, 1881-09-03
EGYPT.
The Recent Grent ntscOvcrscl

IIondon Academy.
a great sepulcllral treasure, upon Which
tic ttalIy papers laye Of late been reporting
with more or fcss accuracy, has been brought
to light at rhebcs. Some mtsconceptto,
having prevailed with rcgari to the Identity
Of the royal inulnt,lies md the way III which
the discovery was brought about, READERS OF
the xlctnicn,u Will doubtless be glal to know
the uxnct particulars.
Observing how, for the last ten years, relies
Of great value and rarity hive beem stealily
finding their way FROM Egypt to Europe,
Prot. Maspero las long suspected tic Arabs
ever, Mi, English traveller presented him,
some little time nRo, with n photographed
reproduction Of tho first pages Of q snpcrl,
ritual bought at Thebes, md TINT ritnnl
J., his suspicion bccnlae certainty, and lie de-
tcrlnfnctl to get 1T the bottom Of tic 1nys-
tory. Having, sncctctted A1nretto ras!la
~ D!rector md Collseryator to his 1I!gllness
spring 10 lllake his first official trip to Upper
Egypt. Arrived at T'lebps, ntld confident
that he had laid Ills tlmger upon, tho right
1nali, he Mt once ordered the arrest OF II GER
Abd-or-llasonl. This ii,an tWho, Will his Two
younger brothers,. lives in the tornbs behind
the Kamcssol1ln) wns then conveyed to tho
district prison at kenelt, where, for. two
Tho other brothers, meanwhile, l!a,l the
1T Inst moved the g. 'captive to bstray tileitr
f9ilit secret Iiere4pon the Governor, Of
I'rof. MasnurO Ind left for EUROPE: hit Herr
Emil BruaYcb. keener df Tie museum Mt
Ijuojak, mid Allncd. EfIeutl- -Kcunl, ti,en acting
Sccretnryand Interpreters started Immediately
CAIRO. i mi indebted for tiose details to
Prof. AfNspurO. from whom Ilayn rcctiytd IL
long and interestlng letter tatcd Ang. j: lie.
ligvlug TINT lle Wit not object, i Translate,
tllscoyorou: ."lNc l,aye ptit onr hands, 1lot
unon rovnl tomb, hut ,iD0n n hiding ,,Ince
III wl,icl, wurc pilesl-porilMus after t6e treat
ton.b robbcrles Of the Twentieth pyl,asty, or
Of Kines' 0ueo,,s. rri;1ces' aid iiirI I'rl"sts
Thus Wo jIaye tRu mummy Of /, Rnske,njl:
thatof AmenoplIs T., aud If Ills wife, AlIl,i:s.
Kill; OF PInotem l.; Of tho bueell Iyi-lll-
Ki,eb: Of tho Ducun Notemit. etc.. ETC.: tic
whoic reprcscnfing some G,Qoo Muw o6iects. M
including tiva pnpyrl, one of wiicl, Il the5
Twenticwti, w ynasty. M and % two piaa,,es ] simiar in l
tn tGnse h,,yn n Trenciv nnblls{lrT md wIirM
BY the way, must lIavs con,u from thIs
sourcc.''
aro viz t nay e e Ges91yo a4k f s Ks a
Of iSakatanaMsse lie Mougo, "sar i.i.e StSio
isssss..sscd 1,r1nr"ss5 II" ifc,orix nf W,c pasf
vol: ". iia75); an! l'inoten i. Was "a grandson
nriest M % AID ei1iof nrouet II A11stI! VIII 'E "a.
pposeti the s1lccessors ,,f j,aineses XIII i'lmo-
tem reienctl. uccurdlng to i}rltrsrh. for twc,,-
ty.fIve venrs nd xos eo,,f,,lnrt, ri i,v wi" thc
Hssyrians 'Iner that Isot,sr wl'on! tt,e n!,t,nr @
of tRa at;,scIl.hIto AeRyntens" % atyirs :e s:tI,a
rrcat king of kinrs.n T(moten unssibtv sms as
n n.,ttnr t,f pnlicv called liz rrnnisn' bv tia M
throl1o laiile u 'Thotl,nes iii., ai,d lis
5innsn Iin,1,.e ~ thn vorv ,,ntTrn =. nrrnr s9.f ~
Tie Iftncs CORRESPONDENT al Calro, WHO b.
iuyed Is 6chejI In the newly tlIscoycrrd
rnni, and f1ntan ~ ~ ti,o WI~htnamth i1wrapt"
fin " i.isfnrV ~ tGIs am" in.,n..3,.
khnor T. ni3o c,,r,o,,s wt,in H1no,.r. III
trrn,p,futI,nr H. 'v ,ysa ~ Tanis "vitimv liz "
svrnns +" vns % 'snntciie,j r. iin,.r IL E,,r,,t mi
r. n,,t awn ~ ~, lms,rrnntfo1, If Th"hus. XII
ot fhees l,;s Tx iirst nrt sv,S so rccali tha han
fshaH T3"noa,tos "n rio 70 occ"" III 1 ,,,sns
tols ioThler rank or ,!uEn Ifiest OF AnlCi.