Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-06
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How the Tomb % the Ancient Kline. %
Igrpt Was discovered

How the Tomb or the tnciemt hinrs ~
isrpt Wa. discovered.
The most generally Interesting among
the resent discoveries IN Egypt was Tho
finding OF tho Pharaohs. IN 1851. Tie
story has been given to the world 10
print. therefore Il will be only outlined
here But by far the most fortunate
way Is to hear II directly from the lips
Of the keeper of the museum, Emil
Brugsch himself, his vivid, briefly d.
rect narration adding the last charm
10 the striking facts. BY tho museum
authorities Il had been for several years
suspected that some one at Luxor
Crhebc-) had discovered hitherto un
opened tomb; for funeral stntuctics,
papyr and other objects, all Of i'm.
portance, were Offered for nile there,
one by one, and bought by tmvolcrs,
who. upon their r,turn TO Cairo, dis.
played the treasures without compre-
bending their value.
Watch was kept, and suspicion finally
ccntcrcd uIsn family Of brothers.
these Arabs at last confessed, aad one
Of them led the way TO place not far
from tho temple called Dcirol.Bahah,
which all visitors TO Thcbcs will r..
member Here, filled with sand, there
was shaft not unlike well, which
tho man had discovered by chance.
When the sand was removed the open
Ing Of n lateral tunnel was visible DO
low, aud this tunnel led into the heart
Of the hill, whore. In a rudo chamber
twenty feet high, were piled thirty or
moro mummy oases most Of them
decorated with the royal asp.
Tho mummies proved 10 be those Of
Seth !, the conqueror whs carried his
armies as far into Asia ~ the Orontcs;
aud Of Ramescs tho Great (callcd Sc.
fosiris by the Greeks the Pharaoh who
oppressed the lsfacliiios; and Of SciM
II. the Pharaoh Of the Exodus, 20.
fpthcr with other sovcrcigns and mem.
hers OF their families. princes, prin.
ccs-es and priests. AZ some unknown
period these mummios had been taken
from the magnificent rock tomhs In
that terrible Apocalyptic valley Of
the kings, not far distant, aud hidden
In this rough chamber. No one knows
why this was donc; record Of Il may
yet be discovered. But In timo al
knowledge Of the hiding place was lost.
md hero tho Pharnohs remained until
that July day Ia 1851.
They wec all transported across the
burning plain aud down tho Nile to
Cairo. Now atlast they rcposc IN state
In an apartment which might well be
called n throne room. You reach this
great cruciforn hall by handsome
double stairway. Upon entering, you
see the IhaRohs ranged In n majestic
circle, aud careless though you may be,
unhistorlcal, practical. you arc I'm.
pressed. The feature. arc distinct.
Some Of the dark faces have dignity;
Others show marked resolution and
power. Curiously enough, one Of them
resembles voltnirc. This, however. Is
probably due to tho fact that Voltalrc
closely rcsembled mummy while liv.
Ing. How would Il seem. the thought
that beings who ARE TO come into exist.
ence A. ID. 5000 should be able. IN the
land which We now call the United
States Of America (what will II be called
thenD, TO gnIo upon tho features Of
some Of our presidents-for instance,
George Washington and Abraham I.in.
colni
am afraid that the fancy is not rs
striking AS Il should be, for New World
ambition grasp, without difficulty all
futures, even A. d. $4,000. II Is only
when our eyes arc turned toward the
past whore we have no importance
and represent nothing, that an emu.
meratlon OF centuries overpowcrl us a
little, but In any cnsc, after visiting
Egypt, We all learn TO hate the art Of
tho cmbalmer Those who have been
up the Nile, and boheld the poor relies
OF mortality offered for sale on the
shores, become, as It were, by force
advocates OF cremation. Constance
Fcnlmore Woolson Ia IIarper's