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where the body win be czrefulfy nm,
wrapped 49,.
Attention wns then devoted to the saf.
cophaEi IN the other rooms. all OF which
were supposed TO contain the bodies ol
royal persons. These have also been re-
moved 10 the museum. where they vii
be opened. IL. de Morgan then began
the removal Of the various articles from
each Of tilerooms. In all OF them BIZ
found large urns lightly closed and hav-
ing on the top OF what Is known as q
banner name" or the seal OF Die King
The presence Of these banner names
is regarded by archaeologsts as concius-
i've proof of the great antiquity Of the
tomb.
The large wooden statue in the King 5
chamber was next studied It was finely
proportioned aud was placed at the head
Of the sarcophagus In order TO provide
q resting place for the Kings sou, In
case anything happened TO inJure the
body. n. de Morgan says that the rulers
Of these early dynasties deemed It alb
solutely essential that their. bodies
should exist in perfect condition until
the time of the corporeal resurrection OF
the royal dead.
According to thier belief. the living
man consisted OF four parts-a body. a
soul, an intelligence and an appearance.
or double. Death disassociated these four
parts. winch. according TO the belief,
would ultimately be reunited for all
time. If upon the return OF the soul the
real body was in any way injured the
soul immediately took refuge N the
wooden image.
The inscription on the walls Of this
wonderful tomb. like those Of later
date. pictured the achievements and
elaborate funeral rites and texts of the
royal inhabitant. They showed him in
the height Of his glory and again lying
in mumified form. A series of pictures
represented the body being conveyed on
great sledge across sacred valley TO
the tomb. The sledge was drawn by
oxen and men followed by many mourn
ers. Another picture showed slaves
bearing offerings. still others were carry
ing pear shaped vessels, while following
came animals resembling camels, laden
with royal gifts and the ornamentations
Of the dead King. Other coverings
showed offerings being made by rela-
tives for the welfare Of the deceased.
and on another wall were represented
OF men as if sitting in council.
The pictures indicated that at chat peri
od of the worlds history the greatess
ceremony Of kings life was his funeral.
and the ceremony must have extended
over a great many days, judging from
the gorgeous rites that were performed.
The ceilings OF all tae passageways and
rooms in the great tomb were lined with
what appeared to be sun dried brick, al
though the bricks were of very coarse
workmanship. The pavements Of the
foors were of granite, and here and
there were traces OF. wooden coverings
the royal names upon the sarcophagi
consisted OF a few signs, and instead OF
being written in what archaeolosis,s call
'cartouches" were inscribed in a square
similar to the banner name" n the
vases. The seals on the vases in the
Kings chamber were made from a CYL
nder, and no. from scarab, according
o the Egyptian fashion, as found IN
,ther royal tombs. Everything bore evil
places the walls were in such crumbled
that large portions of the in
criptions were obliterated.
According to Egypto;ogists, the FIRST |
ring OF the first dynasty" was Mena, !
vho reigned about 5000 B. c.. although |
Ut little is as yet known about the first (
hree dynasties- Until this discovery by |
I. de Morgan, norhing had been found
0 throw any light upon the beginning
+ Egyptian history. The only records
this early period are the copies OF the
,ritings of the Egyptian historian Man
tho, which have 'bten handed down by
;reek and Roman historians. In the year
DO A. D., Manetho compiled into one
ook all the results of his lifelong i'm
This book contains the
My records in existence of what Egypt
as supposed TO have been previous to
ne fourth dynasty.
In this book. Manetf1o says that Mena
as Egypt's first king, and from various
lonuments and inscriptions, that he
signed 5000 years before the time Of
hrist, and that the length of his reign
as sixty-two years. At his death he
as succeeded by his sons. and at their
cath by mis- granddaughter, who was
lie first woman ruler the world ever
new Manetho thus describes Mena's
ign:
'Mena was native Of Thinis. in Upper
gypt, which, prior to this time. was di-
ded into two sections and belonged 20
parate tribes. Mena, by means OF
lightly wars. gained the sovereignty OF
gypt. and at once founded the city OF
emphis. In order to gain sufficient
ON for the site Of the city ne changed
e course OF the Nile. by constructing s
large dixie, which caused the stream
flow more to the east. He then built
e great Temple Of Ptah at Memphis. /
I'd the seat of government was es;ab-
'hed here. The new city was built for
e purpose OF giving the country capt. =
], and here the headquarters OF the e
ing and his governors were located.
sna made laws and waged successful c
ars. He founded the land OF Egypt. q
ID died after long and successful
ign Of sixty-two years" {
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