The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-07-24
SOME VERY old PEOPLE
Nummiss That We're Six thousand
Years Of Aes.
wooden Statue Of Aaam..weua,r.
ut Oollcctton Of Antiquities IN
the Ghizeh Palace Museum.


notwithstanding tho short span Of its
existence the National museum at Cairo,
founded by the late Mariette Bey. hitherto
known as the Boulak museum, has man.
Aged 10 eoIle't more wonderful assort-
"ent o. Egyptian antiques, together With
more numerous specimens Of its anrient
art' than can now he seen In any other
part Of the world. This museum was "a.
uoiished Tor the pu. pose Of providing n
place. In Egypt itself. where the treasures
constantly being discovered could be OK.
mOited. and which would also furnish an
'xrnse fIr the government interfering to
prevent the wholesale expectation Of tho
portable portion Of its antiquities; a scan.
talols proceeding which was fast depyiy.
ing Egypt Of i,s priceless heirIooms. The
unique collection thus created, having out.
Srown the capacity ri the small and mn.
s''i.able building assigned to IL at Boulnk,
has, during the last winter, been moved
20 the Gbiz. h palace, building adu. .irnhly
adapted for the purpose, even II its mod.
ern French decorations lre Of somewhat
inharmonious character. This palace Il
situated a short distance out Of Ca'ro, on
TIE western hank Of the Nile, and IA one
Of the most costly Of those gingerbread
e'iiices built by the present khediye's
father and predecessor, Isnlail Pasha, Of
palace building fame. Here, within lofty
galleries, in marble piIlared halls and
ornate reception rooms, overlooking the
Nile and the towering ninarets Of Cairo,
visitors and students Of Egyptolovy can
now examine those thought inspiring
works Of art and constantly increasing
records Of ancient Egypt which the explo-
rations are bringing to light, or which re-
suit from the systematic, tomb riflins.
which is apparently an accomplishment
inherited by the Arabs from their remote
ancestry.
Here is hall now devoted to the exhi.
biiion Of some Of those mummies Of the
Pharoahs. and royal personages which
were rescued under extraordinary cirrunn.
stances by Brugsch Bay In 1881 from that
mysterious hiding place in the tomb
pierced cliffs at the back Of the ,emnle A
Deir-el-Bahari, Thebes. Here. in glass
eases exposed TO view. are now 10 he soen
the fine features Of SETH l.. the Eharoah
who ordered the slaughter Of the fir.t horn
Hebrew children, and whose dnuphter
rescued tie infant Moses. Intbe casead.
joining the attention is riyete,l by The face
Of Sethi's son, Remeses IL. or the Grpat.
the Pharaoh Of the Jewish Oppression
whose statues, cartouches and .boml,as,ic
bas-reliefs modern travellers nm ,he Mia
still find scattered about all over miner
Egypt. There are numerous otbsr M.
rolled mumm.es reposinR In these cases
including that Of Thotmes III the ~.
lisk builder, and as thew are an sill m a
most wonderful state Of preseryatlon ~
room has an enthrullinr fascinatjon for
every class Of visitor attracted 10 tbe nm
scum. The next room, shown 1, a band.
snmely proportioned one where ,be va,i.
ous images and diyinitips pe,uIisy n ,ha
u. ysterious mythology Of n,imi,ivs F.,vnt
ran be studied
Another scene il Of the court In wb,,b
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