The Republican journal., 1888-03-29
Moses and Rameses II.


ture, etc. He referred also to the embalmng Of
their dead. As Moses was adopted into the
royal household, having the rank of prince
whom the line of succession would place upon
the throne of a mighty empire he had the OPP
portunity of studying in the best schools and
| under the best teacherS,-teachers As eminent
among the Egyptians as Gamaliel among the
Hebrews. or Aristotle among the Greeks. the
former the teacher of Saul of Tar>ts. aud the
latter the teacher of Alexander the Great. As
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians he studied the branches taught in
their schools These incuded-as is shown by
ancient records and criptions-arthmetic
geometry, astronomy. medicine, prose and
poetic composition. grammar, history, engin-
neering, measuring of land, construction of
buildings, making canals. instruments Of war,
sculpture. etc, etc. Pupils belonging to the
highest rank. like Moses. We're received into
the prieStly caste, and knew all the secret
learning of the Egyptian priests. 1t is needless
to say that Moses distinguished himself as a
scholar in all the learning and wisdom Of this
ntellcctua people. As the training of Luther
in the Convent at Erfurt fitted him to con-
tend against the papal church. so the training
which Moses received in the Egyptian schools.
fitted him to be the dcliverer of his race, crush
cd by heather system of oppression.
Mr.. Tufts next gave an account of the un-
OF Egypt, and opp.essor Of the Jews in the
time of Moses, and showed the audience three
pictures of the mummy-from photographs
one, the head and shoulders in profile. one
with front view, and one giving the whole
mummy.
"Among his perfumed wrappings Rameses lay,
Law of the sun, and conqueror without peers;
~; The jewel holes were in his rounded ears,
Unguent had turned his white locks amber-gray,
But on his puissant chin, fresh from the shears,
The thin hair cleaned which full three thousand
OF careless sleep could never dsarray.
Hands henna stained across his ample breast
Were laid in peace but through the narrow eyes
Flametl fires no more beneath the forward brow.
On the fifth of july. 1881, Castor Maspcro.
keeper of the museum at Boulak. Egypt aud
drector-@cneral of Egyptian antiquities and
excavations, discovered a number of royal
mummie> at Thebes. took them from their
sulterranean hiding place and brought them
to Bouak. 1t was soon thought that it would
be in the interest of science to open the MUM
mics, after their long centuries of rest and oh
livion. Accordingly. says Ma>pero ON Tues
day. the first day of June. 1SS6 by order of
and in the presence of His Hi"hneS> he khe-
dive of Egypt: and in the presence of sir Hem
ry Drummond Watf. High commissioner of
Her Brittauir Majesty: Mouktar pasha. High
Commissioner Of the sultan; De lIitrooNo. the
Russian tonsul-General: and about a dozen
other distinguished men, the mummy OF King
Raniesc> tue Great-harnc>c> ii.-na> un3;,l-
daged. Inscriptions. giving date. nanc. dy-
nasty. etc. were written upon the outer Wind
ng->heet OF the mummy. over the region Of
the breast. After these inscriptions had been
verified toy the khedive and the other illus
trou- per>onagc> present the first wrappin.
was removed. Then there was discovered II
band of stuff eight inches in width rolled
round the body: then a second Windiug->hrct.
sewn mp and kept in place hy narrow bands Il
short distance apart: then two rhickncs>c> Of
small handagc>; next piece of line linen
reaching from the head 10 the feet \ figure
| i'll profile. - inches long. representing the God
deSS Nut. is drawn on this piece of linen.
Under this was found another banda@e; then A
layer Of pieces of linen folded in squares ANA
| spotted with the hltuminou> matter used by
the embalmerS. After this last covering was
removed Rane>eS ii. appeared. Professor
| Ma>pero. in his official report. gives particu-
lars in minute detail which We're printed i'll
| the London Times: The head of the great
| king is long. and small in proportion to The
body. The top Of the skull is quite bare. On
| the temples are few sparse BARS. but at the
| poll the hair is quite thick, forming straight
| locks about five inches in length White at the
| time of death, they have been dyed yellow by
| the spices used in emhaming. The forehead
| is low and narrow, the eyebrows are thick
and white. The eyes are small and not far
| apart. The nose is long, hut Slightly crushed
| at the tip by the bandagc> Of the emhalnrr>.
| The check bones are Very prominent. The
ears stand out from the head. and pierced for
| the wearing Of earrings. The Jaw bone i
massive. The chin very prominent The lips
| are very thick, and the mouth full of black
paste that the cnbalmers had pat there. The
| teeth are worn, but White aud we'll preserved.
| The mou>tache and beard are thin. The rest
| Of the body j. a. well preserved a. the head.
| The chest is broad and tn" shoulders are
| square The arms are crossed upon The breast.
| The hands are small. The wound in the lrlt
tl. Il
| the viscera. is large and open. rhe feet are
| long. The corpse is that of vigorous old man
| five feet. nine inches high. Rameses II. reign
ed over sixty wears, and at the time of his
| death was nearly one hun,lred.'
| 4 writer on Egyptian antiquities says
''>eti |. came to the throne about Hoo B. C..
| He was the second kin. of the great nineteenth
dynasty. and reigne'l tifty-one years. His son
Ramcses III. reigned siNty-seven wears, thus
making the rule of father ani son extend over
a period of Is years >cti l.. son of RancSr>
L.. was distinguished promoter of the arts.
aud Il builder of temples. lie built the famous
Hal! of Columns in the temple of karnak the
beautiful temple OF Goorneh in 'rhcbc>: and
the ''rombs Of the Kings discovered by Bel
Zoni in 1915. which is the finest rock-rut >epu-
chre i'll Egypt lie and his son RameScs H..
oppressed the Hebrew colonists and made
their lives bitter with hard service in mortar
and in brick, and in al! manner of service i'll
the field"
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| who pursued the ISrielites into the Red sea
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