Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-10-27
THE MUMMlEs At THEBEs.
Some Of Thorn Described by Person
Who Has Seen Them.


der Peake dated Cairo. Aug. SD, who |
holds the Office Of inspector Of pro
vinces in upper Egypt, under the con-
trole generate The description he |
gives Of a personal examination of the |
antiquities tabulated In M. Maspero's
memoir will read with interest: "All |
those who take an interest I'm the past |
life OF this country have been waiting |
with the utmost anxiety the arrival
from upper Egypt Of the proofs of the
reported grand discovery made lately, |
and which Herr T.. Brugsch has gone
10 bring home 90 Cairo, said 20 consist
OF various kings and queens who have
long been known by name. but have
scarcely been thought 20 exist longer in
the state In which they are well known
70 have been preserved after their
death. / should like 10 describe in de-
tail all there Is TO see. But this must
be left TO those more competent than
myself, and from whom you will get
historical account. A few, however,
Of the most important things may be
interesting. which will give you an
idea OF the great value Of this dis
cevery.
Through the kindness Of friend /
had the pleasure of visiting the muse
um, and the most interesting of the
interesting objects. TO an ordinary Wis
itor. are its various and numerous
cases containing the mummies of an
Gent Egyptians and over twenty-five
royal persOnages. English people will
generally feel more deeply the value
or these discoveries when il is
known that among the royal
mummies are TO be found the
embalmed bodies Of King Thothmes
Ill., about Ii. G. 1000, and King
Rameses H.. about b. c. 1880. The
former II was who ordered the execu-
ton OF the obelisk which now orna-
mentS the Thames embankment, and
the latter who. 270 years later, added
MS own titles to those already inscribed
by order Of his predecessor, Thothmes
III. IL Is difficult TO realize the fact
that side by side in the Boulak mu-
scum one can now see the actual bodies
inclosed In their respective cases, of
men whose orders caused the execu-
ton OF the monument so lately the OBJ
Ject OF so much interest in England,
and which, In almost perfect preserva-
ton, has survived 5000 years. IL is
curious TO note in these cases contain
ing the royal mummies the flowers
lamong the number the new obsolete
lotos) and garlands with which IL was
the custom TO encircle the neck Of the
embalmed body after swathing with
cloth, perfect in form, but, perhaps, not
unnaturally faded and dry. IL is sup
posed that these royal mummies were
removed from their own tombs and
sarcophagi to prevent their being desc
Grated by an invader, perhaps Cam.
byses, and placed for safety in the pit
Just discovered. This would seem TO
be corrobOrated by the fact that
Belzoni found and took away TO Eng
land sarcOphagus. but without any
mummie some years ago, and that the
body for which that same sarcophagus
was made and said 10 contain nj one
time is now found amongthe number
collected In the Dyr.el- Baharl. and
now lying mt Boulak side by side
with the supposed father of Rameses
III, during whose reign, IL is said.
Moses was born somewhere about the
sixty year.
zone OF the most magnificent of the
mummy cases is that containing the
body OF King Rameses' daughter mos
sibly the identical lady who found
Moses In the cradle among the bulrush-
esq, which Is In n most perfect state of
preservation. looking. as IL lies i'm its
coffin. just ms IL II had only few hours
previously left the hands of the peo-
pie whose duty it was to embalm and
swathe II in It's cloth. The coffin Is
most beautifully finished and ornament
ed with colors and n sort of mosaic of
precious stones. The colors are as
fresh as though only done yesterday
IL Is TO be regretted that much of the
valuable mosaic has been robbed. hay-
ing been Clipped off, evidently with
some sharp instrument. The CRYSTAL
eyes have also been removed. but the
breast Communications fortunately re-
main perfect and untouched. thus civ
ing one an idea Of the grandeur of This
case before its mutilation. III all the
wives and children Of this distinguished
monarch were treated in the same fash
ion as this daughter, one may hone 10
one day find other specimens of this
grandeur, for he Is said TO have had
many wives and one hundred and sew
enty children. 1t was during his son's
reign This successor) that the plaOues
OF Egypt occurred and the exodus of
the Israelites.
Everyone will wait with impatience
the translation of the various panvri
which form anything but the least inn.
pOrtant portion of the discovery. and
may possibly prove its most valuable
feature, as throwing conclusive LIGHT
upon many points which are now much
disputed among savants of EgyptoloQy.
Many alabaster vases were also found.
which are said to contain the heart
etc, OF defunct kings and queens. etc
small statues in many hundreds have
also been added to the already large
STOCK In the museum, and also n most
curious tent made of pieces of leather
OF different colors sewed together and
oearing the catouche of some king, and
hlerogiyphs embroidered in various
colors. 1t Is supposed to have formed
canopy over the sarcophagus of some
king OF queen. Another curious feat
nre In this collection from the Dayr-el-
behari Is number of hair wigs, the
property OF royal personages, who upon
occasions OF grand ceremony thus
adorned themselves. There are many
other things Of great interest, but YOU
viii see from the foregoing how vaiua-
ole and grand has been and Is this col
lection