The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-26

which must, from their very natuIe'
have preceded tine more formal nara
i've of She gospels.
This single leaf is but the eleventh
page of the whole volume, and it is be
lfeved the others viii yet be found by
II. 2. Qreanfell and A S HUNT, who
have turned over vast heaps of rub
bish left from the Roman town Of
Oxynhy1llOos. noW the Village of Beh-
mesa. on the edge Of the western desert,
some 800 miles south of Cairo
These men. by searching acres Of
dust and rubbish to several feet in
depth. have brought TO light thousands
OF rolls, leaves and fragments of writ
ing on every kind of subject. Theolo-
gy. classical literature, history, DEGREES,
private letters. law deeds. accounts.
and aGl the life of an active PROVINCIAL
tOwn OF the Roman empire, are TOW
ready for Interpretation. And in the
course of a generation or so they Will
Zoe edited. published and translated,
part of the common stock of knowledge
OF the world. Such q vast and dis
cllrsiVe prize has never fallen 10 the lot
of q discOVeTer before
Not only has the close of the history
of ancient Egypt been enlightened by
these papy1-i, but the opening of it has
also been illustrated by the work of HI
Kab and at DesllaSI5h 1aliS year The
Eauuer Is q modern village about SO miles
south ofCairo. with a very early Gene
terry IN the desert near 1t.
The tornbS date fr0In about $500 B. c.
and show what r2T'e skill man had then
in portralIura. OF enc large tomb all
the built chambers have been destroyed
leaving only a bare platform on the
hill: but in one corner of this q little
Dit led to q chamber in the rock, strewn
with broken statues. Three figures were
fhree-Quarters of life size; Of these a
standing and a seated one were kept
10y the Egyptian government, 0ut ONE
standing one has reached England.
Besides the three large figures there
are two pairs of the same man and his
wife. The man, Nenl1 heft Ka, was the
mobile who ruled the district for per-
haps 80 or 80 miles up and down the
river. having control of. maybe. a quar-
ter of q million acres. These great feu-
of the country who held together its
civilization and organized their OWL
districts.
Free. apparently, from 1.-The ylolent
ambitions aglI greed wG1ic,1 usually
wreck small communities. gll5t5e chiefs
peacefully devoted themselves TO the
prosperity OF their vast estates. under
Che lJUlship of elle king.
Each prepared his tomb during his
Mfe. and dseyoeiteCi ia fit the lffe-lilIe
effigieS of himself and lfs family. thad
SO his soul might have a, fcAle When
ST wandered forth from the body
Along with This noble were found fig
ures CT his wife, and also a seated fig
ure of his sou
Besides tf1e statues of The family
f7lere were also figures of the servants
engaged in all the domestic work OF
preparing food, and also models %
boats 50 shat the soul could go anl
sail at its pleasure. Here in this Gem
e1ery a Daiute1 board was foun .D,ac-
ed in lieu OF the models, and showing
crn ONE side tins. cooking and slaughter
ing. and on the other SIDE the boat;
with cabins, and hwo apes on thu rig
ging. The board had still the STRING
by which IL was hung UP 70 DE adnl9rst
before St WAS placed 81 tine tomb.
The coffin also served for the ba~
anecida feast OF the soul. At the enc
Of cue InleeTaEled is figured the row O
gTnmhnGes with doors and archwaS:
below where the grain could be re
moved: each gTanl7ry inscribed WITH
sAane and quant6ty of the corn put il
ii. IN che coffin also was the BLOC!
of wood To lay Che head on when sleep
kng, in this case grained 70 tmatati