Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-02-11
A RE MARKABLE MUMMY.
eentemenon. IN Monarch Who Lived
25OO u. a., ns He Appears Today.

Two most extraordinary Egyptian
mummies We're exhibited 10y T.. Dufaur at
the rooms of the MnrylcbOne Antiquarian
society In the Maryle5une road. One OF
them-they both having been discovered
In lower Egypt i'm the course Of the recent
campaign-was remarkable for its size
and extraordinary weight. On It's head
was crown composed of copper, with "a
gold covering shaped In picccs resembling
plates and buttons, having decorations Of
leaves and fruits On the case containing
the body Were painted figures p r'senibling
those Of the zOdiac = nearly undccipher-
able Greek inscription wa. also on IT, Be
tween the folds Of the dress WIS found a
piece of papyrus, with an inscription
which gave the name Of the dead monarch
as Pentemenon.
The mummy in its wrappers weighed
100 pounds Its length was d t,"t ! inch
the head was abnOrma,ly large. and the
shoulders We're broad Next the dress was
found an outer cloth covered with paint
ings and hicroglyphics which denoted that
the original was ore of the royal house Of
Egypt some 2,500 years B &. Next came
more wrappings and then Il clos. garment
Of samite, fastened around the neck by
sailors knot. Beneath this. again. were
some finer bandagcs, like napkins Next
came four Egyptian tunics of "A Kind OF
linen, with sleeves, and woven without
any joints. These We're fixed ~ the body
at the neck and the ankles hy some stuff
of 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 transyersnl bands OF yell
low color, from the bitumcn in which they
had been soaked. After this were - sini-
lar wrappers next AN envelope saturated
in black bitumcn and finally, next to the
skin, thin shirt OF the finest linen The
toes We're wrapped UP separately; the arms
and hands were laid straight down along
side the body.
The mummy was male and looked
about - years old The length was . feet
0 inches. The breast and part of the alb
domcn were gilt over The body was
filed wi:h black balsam. No manu-
script was found. The legs had been COW
cred in black balsam. The unroling of
the body took three hours, and no less
than .. s00 square feet % lircn were taken
off It. The hands We're long and perfect
the fingers well made. with ''lilhcrt"
nails; the ears entire and the nose, which
had been cut open when the body was
cmbalmc6 in order TO extract the brain, a
little dcformcd The face lOo[cd almost
alive, and the hair was perfectly preserved,
very fine. and-what is unusual in
Egyptians of the pure brccsl-a little
curled On the left side below the ribs
was an opening by which the balsam nad
been introduced into the body nder the
cloth which covered the face below each
eye and on the ball of the cheek gold
plate was found with the re rcsentation
of an eye and its lids Over the mouth
and fastened by n gold wire run through
and behind the teeth was another plate
with picture or representation of n
tongue placed perpendicularly to the clos
ing of the lips, which We're fast shut and
secured by wires.-Public Opinion.