New-York tribune., 1886-07-11
THE MUMMY or sESOSrRTS.
IL L. In ..Lx

Professor Maspero IN The London Tines.
The mummy (No. 233) nrst taken from ts glass
is that OF Rsmsses H. sesosrs, tesEec By tue
Official entries bearing date the sixth and sixteenth
years OF tho reign OF the High Priest erhor oeAmen.
aud tho High Priest Pnotsm l.. written 10 black ink
upon the lid OF the wooden mummy ease and the fur
th~r entry OF the sixteenth year OF the High Priest Pno
ten l. written upon tho onter winding sheet OF the
over the rexion OF the bre.s Tho presence OK
this inscription having been verified by hs High.
ness the Khedive, and BY tho ilusrions personages
there assembled. the fret wrapping was removed and
there snccessvey discovered band OF stun lsic)
20 centmetres IN wdi rolled round tho body then
second winding sheet sewn up ana kfpt IN place Nv
narrow bands placed Al distance spart; then two
thickness~s OF small bandiges; aud then piece OF buo
linen reaching from the head tc the feet hgnre rep
resenting tho Goddsss Nut. one metre In length. -
drawn ths piece Of linen. 10 red aud sns As pre-
.crbed BY the ritual TIE profile OF the Gedasss is
hle OF sst l., he Is known 10 us 10 the bAsreliet
sculptures OF Thebes and Abydos Under the amules
OF linen folded squares spotted with tho bltum-
matter used BY the smbalners This last covering
removed. Rameses H. appeared Ihs head ~
loug, aud small in proportion to the body. ne
top OF the 'su is quite pare 6ut On m ,b tns po Inc
hair s quite thick forming smooth str@Isht oess su1s
they hsvs been dved light yellow by the spices us-a IN
eubalmmenL The forehead II low aud narrow, tae
white; tho eyes are small and close togstheri ths
Is long. thin hooked lka the nOses OF tue pOur
the baudsge. The temples sunken; the chcefOones
very pro nent hs ears rounds andng for Out from hs
of e.Trnss Ias % js~Sonc Is massive sroa
the chm very prominent; the mossn soao KIND
of black paste. This paste being partly
cut away with the scissor disclosed sone mucn worn
and very brittle teeth which, mOrcOver are waite ani
We. preserved The mustache and beard are tam IEey
seem 10 nave been kept shlvcn during lite but wers
probably allowed to grow during the KING Last a"ss
or they may have grown after death. The mars are
white like those OF the heat and eyebrow nut are h'rn
and bristly and from two three miinc;rcs III isD!
The skin OF earthly brown spotrhei with black M
ally 1t may be said that the face oi the mummy give
fair Idea OF the face OF the living kins. Ihe ex-
preston unImte,ctu.l. perhaps sHghtiy ah-
nal: but even the sOlnc"hat grotetqio
Disguise OF Naturalization there Is plainly to Dc
,epn an AIR OF severe "a majesty resolve. and or p.
las r. 81 of body wc preserved ~ Tue hc al
bar In OF TIE reduction or tue tissues ls
xterna aspsct less fe Ike. Tie neck no thtkrr
tnan the vrrtebri column. The chest Is broad; tas
shoulders square the arms are cr's.ei nPoh tds
breast the hands small aud dyed VIII henna' a"d
he wound In the lefC slt'. thr lugh wlch tue = n
b,lmcrs extracted the viscera Is ltrg, AM open 10
leys and thi chs l,scss III" feet are long slenh 7.
somewhat fat s0eI and dyed. IKE the hAut-. VITA
heuna The corpse ~ thu OF m Old man, Ont "l NS'r
ous aud robust Old man. We know, hieri, .po
les-s H. reigncd for sixty years Ind IN Al 10
must have been nearly 100 years Old when he III ed.