Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-09-21

. -ANa't s'NAg IN Vi OlLths OF the IoMplc OF
/ Edfou; of the great stepped Pyramid OF
I Saqqarah. And by paper impressions
from the Boulak Museum OF decoration
in tie interior of the magnificent tomb
OF J of the Architect, all OF the Ptah
Hot;l Of the hith dynasty, the reputed
author OF the famous book OF moral say
ing, THE Papyrus Prisse."
An interesting photograph is that Of
the head Of Thi, the wife OF Amenophis
Ill, the eighth King OF the eighteenth
dynasty. Marietta, by whom Il was dis
covered, conjectured from the type Of
the face that the Queen was of Semitic
origin. This was partially confirmed by
scarabeus accidentally acquired by u
lady traveller in Egypt, and more re-
Gently december, 1850 by a remarkable
find of cuneiform tablets at Tell-el-
Amarnn, in Upper Egypt These tablets
show that Amenophis III. had dealings
with Hittitcs, Blbylonians, ana other
tribes Of Mesopotamil. The name of
his Queen occurs on these tablets in the
form Till.
or the Egyptian Book OF the Dead or
Funeral Ritual, which consists OF a col
lection of prayers of magical charac-
ter referring to the condition OF the dis
embodied soul, series OF original frag-
ments are On exhibition. Egyptian
polychromatic decoration, pottery from
Abydus, and Egyptian cotton are repre-
sented by originil specimens.
The period of the stay OF Israel in
Egypt is represented by series of pho
tOgraphs OF the ninteeuth dynasty.
There are shown the photographs of the
mummy OF Seti l, taken by Professor
Maspcro; two relie.s from the Temple OF
Abydusi the masterpieces of Egyptian
art; q plaster cast OF the heal of Scti in
Che Boulai Museum, an of his son
Eameses H., the Pharaoh of the oppres-
sion; piece Of mummy clo;h; photo
graph Of the mask OF R1meses; of the
profile of his mummy taken by Brugsch
8ey; two photographs of the colossal
RameseS in front of the rDc}s-cut Temple
Of Abou-Simbel; photograph of Nefert
Ari, the wife Of Rameses; photographs
OF the mummy cases OF the finl at Dlyr-
el-Baharee, described in the Century
Magazine for May, 1881
Two uubroion bricks o. rough clay
and chopped s.vnw-tle one from the
tomb OF an early Pharaoh. the other rep
resanting the buillilg material of the
hUts of the modern Fellahin.
sNANEa OBJECTS FROM PALESTINE.
a goEslSin water-bag. su,h "a was
used Tor carrying water or wiae through
the desert They are still useI in the
Fast As well as in Mexico Al among the
Eskimo.
Fra zment OF Lebanon marble.
Shells from the Red Sea
Cone of the fir of Lebanon.
Cone Of the cedar of Lebanon.
Fruit Of the pCmeerarate tree
Seed-pod OF the carab tree
Shrub from the desert OF Sinai.
Lamps such rs were used in the early
Christian period from Rome, Ephesus,
Shechem, etc.
COSTUMES.
Costumes are represented by statuettes
of Sennacherib, Slrdanapalus, and of
the lattcr'S wife, showing Assyrian state.
war and female costumes.
Modern Oriental costumes are illus
trated by the dress of an Arab Sherecf,
IA Syrian merchant, an Indian and an
Arab woman.
NNN' NA AAAH- 4sh'f-A q oAhNl-,
The original Of which is Of black gran
lite is in the British Museum. The
rosetta stone was discovered in 1899 by
Bousard, French officer. near ST
Julian, four miles north OF the town.
The inscription is in Egyptian,. hero
glyphic deMotic and Greek, ana supplied
the key of the displacement of the
ancient monuments OF Egypt. 1t con
tains trilinsual version of a syuodicgi
act OF the priesthood of Memphis in
honor Of Ptolemy V, Il. c. 1873
cSsT OF TIE MoABfTE STONE.
The Moabite stone was discovered ON
the i0.h Of August, 1883. by the Rev
a L. Klein, German missionary. Mt
Dhiban. the ruins of ths ancient Dibon
The stone was I'm the possession of the
Beni HTmaylJh will Arab tribe east
OF the Jordan. NJ. Clernont Ganncnu
obtained paper impression of the in
scrpti1n. In the early part of 1859 the
Arabs considering the stone so eagerly
sought after by Europeans to be nos
scsscd OF supernatural power lit a fire
under il and then threw cold water upon
It, breaking it into fragments. which
'r' ''..''' i'''-'~'- - NltlillS u'lOig the
different families Of the tribes. Gan
neau succeeded in collecting most Of the
pieces which, with the help OF his IN
per impression, We're put together. and
the stone is now set up In the Louvre in
Paris.
The inscription consists OF a record of
Mesha, King OF Moab who is mentioned
in the ~. Kings, Chapter 3, a. having re-
belled against Israel Mesha narrates
how he recovered certain fortresses de-
serioes the public works which he under.
took and tho devastated cities which n.
rebuilt, and gives an account OF sub
sequent war against Eiomites. Tbi,
discovery OF this inscription was OF
great Importance for the history of the
development OF the alphabet
THE snoAM ISsClrptUx.
The SLOAN inscription was accident.
ally discovered in June, 1880 The fin.
scr.ption Is engraved on recessed tablet
cut in the wall ~ tho tunnel a fs.v ward
FROM is lower emil Tu, latest r.slora.
ton and translation IS as follows:
]. Behold thej excavation Now this
Is the history Of ths tunnel While tho
cSclvltors fwcrc Hlunz up
.. the pick c0ch 800 his neiehtor and
while there was yet three ubits 90 De
broAan thrpu.h) the voice Of one