The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-02
THE ORIGIN OF THE GOLDEN CALF

was dissolved There was q third pro-
|! cess which consisted OF cleaning the
corpse and laying 1t down in salt for
( seventy days. The frat process cost
! about $1,000. the second 500. and the
/ third considerably less
!, methods OF mummihcation. Tho most
OF the mummiea discovered. however,
have bosn preserved by means OF gums
4 OF ono kind or another, and by pitch
4 ana carbonate OF soda. The mummies
| with gums are usually green In color,
| and their skins look az though they
/ were tanned. They break whom they
are unrolied. The mummies picked
| with pitch are black and hard. but the
Features are preserved intact. and u
las said that such mummies will last
| forever. In those preserved by soda
/ the skin Is hard and rather loose, and
| the hair falls OF when 1t Is touched.
THE pitcn mummy usually keeps Its
4 hair and, teeth.
i Mumnies OF Children.
There are mummies OF children in
4 this Egyptian Museum. There are some
4 also In London. but know OF none
! anywhere else. The children were
embalmed for the Same reason as the
/ grown-ups. the parents believing that
they could have no union with their
little ones without they met them
again after the resurrection In their
original bodies. The faces OF some OF
4 these children are gilded. and the
/ pictures upon the bapdages represent
the child offering sacrificeH to the
gods. Above the feet may be the
funeral boat showing the little chiH
Tying upon Its bier and upon other
parts OF the coffin are tiny little peo-
pie. who seem to be engaged in pro-
\ pelling the boat This probably rep
fesents the ferry OF the dead to It's
tombs In the mountains on the banks
of the Nile. In other cases the caskets
of the little ones are beautifully dec
Grated. and in some they are plated
with gold.
The Book Of the Dead.
Ono OF the most important records
OF the customs Of the Pharaohs In res
=, gard to the dead has been taken away
{ from Egypt This is papyrus manu-
: 6oript, which Is now In the British
a Museum. st Is known as the Book OF
= che Dead. and contains 400 chapters.
q It is written in hieroglyphios, buy
n many Of the passages have been trans
!. lated. According to 1t every man was
:, believed to consist OF seven different
: parts of which the actual body was
: only one Tho others related to the
!. soul and Its transmigration. and 1t was
: believed that upon the preservation OF
the body depended the bringing to-
e sether OF these seven parts in the fu-
It ture. 1t was on this account that
same reason that they were hidden
. away In tomDs under the desert and In
e The great pyramids. which their own
n rrs believed would be inaccessible ia
v the men OF the future.
d fhis Book OF the Dead contains also
q some OF the Egyptian ideals OF RICH,
Y living. reminding one OF the Psalm
u which. according to Rouse's version
n Begins:
d That man hath perfect blessedness
q Who walketh not astray
3. In counsel of ungodly men,
n Nor stands in sinners way.
n Nor sitteth In the scorner's chair:
IL But placeth his delight
- Upon Gods law and medftates
- on that law day and night.
~ ~ The Book OF the Dead roads,:
am not plunderer; not uiggard
nor the cause OF others tears. I an
= not unchaste; nor hot in speech. an
not fraudulent. do not take ava,
The Cakes Of q child. Or profane IN,
gods Of my locality" st5
Immortality OF the Egyptians,
There Is 90 doubt that the Dgypttan
believed in the Immortality Of tn,
soul. They thought man would liy
again, and gave the soul the name O
Ba, representing 1t in the form Of
human-headed hawk. They had thei
own ideas of heaven. and one OF tbel
pictures of the future state represent
1 1t as follows:
u TN heaven the dead eat bread whic,
never grows stale and drink win,
which Is mover Husty. They wea
white apparel and sit upon throne
among the gods. who cluster aroun;
g the tree OF life near the lake In the
: reld Of peace. They wear the crown
=, which the gods give them, and no evi
4 being or thing has any power to harm
them in their new abode, where the
will live with odd forever"
| According to one opinion, tho Egyp
| tian heaven was situated above tn
III sky. 1t was separated from the cart
by great iron plate, to which lamp
| were fastened. those lamps being tn
stars. According to another theory
tho heaven was In the delta, or In on
/ OF the GASES, and third idea wa:
that the sky was In the form OF COW
and another In that Of a woman. tn
| legs Of the COW and head and feet Q
| the woman being the cardinal points.
AZ to creation, that began with tn
rising OF the sun. which was brough
about by god. and men and wome1
| II came from the tears which droppe
| from the eyes OF that god. This
somewhat better than the old Chimes
| tradition Of tho worlds making.
| According to the latter. the go
Pwanku chiseled out the universe. an
| was 10000 years on the Job. At tn
end Of that time he died. and his hea'
turned into mountains. his breath be
| came wind and his voice the thunder
From his hesh cana the nelds. fron
his beard the stars and from his ski
| and hair ihe trees. All minerals orig
/ IIinatsd from his teeth and tones. TIL
/ rain Is hiatsweat, and, lastly man wa
/ created frya1n the insects Which stuol
l to his body
me Oriatu % the Golden Cali.
m examining these gods Of the an