The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-04
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1881 must ever hold a high place
the annals of Psychological di
covery. M. MasptrO, the recent
appointed Director of the Boula
Museum, is at the present momeI
IN Paris actively engaged in prepa
ing for publication the texts of til
pyramids of the fifth and sixth dy1
, astles, which were opened last sprin
at Sakkara. The forthcoming nun
Der of his "Recull'' will contain th
entire text of the pyramid of Kin
| OunaSi, the last king of the fit
dynasty. But the saying that ''i
never rains but it pours" NAV b
now fairly applied to arch9ologica
discovery. Long before the saVant
have had time to peruse, ponde
over, or profit by the wonders un
earthed at Sakkara. they are nov
suddenly overwhelmed with a fresl
supply of material in the form O
the largest papyri yet known, ant
by the apparition of the mummies
with all their mOrtuary appendage.
and inscriptions, of no less thai
thirty royal personages. This dis
covery which has just been made
calls for special interest in England
for among the
THIRTY ROYAL MUMMIES
are to be found those of King Thut-
mes III. and of King Ramses II.
1t was the former who ordered the
construction of the obelisk which
now stands Oh the Thames embank-
ment, and it was the latter who, 27O
years afterWaTd, caused his own
official titles and honors to be in
scribed upon its faces, beside those
of ThutmeS III. These two mon
archs now lie side by side in the
Boulak Museum, and even the flow
ers and garlands which were placed
IN their collins may to-day be seen
encircling the masks which cover
the faces of the deceased, just as
they were left by the mourners over
5000 years ago.
Last June Daoud Pasha, Governor
of the Province Of Keneh, which
includes the ancient Theban dis
trict, noticed that the Bedaween Of
fered for sale an unusual quantity
of antiquities at absurdly low prices.
The Pasha soon discovered that the
source of their hidden treasure was
in gorge of the mountain
range which separates Deir-el-Ba-
hart from the Bab-el-Maloch. This
gorge is situated about four miles
from the Nile to the east Of Thebes
Daoud Pasha at once telegraphed to
the KhediVe, who forthwith des-
patched to the spot Herr Emil
Brugsch, younger brother of Dr..
Henry Brugsch Pasha, who, during
NJ. MaSpero's absence, is IN charge
of all archaeological excavations in
Egypt. Herr Brugsch discovered
in the cliffs of the LYbian Noun
tains near the temple of Deir-el-
Bahari, or the Northern Convent"
a pit about thirty-EVe feet deep cut in
the solid rock; a secret opening
from this pit led to a gallery nearly
300 feet long, also heWn out Of the
solid rock. This gallery was filed
with relics of the Thehan dynasties.
Every Indication leads to the con-
Yiction that
THESE SACRED RELICS
had been removed from their appro-
PIRATE places in the various tOmbs
and teraples, and concealed in this
gallery by the Egyp-
tian priests, to preserve them from
being destroyed by some foreign in
vader. In all probability they were
thus concealed at the time of the
Of Egypt by Cambyses.
Herr Brugsch. at once telegraphed
for steamer, which on Friday last
deposited her precious cargo at the
Boulak Museum The full value of
his discovery, of course, cannot as
pet be determined. The papyri
rave not been unrolled, nor have
he mummieS been unwrapped. Con-
'picuOus by its massive gold Orna-
nentation. in which cartouches are
set in precious stones, is the coffin
the mummy of Maui
Nedjem, a daughter of Ramses il.
Each of the mummies is accom-
panied by an alabaster canopic urn,
the heart and entrails Of
he deceased.
Four papyri were found in the
-allery at Deir-e l-Bahari, each in a /
perfect state of preservation. The
argest Of these papyri-that found
n the coffin of Queen Ra-ma-ka-iS
most beautifully illustrated with |
olored Examinations. 1t is about |
ixteen inches wide, and when I'M
oiled, will probably measure from |
90 to 14O feet in length. The other |
apyri are somewhat narrower, but
re more closely written upon.
THESE PAPYRI
Till probably prove to be the most /
aluable portion of the discovery,
DE- in the present state of Egypt !
logy papyrus may be Of more
than an entire temple,
nd, as the late Mariette Pasha
sed to say, 1T is certain tina if |
yer one of those discoveries that /
ring about a revolution in scienc
hoald be made in EgyptOlogy, the |
Torld will be indebted for it to a |
No less than 300 mortuary stat
&C have hnpn found that haor row.