The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-10-22

bright. In each Of The corners is repre-
scented The royal vnlturo nnd Stars.
4 The following Thebsn sovereign
are the most important Of those mum
mics Herr Brngsch has identiica:
Aabmss ]. Amosis), first King o
18th Dynasty, rsigned B. c. l7ol
fabout).
Amenhotrp ]. (Amcnophis), second
King OF 18Th Dynasty, reigned B. c
1866 {atont).
Tbotlmes L, third King Of lStl
Dynasty, reigned B. C. 1883 fabouf.
Thothmes II, fourth King of 18th
Dynasty, reigned B. C. 1900 {abou)
1 Thothmes III. 1.-THE Grsat), fifth
King Of 18Th Dynasty, reigned D. G.
1000 fabcut).
Rarnses L, first King Of 18th Dy.
nasty, reigned B. C. l40o fabont).
Scfi i, second King Of the 18th by
nasty, rcigned B. c. 1856 labout).
Rarnses II. 1.-THE Great, third King
of the 10th Dynasty, reigned B. G.
1883 fabout).
Pinotem, third King of the 2lst DIV
nasty, reigned b. C. 1883 fabout).
Raskhenen dynasty and date of
reign unknown).
Queen Ra-ma-ka (Hatasong
Queen Aahmes Nofart Ari.
A correspondent of the London
Post adds the following details about
the recent discoveries in Egypt: aThe
place where these precious relics were
found is an ALMOST inaccessible cave IN
the face of the perpendicular moun-
tain, in another part OF which the
royal cemetery, known as Bab-el-Me-
louh, is excaEated, and NOT far from
Deir-elB ahari. The most remarkable
of the 409o objects are 36 royal sar-
cophagi, with their inner cases and
mn,nmies intact, belonging to Pha-
raohR, queens, princes, princesses, and
high priests of the seventeenth, eigh-
teenth, nineteenth, and fwentv-firsf
dynastics, so that we are actually In
possession Of the lifeless bodies of
many heroes, who, upward of three
thousand years ago, ruled over this
country and adorned it with temples
and obelisks which are the wonder and
of the whole civilized
world. Among them is that of Set
l., whose tomb in the Bab-el-Mclonk
was discovered by Belzoni, but that
explorer found neither4coffin nor num-
my, only the large alilbaster sarcopha-
gns now in the Soane Museum, which
was made to contain and preserve
them. Next in importance we have
the plain but highly polished wooden
coffin of Ramses IL, the Sesostris Of
the Greeks, with the mummy intact,
the royal cartouche distinctly lcgible
on the coffin tia and on the mummy
cloths 'enveloping The body. The
cases of Amosis, son Of
Amonsa, of Thofhipes T., IL, and Ill,
Of Queen Ra-inaska and her daughter
Msufem-has, Of King Raslrhenen, of
Aalrines Nofert Ari, Of Aaii Motep, of
Ramscs L. and Of Anenopl,is, are also
in the collection, with the nnnanics in
perfect preservation. The majority Of
these mnmnlies are inclosed in two
collins, both deliberately ernaineBted
with paintings and gildings, some of
hem having also certain ornaments
nlaia with colored glass, and many of
The faces have glass eyes, which give |
hem most lifciike appearance. An
other reinarkable object is a royal tent
made Of colorod leather 10 checkered
PATTERN Of red and green. The inner
idle Of the dome is Of blue leather,
With yellow stars, and the hieroglyphic |
Inscriptions arc perforated in the col
bred leather with Il backing Of yellow.
Fifteen royal wigs for state occasions
IRE also in the collection. Besides the
human nsmmies we fsd one of d ga
'elle, which was probably a farorite
playmate Of one of the Egyptian
,rinccs or prinoesscs. We hare also
our scrolls of papyrus of great size,
~ which Is inscribed the Ritual of the
Dead, elabefataly illuminated, and
containing the cartouches Of the royal
VERSIONS for whom they were written,
me of whom Is Queen Hatasou, sister
# Thothmes iii. Moreover, we have
everal sets ef canopic vases IN alabas-
cr, with royal names engraved on the
utter anrface, 800 funeral statucttes,
Y "a many ether objects Of interest.