The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03

this document is accepted as authentic
and the statements are believed, then it
would appear that Rameses was the
champion advertiser Of ancient times.
If Rameses were alive today he would
own all the billboards in America. He
would take a full page in every Sunday
paper and have his picture on free cal
endars. He would give Lawson cards
and spades.
In all accepted records discovered up
to this time p.meses has received
nothing but p.'aise. Why9 Because all.
the records we're doctored by Rameses
himself. He was the great builder of
Egypt and all over the walls of every
building that he erected he had his
picture and tales of his mighty achieve
ments blazoned forth in bright colors
like the row of banners in front of a
sideshow. Wherever in Egypt he could
engage member of the Royal Academy
to sculp something about Rameses, and
he would always stand and look over
the sculptor's shoulder to make sure
that the king didn It get the worst of it.
If the army Of Rameses suffered de-
feat at the hands of the Hittites, did
any mention of the fact find it's way
into the inscriptions? Most assuredly
not. Rameses had the hieroglyphics
report that he made mastery maneu-
yer in order to develop the strength of
the enemy and then retired to a new
and more strategic position. We can
not discover from the old inscriptions
that any Egyptian army ever suffered
defeat, and yet it has been learned
from other sources that now and then
an invading army had the whole native
population running footraces up and
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mention these painful incidents. The
rate of mortality among those who
criticized the administration was ex
actly 100 per cent. It is because all OF
the familiar records are known to have
been under censorships that the papyrus
discovered by me at Luxor possesses 9
most startling interest.
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! As a cold matter Of fact discovered
! this manuscript by proxy. That is,
bought it from the man who said he hac
found it concealed in the funeral vest
ments Of a mummy uprooted nea
Thebes in, the month of February. -.
cannot give the name of this Egyptian
for the reason that all valuable antlqui
ties discovered in Egypt are supposed
to belong to the government, and any
one concealing an art treasure or som
document of rare value may be severel
= punished. I can say this much, how
ever-the native from whom I bough
the papyrus assured me that he was a
.. honorable and truthful guide, and h
gave me his personal guarantee that h
9 had removed the document from tn
mummy s undergarment with his ow
hands and had been waiting for an OF
portunity to. offer it to a traveller VIII
3 was really a sconnoisseur of antiquitie
Z and the reverent student Of ancient la1
! guages. rl~l#:1.
q : All this he told me while we were OF
: on the desert together, and after lool
l ing apprehensiyely in all directions
e make sure that no human being We
e within three miles of US he pulled tt
q fully removed from it the time -staine
i but still intact roll of papyrus.
; I must say that I never saw MOI
v convincing document in all my. lif
i The hieroglyphics looked as Egyptia
e as anything could be, and as soon. as
- saw them I had a burning curiosity
Il know what message to the. world b
= yond this poor mummy had been hui
i ging to his bosom thru all these ce
ID turtles. I asked regarding the mumn
! on which the papyrus had been -four
!. and learned that the inscription on h
a outer coffin indicated that he had BET
e an officer assigned to the royal pala'
Il Of Rameses H., the type of the courts
who must bend the supple knee and we
the. smiling face, at all times concealll
D. his real opinion of things in general.
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h The guarantee which accompanied tt