Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-11-13
THE FINDING OF TIE pAARAoHs.
How the Tomb Of the Ancient Kings Of
Egypt Wa Discoxered.

Egypt Was Discovered.
The most generally interesting among
the recent discoveries in Egypt was the
finding Of the Pharaohs, in 1881. The
story has been given to the world in
print, therefore it will be only outlined
here. But by far the most fortunate
way is TO near il directly from the lips
of the keeper of the museum, Emil
Brugsch himself, his vivid, briefly di-
rect narration adding the last charm
TO the striking facts. By the museum
authorities il had been for several years
suspected that some one at Luxor
CThebes) had discovered a hitherto un.
opened tomb; for funeral statuettes.
papyri and other objects, all of i'm
portance, were offered for sale there.
one by one, and bought by travellers,
who, upon their return TO Cairo, dis
played the treasures without compre-
bending their value.
Watch was kept, and suspicion finally
centered upon a family of brothers:
these Arabs at last confessed. and one
of them led the way to a place not far
from the temple called Deir-el-B ahari.
which all visitors TO Thebes will re-
member. Here. filed with sand. there
was a shaft not unlike a well. which
the man had discovered by chance.
When the sand was removed the open
ing of a lateral tunnel was visible be
low, and this tunnel led into the heart
OF the hin. where, in a rude chamber
twenty feet high. were piled thirty or
more mummy cases, most of them
decorated with the royal asp.
The mummies proved 70 be those Of
SETH |, the conqueror who carried hi-
armies as far into Asia as the Orontes:
and Of Rameses the Great lcalled Sc.
sostris by the Greeks the Pharaoh who
oppressed the lsraelities; and Of SETH
ii. The Pharaoh of the Exodus. TO
gether with other sovereigns and mem
bers Of their families, princes. prin-
cesSes and priests. At some unknown
period these mummies had been taken
from the magnificent rock tombs in
that terrible Apocalyptic valley Of
the kings, not far distant, and hidden
in this rough chamber. No one knows
why this was done; "A record Of il NAV
yet be discovered. But in time Ell
knowledge Of the hiding place was lost.
and here the Pharaohs remained until
that July day in 1851.
They were all transported across the
burning plain and down the Nile to
Now at last they rcpose in state
In an apartment which might well be
called a throhe room. You reach this
great crucifCrm hall by a handsome
stairway. Upon entering. you
see the Pharaohs ranged in a majestic
circle. and careless though you may be.
1nhistorical, practical. you are i'm
pressed. The features are distinct
Of the dark faces have dignity;
others show marked resolution and
power. Curiously enough. one Of them
resembles Noltaire. This, however. is
probably due 10 the fact that Voltaire
resembled a mummy while liv.
ng. How would it seem, the thought
hat beings who are 70 come into exist
nee \. ID. 5000 should be able. in the
and which we now call the United
Of America Cwhat will it be called
hen ., TO gaze upon the features of
of our presidents-for instance.
Washington and Abraham Lin
oln2
am afraid that the fancy is not as
as it should be, for New World 4,
mbition grasps without difficulty all 4,
utures, even a. ID. $4,000. 1t is only I
7hen our eyes are turned toward the !
asst, where we have no importance ,
represent nothing, that an emu !
leration of centuries overpowers us a {
tile. But in any case, after visiting I
we all learn to hate the art Of {
embalmer. Those who have been {
p the Nile, and beheld the poor relics Z
f mortality offered for sale on the I
lores, become, as it were, by force 8
d~vOcates of cremation Constance a
enimOre Woolson in Harper's. I