,
iS5I la II he gives the correct measurements OF
the spcOe aud some account OF the interesting co.
Temporary ruins adjoining, which We discovered
day or two later than the bctOIe-nained chapel. L
have the honor To be, Sir, yours faithfully,
AMFLIA Il. EDWARDS
TheLarehes, Wes,'ron Trim. England April H. 1876