The Red Cloud chief., 1882-04-06
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III" Great Iind 81 Eryli Nummirz ~
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Ih" past wear viii eyer be- memorable
t"r The valuable and remarkable di-
""l"rI"- that il Ia, Welded in E-sp'-
"l""k. NJ Ma pr, ha- Just published
IN official report "f 'l,r great ind of
r"ynl mumiui-- al Ihcl"s. The ulrfrt-
iIN" - "uIIy'u"I H. ]nururrpu, photo
graphs. aIu"ug which ar" lh"-. uf tie
mnHIm'"- "i Ihu'mr- III. and Rune
IL III" grand old m"uar.h b, whp-. tI'lr-
an" inscribed pI the Central Park ohr-
lab Tie text, "I tho Interior 81 the
rHramli- "i ih" Y. aud VI Dsua-iIr,.
"p'nri ai NlhkGrn Last ~pTiug and sum
im'r. ar also apprar.H" IU rapid -girr..~-
SION ln VI Ma-prTn, Erru"ll, pub-
h-ho'l Al iarI-. beside these di-r"r
"ric~. c"rrcrniu" which accounts have
already appeared "a your columns. three
additional discoveries have been r,-,.u'-
Is mud" which DO nu' deserve - I.
passed hy IA -il"uor.
Ia ia" desert li,. miles wet Of Kum-
81 Iinmaira "a NI.ir-, un the western
border "i The pr.ir. and midway toe
'"""n tair" AMI AlrNnmlrt il.r l:r.la-
"ccn uu"irih-l a lirv,. -lru" which
they described "a Taller than , man.
and covered with fla" writing. Herr
Emil Rrr--rh, ih" Conservation Of the
E""llh Museum. and brother ui Dr.
i:m"~ch l't-ha, rg"c"y led "a, one, tnlhr
rl"'i. and found thu stone 10 br 4 ~lrla.
"r tablet, used hN the - ptiru~ f. Zee
"ri d".ro''- aud cpItaph-. Tia, newly
discovered monument l. inscribed with
Tn lm"uni tr\t~, which prove L. be-
'upIv~ of IA" prcrcr ui the SYNOD nt
Priests assembled ~ Campus. or,!aininw
the dedication ui l;rrruIrr. thu ,lau"h-
ter of l'tol'my E~ucr.rIc~. aud crraiiur
a iliih order at priests t. hr called
E~u"T"c'r. Tho decree i~aaicdth l.lh
al the month al INhl. ui The ninth wear
81 lt"l"mN E~u"T-"tr~ d.. 2.~D. and
l. consequently moarly a century Older
Than the famous Rosetta stone. An
other copy 81 TIM sam" lrrrrr oi Cauo-
pu> i Inscribed upon the stone uf san
ar lanI~. m ~" l;tn'nk Museum. IF
Whi"h the British Museum pa~-c-,r> 4
cast.
IL appreciate Tho Interest that ar-
tarh"> ." ihi- urw find. u ma, hc we'll
L. Recall IA" fat that IN l~l1-'1n. il wa,
the tn Unequal I;a-.ffn Stone ilai Weld
al I" tho researches al Ioun, and
thauroilinu the krN "a the lau-l,-. al
a"rI"nt Egypt. ana thu, became. ~
Aari"ii' >aN>. "th" Instrument 81 one
III the %rcat">l discoveries tina. do hon
'r I" the nineteenth century" Not.
however. umill Lrp~iu> aul Mnricitr. in
l>h,- G', brought {" ligh, tia Greek.
hirr"glkp pho and dcmotic texts az the
tan"plc Deere" engraved unou the
St"n" al san. was the accuracy of Cham
potion mode II Interpreting hero
CLIPPINGS confirmed. and the >tui, of
E.gNPi"l"%y placed on sure and solid
grounds. The ton al knm-cllIama-
Ora ~. Judging from analogy. | sup
pos" This stella will hrnrrtn,fh be- called
bears al" same decree ~ that of >au. /
excerpt that the tc>iS. inscriptions and
representations are very much tullcrand
detailed than arr those of the Latter.
The stella Is a splendid piece of work
m"n>hlp. II l. al limestone. and mraS-
lures eight feet high bN three feet wide
ami tW" and 4 hall feet thick. Ih" top
4 rounded. II represents the winged
disk ami pendent ururi ~>crpcni~. tnrrlh-
rr with the upper and lower portions of
IN" crown p>hrut. Below the urn,i ser
prni> there are some twelve lines of
hlcr""!hph>. and representations of
it"icmt Eri"rgctc>. his Queen. and his
daughter Bcrcnicr. the Queen nf Nir-
gins. Then follows the decree in
Gr"ck. hicrnglNphir and denote. This
stella has already been placed in the Boo
LAX Museum. which. with the additions
"i Inc past wear. l. now quite A. rich IN
m"numr tablets. mnr;uary relies
II writings barring historical pauyri
~ are the combined collections II En-
rope. This is a ii should br. for Eryp-
Tan relies have an artistic value, which
they lose in the uuconwcuial climate and
surroundings ut Europe and America.
In" >cc""d discovery that | have to
i that of two tomh> Of the VI.
DYNASTY. which present the earliest
known instances uf the arch. These Il,
t"inhS are of private persons of hich .
rank. They were discovered near the A.,
most %>"utherly group If Sakkara uvra- I
mldS. II within 4 stones throw of The I
prominent truncated pyramid of kinr |
tna>; known Is the MaStaha-cl-pha-
ra""n. Ii should aforementioned that in !
IN" Pyramid Of MyccrinuS Of the ~ |
Dynasty the smallest of the three rr,,,, ,
pyramids of Ghizeh-therc i a passage ,
WAY the top Of which. although re>cm- I
bling an arch. * not constructed on the ,
principle Of an arch-that is Ia say A,
blocks were placed horizontally. one ,
projecting beyond that immediately he I
low ii. I'LL the urpcrmoSt two met in he I
center; the interior angles BEING af,ar- ;
ward rounded Off Ia form the yaDl,
Several instances of these p>eudo-arcbas ,
are known Il exist in tomhS of the VI 7
and later DynastieS. but no true arch ,
had hitherto been found previous Ia i
those in the tombS of the NNIII.. Mn.
and M. DynaStieS. near ThebcS. The ,
arches in the two acknowledgements I
tomhS of the VI DYNASTY are built over ,
the entrances. They have ornamented |
key-stoneS. and are beautifully con- !
structcd of fine bricks. '
The third discovery to which | have {:
referred is the ~long-Sought-for entrance {
TO the Pyramid of Mavdoom-a pvra-
mid which will probably turn out TO be s
al least a century older than the Great L
of Cheops. and hence the old :
est known monument in Egypt. This :
pyTSmd. situate SOME fifteen miles TO. .