Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-11
A RE MARKABLE MUMMY.
eentemenon. Monarch Who Lived
$500 u. a.. ns He Appears To-day.

Two most extraordinary Egyptian
mummies were exhibited by T.. Duiaur mt
the rooms Of the MarNl,bonc Antiquarian
society In the Marylc!iunc road. one of
thcm-they both having been discovered
in lower Egypt in the course Of the recent
campaign-was rcmark..Ele for its size
and extraordinary weight On It's head
was crown composed Of copper with
gold covering shaped Ia pieces resembling
plates and buttons having deaorItions of
leaves and fruits. On the cas,' containing
the body were painted figures r. Scnbling
those OF the zodiac = nearly undecipher-
able Greek inscription Wa. nlSo on IL. Be
tween the folds Of the dress WIS found
piece of papyrus. with an inscription
which gave the name Of the dead monarch
as Pcntemenon
The mummy in its wrappers weighed
100 pounds Its length was s..-t inch,
the head was abnorma,ly lIlsr, and the
shoulders were broad Next the dress was
found an outer cloth covered with paint
ings and hicroglyphics which denoted that
the original was one Of the royal house Of
Egypt some 1900 years b. C. Next came
more wrappings and then clos" garment
of samite fastened around the neck by
sailors knot. Beneath this again, We're
some finer handages, like napkins. Next
came four Egyptian TUNES Of. a kind of
linen, with sleeves, and woven without
any joints These were fixed To the body
at the neck and the ankles hy some stuff
OF n bituminous nature. Next came band
ages placed lcngthwise from the head to
the feet with cross bands. Four large
pieces of linen came next rolled round
and round the body The sixth envelope
was formed of transyersal bands of n yell
low color from the bitumcn in which they
had been soaked. After this were . SINH
lar wrappers, next AN envelope saturated
In black bitumcn and finally. next to the
skin, IA 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 n male and looked
about 45 years old. The length was feet
0 inches The breast and part of the alb
domcn We're gilt over The body was
filed with n black hal>am. No manu-
script was found The legs had been COW
cred in black balsam. The unr,..ling of
the body took three hours. and no less
than .. 500 square feet 81 linen were taken
off it. The hands we've long and perfect;
the fingers we'll made. with "lilhcrt"
nails; the ears entire and the nose which
had been cut open when the body was
cmbalmed in order TO extract the brain, a
little deformcd The fIcc looxcd almost
alive, and the hair was perfectly preserved.
very fine, and-what is unusual in
Egyptians of the pure brcc,l-a little
curled On the left side below the ribs
was an opening by which the balsam nad
been introduced into the body Under the
cloth which covered the face below each
eye and on the ball of the check gold
plate was found, with the re rcsentation
of an eye and It's lids Over the mouth
and fastened by gold wire run through
and behind the teeth was another plate
with a picture or representation Of
tongue placed pcrpcndicularly to the clos
ing of the lips which were fast shut and
secured by wires.-Public Opinion.