Evening star., 1899-02-04
A REMARKABLE MUMMY.
A Monarch Who Lived $500 B. c., rs
He Appears Today.

FROM tuDilc oDlDion.
Two most extraordinary Egyptian num-
mics We're exhibited by E. Dufaur at the
rooms of the Marylebone Antiquarian So
ciety in the Marylebone road. One of them
they both having been discovered in low
er Egypt in the course of the recent cam
paign-was remarkable for its size and ex-
traordinary weight On its head was
crown composed of copper. with a gold
covering shaped in pieces resembling; plates
and buttons, having decorations of leaves
and fruits. On the case containing the
body We're painted figures resembling those
of the zodiac. A nearly undeclpherable
Greek inscription was also on it Between
the folds of the dress was found piece of
papyrus, with inscription which gave
the name of the dead monarch as Pente-
menon.
The mummy in its wrappers weighed f60
pounds. Its length was six feet one inch
the head was abnormally large, and the
shoulders very broad. Next the dress was
found an outer cloth covered with paint
lngS and hieroglyphics. which denoted that
the original was one of the royal house of
Egypt some 2.5o0 years Is. c. Next came
more wrappings, and then a close garment
or samite, fastened around the neck by a
sailors knot. Beneath this again were
some finer bandages, like napkins. Next
came four Egyptian tunics, 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 bi-
luminous nature. Next came bandages
placed lengthways, 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 transversal bands of Il yellow color
from the bitumen in which they had been
soaked. After this fifteen similar wrappers
Next, an envelope saturated in black bitu-
men. and, finally, next to the skin, a thin
shirt of the finest linen. The toes were
wrapped up separately, the arms and hands
were laid straight down alongside the body
The mummy was male, and looked
about forty-five years old. The length was
five feet nine inches. The breast and part
OF the abdomen Were gilt over The body
was filled with a black balsam. No Ms.
was found. The legs had been covered in
black balsam. The unrolling of the body
took three hours, and no less than = $40
square feet of linen We're taken off it The
hands were long and perfect; the fingers
well made. with hilbert nails; the ears
entire, and the nose, which had been cut
open when the body was embslm in or
der TO extract the brain. a little deformed
The face looked almost alive, and the hair
was perfectly preserved, very fine and
what is unusual in Egyptians of the pure
breed-a little curIed. On the left side be-
low the ribs, was opening by which the
balSam had been introduced into the body
Under the cloth which covered the face be-
low each eye. and on the ball of the cheek
a gold plate was found, with the represen-
tation of an eye and its lids. Over the
mouth, and fastened by a gold wire run
through and behind the teeth was another
plate, with a picture or representation of a
tongue placed perpendicularly to the clos
ing of the lips, which were fast shut and
secured by wires.