New-York tribune., 1881-08-31
THE DISCOVERY AT THEBES.

DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MUMMY CAsES-'ALoA
BILE uLUNINATED PAPYRI DIsCoyERED
a Aug. 81 letter to The London i''"es'
OF the 80 mummies of Royal and pncstly
personages which constitute the most stlno @ ~ % Dnjre
Bahar near Thebes 26 are now accurately known The
sSy neSre 10 fSg%e fSa% cen mere be absolute
tainty Thanks to the courtesy s ana h nonak Mmseum
am enabled furnish with the following M bt st 4i
the 26 mummes, as to the identity OF wcH d" No'o'
No Raskenen one Of the later kings n Si the the
usual srouds OF fine linen. is enclosed IN three wooden
Htting in one like nest of boxes Upon the lids
of the three ny are % Srre9 & ~ h % ] r the he
eTr anSa in the left is the sceptre The arms rest
carved the Royal headress with the urGi serpents in
gilt Each OF 1he % sT@y d
in yellow and orange upon oiye green sFS1nd % pfooEGy
mummy and eases are in perfect preservation.
No, 2,-King Aahmes l. {Amosi0. the founder Of the
Eighteenth Dynasty The mummy is nclosed
in three plain wooden mummy-eases boar rhr
s face and ND arms are carved % in Ris6 relief arms
crossed and resting upon the breast hands holding the
carved the pschet crown of Upper ana Lower Egypt
represent cahcrad Wings It was Aa6mes l. who drove
the shepherd Kings ont of Egypt and who suppressed
No. 3.-Queen Aahmes Nofert Ari, wife of King
i'm length and is remarkable in technical
way All three mummy eases are made OF fine linen
different layers form material not unlike pdpermGche
The coffin disclose the shape of the body and the
queen represented with the arms crossed upon the
breast and grasping the dnh, emblem of eternal life
and of stability The inscriptions are III bright colors
No. 4.-Queen Ar-hotep, daughter of King Aahmes I.
The of this queen are, with the exception
OF the su9ectmatter or the inscriptions IN every way
similar to those of her mother the Queen Aahmes Nofert
No. 5.-Prince sa Ammon son of King Aahmes l. The
mummy-cases similar TO those of his father (See
No. 6-Princess Sat Ammon, daughter of King Aahmes
J. The outer mummycases have been destroyed The
r aHe ege There USen ars se rac nscons
written upon the linen shrouds which prove the ident
ME I'm ia i'm
judging from its small size che Princess must have died
the mouth contracted disclose the teeth The
arms are crossed and rest upon ne + s0oon,
King of the Eighteenth Dynasty 1t was this SOVEREIGN
of Aahmes I. The three mummy are in the most
STATE OF % ARE e0ysrsd an IN
catey penclled inscriptions olive green, vel ow and
lists brush had touched them but yesterday. The mum
mycases are VANISHED with preparation which gives
by the lacguer,work the Japanese The mummy itself
ture and held in place by bands of pink muslin.
aPoS the outside BAND of is found iSag heTac nscrp
ton stating that the mummy 3ad been concealed during
the shTonds is beautiful papfeTnaache mask Intended
made of porcelain and enameled. The festoOns
and wreaths of lotus flowers which encirce the mask
shrouds also with lotus flowers. One might
readily suppose that these flowers had been pucked but
No. She lnnmmy-case of Thotmes L. the second
King OF the Eighteenth Dynasty This mummy ycase,
which once held the remains OF Th3mes L. subsequent
~ served as a mummy case Tor King l1uOteu, whose
No; 9:aKiRg ThotmGs H., the third King Of the
most exactly similar to those Of King Amenhotep /:
Palestine. so ably continued by hls successor.
,Sf Mo- l9IKi9g I9otmGs i,0Thotmes the Great the
tunate that the remains OF this the most glorious
the hand of ancient destroyer. The mummy was
found in its case in the PIT at DeelBahar but broken
into three The 8
muated but the miniature representations of the gods,
were lett The identity OF the mummy proved
beyond doubt by long funeral inscription written
roll, which was found inside the wndin geheets, aud
lated NAV 1rove 70 bn in i,f ro ot Miem u ts d
From the fact that the representations of the
gods well as the most sacred portions the ritual
my of Thotmes Great 1t would seem that the ancient
priests must aay been implicated in this sacrilege In
PapyrLs in the British Museum. from which know
been organized band only of robbers tombs
Of receivers who resided at Thebes, and gained their
PapyrGs records this information in the form report
with other officials inspected tue tombs of the Royal
the Garus for nine persons @ accused oy name IN
are priests and eight are sacred scribes.
no 1li-9ueen Hontta-me-hou, Queen of the
Te linen s royd NASTY sta,e OF preservation perfect
tooni and %eo mask St on the features ies
Ki eaes resemble in general appearance those of
No. l21PT,ncess Messont ehou Princess of the
hlghteehth Dynasty General appearance of the three
mummy & etc., similar to those Of KnS Amenhotep
Dynasty; General appearance as No. 7.
NO i412neen setka Queen Of the Eighteenth
No I5.-Kng Ramses H. the founder of the Nineteenth
Dynasty The three mumIny-cases resemble those of
King me @ exceP that they have upon the out
OF the king The cOlors of the inscriptions are yellow
green and blue Ramses the father of seti L. and
grandi0 of Ranses H. (the Great and his tomb at
BibanelMolOok, or Gates of the Kings" Thebcs
is the oldest hitherto discovered in that valley The
granite sarcophagus bearing the and titles Ram
ses T. sun remains In the tomb.
No. Liking seti l., the second king of the Nine.
teenth Dynasty who reganed some OF the foreign
ses l. The mummy il in good state OF preser-
walton, but only of the mummy leases re-
longitudinal OF texts upon a white ground aud
bears the facsimile of Kings features surmounted
shrouds the mummy Inscriptions stating
that the remains of Set l. thus concealed in a Dit
visited Abydos need TO be reminded the Temple OF
set where all the gods of the Egyptian pantheon seem
rate shrine. As mentioned in a previous letter the
sarcophagus OF set was brought to England by Bel
zon, ana Is In SIT j. Soanes MUSEUM 1t is carved from
single block OF the finest aabaster covered with
1nclsed hierOglyphic texts and hundred
OF the night.
No, liking Ramses IT. The third King OF the
Nineteenth Dynasty and the Pharoh Jewish cap
tivy The mummy is in perfect state preservation
but OF the three mummy in which probably
sycamore wood unpanted arnshed IL il carved
TO represent Ramses in the position of Osiris. The
tbe royal whip, and IN the left is the royal hook The
features most beautifully and decately carved and
Egypt, with the ureus serpent The mummy-case is n
most graceful and animated sculpture dis
period OF the Egyptian Renaissance The oeo and %
PrGstomen cartouches are written in plain
Diack characters upon the munmy-case, which bears
no other text or representations whatever, and
In its beautiful simplicity strangely with the
other inscriptions which mention the name of Rnses
.mo Great. Inc mummy itself s wrapped in rose-col-