The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-13
A RE MARkABLE MUMMY,
fsntemenOn, q Monarch Who Lived
$500 d. O.. IN He Appears To-day.


Two most extraordinary Egyptian
mummies were exhibited by E. Dufaur at
the rooms Of the Marylebone Antiquarian
society in the Marylebone road. Ono of
them-they both having been discovered
in lower Egypt In the course Of the recent
campaign-was remarkable for Its size
and extraordinary weight. On Its head
was a crown composed of copper, with
gold covering shaped in pieces resembling
plates and buttons having decorations Of
leaves and fruits. On the case containing
tho body were painted figures resembling
those Of the zodiac. A nearly undecipher-
abe Greek inscription was also on 1t. Be-
tween the folds Of the dress was found a
piece Of papyrus, with an inscription
which gave the name Of the dead monarch
MS Pentemenon
Tho mummy In its wrappers weighed
100 pounds Its length was 8 feet inch
the head WAS abnormally large, and the
shoulders were broad Next the dress WAS
found an outer cloth covered with paint
ings and hieroglyphios which denoted that
the original was one of the royal house Of
Egypt some $500 years B. 9. Next came
more wrappings and then close garment
OF sainite, fastened around the neck by
sailors knot Beneath this, again, were
some finer bandages like napkins. Next
came four Egyptian tunios Of a kind of
linen, with sleeves, and woven without
any joints. These were fixed to the body
at the neck and the ankles by some stuff
Of a bituminous nature Next came band
ages placed lengthwise from the head to
the feet with GROSS bands. -Four large
I.l
and round the body. The sixth envelope
was formed Of transversal bands of vel
low color, from the bitumen in which they
had been soaked. After this were 10 SINH.
lar wrappers, next an envelope saturated
in black bitumen and finally, next TO the
skim thin shirt Of the finest linen The
toes were wrapped up separately the arms
and hands were laid straight down along
side the body.
The mummy was male and looked
about 45 years old. The length WAS feet
inches. The breast and part Of the alb.
domen were gilt over The body was
filled with a black balsa,n. No manu-.
script was found The legs had been COW
cred in black balsam The unrolling of
the body took three hours, and no less
than Z, 800 square feet Of linen were taken
off IT, The hands were long and perfect;
the fingers well made, with Gilbert
nails; the ears entire and the nose, which
had been cut open when the body was
cmbalmed in order to extract the brain,
little deforlned The face looked almost
alive. and tho hair was perfectly preserved,
very fine, and--what Is unusual in
Egyptians Of the pure hreed-s little
cnrled. On the loft side below the ribs
was an opening by which the balssm had
been introduced into tho body. Under the
cloth which covered the face below each
oye aAd on tho ball Of the cheek gold
plate was found. with the representation
of an eye and it's lids Ovor the mouth
and fastened by gold wire run through
and behind the teeth WAS another plAts
with picture Or reprrse ntation Of Il
tongue pi%sa perpsndtculnt'v to the clos,
ing ot NJ Hrs wht.h wcrc f'rt shut ara
secures f." = IA
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