Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
A RE MARKABLE MUMMY.
'entemenon, "a Monarch who Lived
1900 -. O., as lie Appenra TodnN.

Two most extraordinary Fuyptian
mummies were exhibited by i. Dufaur al
the rooms Of the Marylebonc Antiquarian
society in the Marycbone road One of
thcm-thcy both having been discovered
in lower Egypt in the course of the recent
canpaign-was remarkable for its size
and extraordinary weight. On its head
was crown composed Of copper, with %
gold covering shaped in pieces resembling
plates and buttons, having decorations Of
leaves and fruits. On the cpsn containing
the body were painted figures resembling
those of the zodiac. A nearly undecpher-
able Greek inscription was also on il. Be
tween the folds of the dress was found n
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 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 hieroglyphics which denoted that
the original WAS one Of the royal house of
Egypt some :, 500 years Is. c. Next came
more wrappings and then a close garment
of samitc, fastened around tho mock by a
sailors knot. Beneath this, again, were
some finer bandages like napkins Next
came four Egyptian TUNES of 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 u bituminous nature Next came band
ages placed lengthvisc from the head to
the feet with cross bands. -Four large
pieces of linen camo next, rolled round
and round the body. The sixth envelope
was formed Of transversal bands of yell
low color from the bitumen 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, 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 40 years old. The length was > feet
inches The breast and part of the alb
domcn wero gilt over. The body was
filed with black balsam. No manu-
script was found. Tho legs had been Gov
cred in black balsam. The unrolling Of
the body took three hours, and no less
than =, 500 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
embalmed in order TO extract the brain. .
little dcfOrmed. The face looked almost
alive, and the hair was perfectly preserved
very fine, and-what is unusual in
Egyptians Of the pure brced-a little
curlcd. On the left side below the ribs
was an opening by which the balsam had
been introduced into the body. Under tho
cloth which covered the face below each
eye and on the ball of the check gold
plate was found, with the representation
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 u
tongue placed perpendicularly to the clos
ing OF The lips which We're fast shut and
secured by wires. Public Opinion.