The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1895-01-03
FLOTSAM OF ANTIQUITY.

Loayes of bread chared to mass Of
black coal have been taken from the
Pompeiian ovens.
Balcksmiths' tongs and pincers, to-
gether with hammers, have been un-
earthed at Pompeii.
A pair of iron tongs has been found
in Athens. Several pairs were discov-
cred at Herculaneum.
Several knives, evidently intended
for table use, have been found in the
catacombs near Memphis.
Several flutes, still perfect and capa-
BILE Of producing musical tones, have
been taken from the Egyptian cata-
combs.
Many Persian drinking cups have
been found in the ruins of Persepolis.
They are shaped almost exactly like
our saucers.
A pair of shears with blades ten
inches long is among the spoils of
Pompeii. The instrument belonged to
a tunic-maker.
'Prim as BOTTLE" found at Troy, is
Of pure gold, shaped exactly like tho
show bottles seen in druggists win
dows, and weighs one pound.
Preserved fruits, Theoretically sealed
in earthenware vessels, have been
found in both Herculaneum and Pom
peii. When opened they were com
paratively fresh.
Over / 900 yards of linen cloth have
been unrolled from one mummy. The
cloth in texture resembles the cheese
cloth of the present somewhat; it is
finer in quality.
The body Of the Pharaoh of the Elk
odus, recovered from his tomb, shows
that he must have been killed in battle
or, at least, that he had died by VIC
lence, for the skull is cleft as though
by blow from battle-ax.
In the house Of Pompeiian sculptor
were found thirty-two mallets. tifteel
:, compasses, three levers. several chisels
together with jacks for raising blocks
and nearly thirty statues and busts il
every stage of manufacture.
The earliest known statue is one tina
| has been recovered from an Egyptian
| tomb. 1t is that of a sheik or heat
, man of village, is made of wood
, with eyes of glass, and is evidently
/ portrait Psychologists say that it i
at least 5000 years old
On the skeleton of lady who die,
at Pompeii We're found two colder
bracelets, six of silver, four colder
anklets, four earrings, thirty finge
= rings, a golden collar, golden bel
9 and a golden band on her head, Will
a by her hand lay purse containing 10
l silver coins.
t At Mysenae, Schilemann found tn
: tombs of Agamemnon and his CON
y panions, who, according to tradition
d were murdered by Aegisthus and ely
e temnestra at the close of the Trojan
S war, B. c., 1888. He found five sepu
/, chres, all containing bodies, evidentl
! the remains Of very distinguished pei
h sons. One body, presumably that {
n Agamemnon, was of gigantic size
and all about it were heaps of trea'
S ures that would have been placed onl
Il in the tomb of king. The face VIZ
IS covered with golden mask, evidentl
II designed for portrait; the helmet WI
n upon the head and a golden diadel
d covered the brow. Over the brea
e were plates of gold, and over 700 gol
e ornaments like buttons had been place
Il ON and about the body, together wit
J. heaps of weapons, mostly broken. I'll
bodies had been partly burned and the
N covered with earth where they la
A Over 5000 objects of various kin,
Ell were found in the tombs, and so rich
as discovery of antiquities had never b
Of fore been made at one time. -Glob
id Democrat.