New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22

handsome ieure of n monarch and is no other than
Khapa or Chrephren the builder of the second
pyramid. There are two of him here, and there Is
sufficient difference in the faces to Indicate that
they were executed at different periods OF his lite ;
and although it is such a very long time ago, the
| boldness of the execution and the truth OF the
anatomy prove that they had fine artists in those
| for-of davs. These statues weIe found in the
temple unearthed by Mariette, close under the
shadow of the mysterious Sphinx at Gheezeb where
| the sun is in the northwest
There is one other person in this room, and mat
| is a woman an Arab, dressed in the usual suit OF
| black, with long strip of black Grape hanging
| from the usual silver pipe over her nose. ohe
| carries all her worldly wealth in chains OF Napo-
Icons around her neck, her arms, and depending in
| strings from her hair and ears and she is gazing
| intently on the jewels of Queen Ah-ho-tep and
doubtless wishing that she could supplement tho
decorations Of her own dusky skin by the addition
| of some of those of her late Majesty. True,
the Queen has been dead 5000 years still, as you
| gaze upon her adornments that yet survive, you
fancy you can recall the inperious wearer, and IL
you glance to the right and catch sight of the e1-
ousite marble face of Queen TaIa. you acknowledge
| that if Ah-ho-tep were as beautiful, she deserved
| all the ornaments with which she loaded her regal
person and more besides. There is a superb massive
chain for state occasions with an immense enamelled
scarab depending from it, indeed, all the enameIs
are exceptionally fine There are rings and girdles
| innumerable; there are dozens OF bracelets ana
bangles for arms and legs; there is the royal mir
Tor Of FURNISHED gold and there is little golden
| Ratchet for Sunday wear, although the deceased
meant business for there is a solid bronze article
for ordinary use and couple of daggers for every
| day outbursts of temper There are few objects
of ievery more chaste and original than some of
l IL ~ ffotr tn-la r. al
nothing to tempt the feminine purchaser like repro
auctions of these beautiful works of antique skill.
wooden figure attracts our attention on the LETT
| where behind it is a chamber filled with memorials
| of the most ancient mOnarches. lt is hgure TWO
thirds the size of life and is evidently the portrait
of hearty hale country squire. albeit his costume
is only half of short shirt. But he IS every men
well-condItoned rural gentleman, with bright
eve a smiling mouth, a bald head and a IoVlal
| double chin lie has staff in his hst' ana Is Jus.
starting out for a morning walk perhaps 10 lhspec'
the condition ( his farms and stock ana when you
| ore told that he was carved five thousand years
| ago YOU gaze at him IN astoulshlnent anu are com
| Delled to admit that our boosted mOQcIh ART Dds
| produced nothing more natural or pleasing tnaI
| this same breezy old gentleman III "orui-e"toH
Near this is statue in stone. the size of life, of a
| powerful man. erect. with marked features ahd
| Commanding expression; the limbs are strongly
| modelled and the feet, like those OF the modern
Egyptians the very largest SIZE made TO ~
shoes. There is wonderful E ,bs nose III
| so 10 speak which induces you TO
eTpect the moment when it may step down from It's
pedesta and walk straight out into the ar On ~
head IS q black skull cap and 1t bears tae slinpie
tumi Of priest. The figure IS portrait OF hanelef-
one of the officials of the temple OF Ptah' KING OF
the internal regions, according 70 tne Mellph'S
iSt'1 this statue and another, of one
Ii. a chamberlain 10 king OF the same
prriod aud equally lfelike and characteristic
| il a strangely interesting married couple,
taken from tie tomb where they had sat IN awful
silence for ffty centuries. These are the Prince
Bah,trp and his lady Neicrt. lie Is dark red ana
She male olive her figure clearly outlined through
the siagle white robe she wears; ana there they
| sit side by side with the most marvellous or oil
Ia, and cy pectaucy His features commonplace
her, regular aud handsome, though her head Is de
formed by hideo oai,, Nyf A in%eIs a aeJ
IN, ewes of both are of glass transparent ma
terIal 1t was the custom TO immune the portrait
models Of the deceased IN pattlculaf leGeSS ol
their tomb aud when the disc0yeTti hfst let inc
light in upon the glItterDg eyes Of TINS married
couple the effect must have been magcal ana start
ling indeed.
But where the Kings of the middle dynasti,es
whose names are written IN the Bible III Herodotus
| and Strabo There, before you. lon'er i tHe
tbrono room where their ancient maJesties lie slle
bv side Enter reyereutly, for here are the remains
OF the old great ones OF the earth the
yerltablc bodies OF scu, the GeuoWhet ccsOo'Iis -
MS magnificent son Rameses, win Amehophls'
|
viii their wives and families Here they are IN
their collins Us rich aud splendid a. when hIst lald
away in those superb palatia Ombs they constructed
| with such care in lite, and which they conceived
would be closed forever To mortal eyes here lhey
are iCuomiulouslY brought forth into the glare OIL
| dov and compellrd TO tell their names ana Their
| story and to exhibit their bones to the modern
barbarian from lands that were forests aud savage
| swamps when they ruled "A magnificent empire
Here i'm this grand funeral chamber Is the rare cor
lection of IOyal mummles found recently III the al
| lev of the Kings at Ihebes- FROM head 20 ioot
| these tnonaTchs are swathcd IN wTeaths OF lOtus
leaves and buds and II said that when lately eX-
| posed TO the air these ,were as gay anu green az
| when bound about them first by reyerental
| hands The bodies of the Queens are done up III the
most delicate parcels folded and tied rs they OFlgl-
noIIv were for delivery at the throne of OSIRIS iOI
Indictment On the coffin of Rameses the second
| ms pOrtrait mask is spendldly carved; ana Is the
very transcript of those dignihed, smiling features
which IT was his delight III life tOscupture over tie
| Ienpthiand breadth OF his kingdoms.
Uark, There is a wild, fierce shout
gwen without aud the gusts OF wind mount INTO a
whIrling tempest. VIVID flashes OF lightning blaze
| t,rouRh the rooms and give uneaftuIy spltpuol
Ia the gorgeous sarcophagl OF the kings III Is Tue
first coming of the khamsin, the -luOOm that every
| wear breaks over Egypt IN the early spring. lie
| T,In de3cends i'll torrents, gurgllng and leaking
tLrou gh the insecure sky-llghts ana the sun-Dakeu
roofs the attendants rush TO move the unprotected
| uuumlea and III the whirl and crash, their lNld
| flcr. geein TO smile q fTown, and from the pOr
| celain eyes OF boHo Bicdt u'OP' VI ram S'"-' ON
| Regardless of all remOnstrance the attendants
thrust the hapless visitors ont into the storm IL
| orr ordersD GEORGE FAwCETT ROWE.
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JACK.
| From The Detroit Free Press
| wear or more ago. as the foreman of one OF tho