The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
SHERALDS" Zoology.
,rYyEr1,s STUPENDoUs FAKE AND
PLAGIARISM EXPOSED.

,.-,,,r pictures Printed na Photographic
,ycv Egyptian Discoveries. Henri do Nor
..,,. Nnmc Forged 10 the Lie. and Sunny
80 unls Described ns a1usty Caverna.
uor-i do Morgan, lccturod before tho Amer
a., Sumlsmatic and Archaeological Society
-, Tho Academy OF Medicine building last
.sonirc on Prehistoric Egypt" Mr.. do Nor
an 10 "A brother OF NJ. Jacques do Morgan.
49, former Dircctor.Genera OF Egyptian
.,nloration, who is now engaged In hrch@o'
,oaicol research in Persia, under the au-
,hor,v OF tho French Government. Mr.. dc
1so-ean had occasion in the treatment OF his
s,h,oc, IN dwell upon tho discoveries made by
81. ,.o,bcr last winter at Negadah. which place
=. oorsidcrcd as representing the transitional
.s,ind hctweon prehistoric and historic Egypt,
H. roriod when the neolithic people Of Egypt
oovc way to a race which came over from tho
Fat probsbly from Assyria, bringing with
them the use OF metals.
A.. he had been outrageously misrepresented
Nc Tho Nep York Herald in a grossly menda-
cious article on this subject. an article which,
when II did not lie. was made up OF thefts from
Tar srS and fantastic imaginings that paled the
nnrple reputation Of Mnnchausen, Mr.. Morgan
took tho opportunity, in the presence OF the
sc,entiac society. to set himself right before the
world as q man still possessedo OF his senses and OF
some knowledge of archaeology. He drubbed the
Herald soundly as a braEcn faker. convicting 1t
.rt NJ It's own columns of unconscionable
plagiarism. Misrepresentation, breach OF faith,
md bald imposition on tho public. He repro
suced A page of It, and sections of tho page. on
,h. ,creen. by lantern slides. and then threw on
Tho screen the real, and very different. pictures
a, what the Herald had pretended to illustrate
and describe.
"Tbe tomb Of Negadah. discovered last winter
nv Mr.. ]. do Morgan" he said, "is the Oldest
rovaI document ever exhumed in Egypt. The
discovery having a primordial Importance, I feel
compelled hero to state the facts as they oc-
eurred. and as they are recorded by the dis
eoyerer In his official report, moro particularly
for this reason: that I was credited. last sum-
mer. with having supplied q New York daily
with n whole bulk of information ION this sub
sectl. Had not my name been mentioned as the
marty who furnished the facts and the photo
graphs published in this, indeed. remarkable
production, I would have. very likely. let It 20
by. like many similar fakes; but here tho case IL
different was asked by our Chairman Of the
Committee on Papers and Publications to pre-
marc a communication relative to my brothers
last researches, and tho facts having been mis-
reprosented under my name, / desire to place
myself right before this scientific body. Here
ere the faotsi
h"on juno Ia, and again on June is. q Mr..
I will call him Mr.. B. for the sake Of identi-
ac~ation-called on me- and asked mo for some
information concerning my brothers latest dis
coyeries in Egypt. I told him that I had moth
ing special to communicate to him. but hat he
was welcome to use my scrap book, and also the
different books published by my brother. I in
sisted that I did not want my name to appear,
as I did not care for any such advertise
ment, This was agreed upon. The next
day, June 10, I sailed for Europe. I did
not return to this city until Monday.
Nov. Is. and O few days after I was
informed that a stunning article had appeared
in the Neto York Herald on my brothers dis
c~oyeries in Egypt had some trouble to pro-
cure a copy Of the paper, and I was much sur
prised ct the use that had been made of my
library and Of my name. The whole article had
the flavor Of a romance. made by a free use of
the plates Of my brothers various publications..
by q person unfamiliar with the elements OF ori-
entail archaeology, but anxious to write some
thing sensational.
1.-THE article appeared in the NeD York Herald
Of July 4 under this title: Remarkable Discov-
cries by ArcheoloEists In tho Valley Of the
Nile. from Photographs Loaned to the Herald
by Henri de Morgan Of this City. They were
sent to him by his brother. Jacques De Morgan,
who has recently found the mummy Of what
may have been tho first King Of Egypt"
this point Mr.. de Morgan threw upon tho
screen the picture Of a full page of the Herald,
showing at the top several alleged illustrations
OF Jacques de Morgan's explorations, and below
them the letterpress descriptive. This he fol-
lowed by showing an enlargement OF one Of the
smaller Illustrations.
He continued: "The first picture given by the
Herald is entitled Entrance to Tomb meaning
the tomb in which was found the mummy afore-
said. To be sure, it is not much of a picture,
but even to the partially practiced eye it has a
most un'Egyptian look. At once I recognized
one OF the familiar pictures collected during my
brothers scientific visit to Persia. 1t was
published in his Mission ScientUfQue en- Persc,'
tome w. 'Recherches Archeoio0iques.' pre-
Miere partis, E. LerouI. edftieur, Paris. 1896;
plate AHAL, 'TOmbeau Achemenidc de Kel.S-
Odoud.' The description of it begins as follows:
Inc second tomb that I will de-
&eribe 10 the one of the Kel.e- Daud 1.-THE Stele of
nsaSiaE situated In the Zoab district about
three Kilometres from Ser.i-poul.'
80 much for tho first cut.
Large Image OF Tomb on WALL ia tho title
=, tne second picture. This is taken from tho
name niste work Eof Jacques do Morgan) on Persia;
] DeHTB tho Title 'St6l0 de
nourln.Cherkh Khan The redoubtablo per-
soaage VINO is here depicted. armed with a bow,
eadgger In his hand, and an axe in his belt, has
ytuoaoiy some more than usually exquisite
I Wbo n torture IRE, in store for the indiyiduals
,uome 10 tho ncighborhood of Luxor. BY
s y WAY, this stele has. on the right
sue ~ an inscription In very primitive cuneiform
~ H. ctets ms inscription. which was read
n sne rev. = '. scheil, Is consid cred as being
~ . TINT OF Sargon of Agadea of Gudea and
vvs y rulers OF lower Chaldea. AS the inscrip-
tb NJ mentions a repair done to the bas-relief,
TINS ms monument may possibly DO the oldest sculp.
curious monument.
This case was bad enouob but thu noxt
picture ts still worse. "
The Head OF Statue repreaented aa being
ana iast winter AZ Negadah. was taken, plate
bal INSCRIPTION, from j. de Morgan's work on
Kim I m ms Is the head of the statue OF
he MT = horns lRa'fou'ab), one OF the msrvels OF
10 ill., "ifen museum, and Is considered as a match
diisc iahops Cheik-el-Beled. At tho time OF Its
b srs esIy, thls celebrated statue was reproduced
"Tbb nI ABROAD IN numerous publications.
Wbane iaet picture Is called ! Interior of Tomb
Nv ~ ~ tne Mummy Was Found | may state,
bodHrn b. WY. mat no mummy was found, the
unknnwr :" y 1een cremated; a detail, OF course,
To thi liz 10 the fertile mind OF the writer. AS
s An. picture. 1t reminds one very much OF nm
smsIii tIsinR sign for Afda's' production at some
tsLaai opera house. tho Inspiration OF IL bein0
.aSh ron an Upper Egypt. Ramcsside temple.
No, now. i we come GOWN to the text II dnes
!, LAKE long to realize that this part il pHrS
tNiiull' No rpDOrt Df tine Na.nll