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body was treated with a preparation of
bitumen, and was arranged in the post
ure in which II now lies, on its left side,
with the hands before the face, and the
knees drawn up nearly on a level with
the chin. The grave was covered with
slabs OF unworked stone, and
In II beside the body were dis
posed flint knives and a number
OF vases partly filed with the remains
and dust Of funeral offerings. The man
probably belonged to a falr-eknned,
llght-haired race. which may be- re-
garded as one Of the aboriginal stocks
OF Egypt whose settlements are usually
found on the west bank OF the Nile.
The style OF the flint implements found
In the grave indicates that the man
lived In the later neollthlc period Of
Egypt that ls, In. remote ages long be-
fore the rule OF Menes, the first histor-
lcal king Of Egypt"
The grave was first seen by a wan
derlng Arab he reported HIS discovery
TO q British official. who Immediately
sent a couple Of Egyptian soldiers TO
guard II day and night, until Il could be
safely removed. The body Ii not a
mummy Of the ordinary historic Egyp-
tian period, such as that OF Rameses H.,
the father OF the Pharoah OF the Exc
dus, II was never bound up IN linen or
cased in any painted coffin, but was
merely coated with preparation OF
bltumen, the Arabic word for which Is
mumla; hence our word mummy To
reach the period when this man hunted
along the banks Of the Nileit Is neces-
sary TO travel backward In time through
the modern period since Elizabeth.
through medieval Europe, through the
whole history Of Rome and Greece, past
the time Of the earliest mummied king
the museum possesses past even Menes,
the earliest king to which Egyptian
records make any reference, who. ac-
cording 10 Marietta, ruled about 5004 Il,
c. Then We are among two prehistoric
races, one the conquerors and the other
the conquered out Of which sprang the
Egyptian races OF the earliest dynasties.
II Is with these remote stocks that this
man is connected. Considering the con-
dltlOns in which It was found, Il Is evil
dent that he was associated with late
period OF the new stone age Of Egypt
He is buried In Enthusiastically
neolithic grave (the graves Of this peri
uu dit NbNfltl WIFI lulN Sllpo VI SlOltb
and has neollthic pots and flint imple-
ments beside him They are like other
neolthic pots and Clipped flint wea-
pons and knives found In other parts Of
the world. The fine, thin flint knives
We're perhaps, placed in the grave as
part Of funeral ritual They should
be compared with the Egyptian flints in
the prehistoric section of the museum;
they are almost identical with those
found In the grave There Is, OF course,
no inscription OF any kind on the pots,
knives. or grave, all having been made
long before the invention OF written
language. II IL curious to note that
certain ancient Egyptian documents
mention traditions OF race called the
Trehennu who had red hair and blue
eyes. This man has distinctly auburn
hair He was buried on the western
shore. In later times every Egyptian
was buried on that side Of the river,
and Egyptian models Of the deo'h boats
on which the bodies were ferried over
the stream may be seen in the Egyptian
gallery. Sphere.