Telegram-herald., 1889-09-05
INTRODUCTION

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II F--~,eS - beA.a3 las temple
l<y.t - aal city of Aryaos,
s1k< supposed o.rylaz-
x-T - 1.ars % TIE Holy
EHeA kfrI-h Osiris. tomb sas
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ss.Sx. :. = recealy disco 4ered,
flt\UFTT an.ong rls ccarents of
HI - aAll were tee papyrus
- N rals on erlcl This history IS
LEIr = srrea Iae tomb itself s
lEOl spacious. 5as staer~lss renAs.sas.s
= r. only for me a4pia q -ns sI4ft,
- which dlsce-ts vertically from the
rock hesu cave. ta4t once served as .
aarrl4-Y chapel % fne friends and rslA-
lives q t1s departed. o. tle col1n chamber
beneath Il.s shaft 10 less tlan elgnty-
llls i-et in depth. Ias cl4m Der a. IL foot
vas found ~ ecGta.n three cofnns ouly,
tasash be- - 'arse eao4en for many more.
ise ~ tasse, ua.th ia al probability in
closed the bodies " tts hlgh priest, An
saenaat ald q his wlfe, fa-her ani
mother 1f Harmach.s. rbe hero OF this his
tory TIC sh4me-ess Arabs who discovered
taem tleis aad then broke ID.
The Arabs broke ths bodies Up. with
unla-losea aaats they tcre tae Hoy Amen
tas
Is written, been q led with the spirit CT the
Hathors- tors them llmo from lnb. search
inx f0r treasure amid their bones perhaps,
a. - their custom, sel-ak the very bones
for few plastres % the .sst ignorart tour
a. who cale their way seeking what be
migh- destroy For ia Egyp- the unhappy
tas living had their bread 10 the tom0s u
the great men who were before them
Hrf at4....f ..,rua. ftrsf.
ward, one who is known 70 TINS writer, and
doctor oy profession, passed up the Nile
70 Aoycos, and became acquainted with the
msa who had done this thing They re-
v-aled % him the secret OF the place. telling
him that one cofin yet remained entomoed.
II seemed 10 oe the coc1n or poor person,
they said. and therefore, being pressed FOR
tifne, they had lest it unviolzted. Moved By
curiosity % explore the recesses OF a tomb
a. yet unprofaned by tourists. my friend
brloed the Arabs % reveal is secret TO him.
What cnsued l vii give IN bis own words,
exactly a. he wrote 70 % ne;
Islept that nl ght near the Temple OF Seti.
ar stated before d4vbreak on the follow
ing morning With re were a cross-eyed
rascal called AI-Al Bzba named him
the man from whom got the ring which
an seuding you, aod Z small out choice as
sortn-nt OF his fellow-thieves. Within an
hour after sunrise We reached the VALLEY
where the tomb -. II Is desolate place,
into which TIE spn pours his scorchiuz heat
a. The long day through, TIL the huge
brown powders which are strewn about be
cone 20 Lot that one can scarcely bear 70
touch them, an1 the sand scorches the feet
We rode on donkeys. FOR it was already too
hct - walk some way . the valley where
. vulture floating ar 10 the blue overhead
was the only other visi-or-till we came 70
an enormous bowlder polished By centuries
OF the action of sun and sand. Here All
halted. saying the tomb was under To.
stone Accordingly We GismOunted, aud,
leaving the donkeys In charge Of a fellah
boz. went up % the rock. Beneath IL was a
small hole, barely large enough for a man
20 creep through; IL had been dug by jack.
as, for the doorway and some part Of the
cave were entirely siited up, and 1t was by
means q this jacSal hole that the tomb had
been discovered. Ali crept IA on his hands
and knees, and followed % find myself
IN place cold after ths bot outside ar,
and. IN contrast with the light, flled with a
Sa,z cling darkness. We iit our candles, and.
the select body % thieves having arrived. |
III t.i@ a. examination. We were IN cave
TIE SIZE OF large room and followed BY
hand. the further part Of the cs-c beng a.
most free from c-lft dust. Oa the walls
are religious paintings OF the usual Ptolc.
mac character. ard amosg them one Of a
majestic 0.t mao wlth a long white beard
who = seated n carved chair holding a
wa1d IN his band Before him is passing a
procession q priests bearing sacred i'm