Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-11-21
WOMAN 5000 YEARS OLD.
Egyptian of Antiquity Makes Her
Debut in London.

in the heart Of the Strand-at Kings
College to be precise-a lady 5000 years
old made her first appearance the other
lGay in Engiand's upper air. She is one
of a number of remarkable finds" that
will be on view at Kings College. Both
the lady ard her trousseau-if so one
may describe trinkets and combs and
amulets OF bewildering variety and
lbcauty--have been brought all tl!c way
from the Egyptian desert in a huge
packing ease stuffed with sawdust and
wool. They are the lateSr thing
from Abydos-from the tombS of kings
ard queens who lived and died thou
sands of years before the Pharaoh that
knew not Joseph" She was discov-
e"cd in the course Of Professor Ma
vilic's recent excavations IN connection
with the Egypt exploration fund.
AS it happened London Daily
Chronicle repre- sentative was present
Just when Mr.. Pcct, the member of
the expedition who had actually I'M
carthod the lady from her far away
tomb, was unpacking hor. The ccre-
mony was being performed in large
air. room already filled with awe-in-
spiring rows OF gildod mummies, tray
fus Of very ancient jcwelrv and n lit
ter of Egyptian pots and pans that
would have done credit to the kitchen
of big modern hotel \ strange
musty oaOr-not Very unpleasant
pervadcd the place. The lady came mp
skull fortmOSt-a neat little brown skull
with at any rate some of the teeth
still unimraircd. Her vertebrae fol-
lowed. Thcy ratified u little bit rusti-
~ as they We're laid out on the table.
but Mncn she is properly put together
the tout ensemble" should prove nat
ty enough.
II :nund her" said Mr.. Pect, as he
shook the sawdust out of the skull,
at tie bottom Of q 40-foot shaft. She
was Gulicd as usual with these prchis-
| toric folk. in a crouching posture. Who
or what she was I cannot guess, but
she is certainly not of a negro type
The nose must have been almost Gre
clan. Anyone who deals in the obvious
| sort Of humor may take note OF the
| fact that her jaw is remarkably pro
nounccd.'
Whether the lady We're queen or
| kitchen Wench. she was at least not
above vanity, to judge by the tables
lGround-whicl would have We'd with
any modern fair ones dressing table
| in aids to beauty. All of these were
either prehistoric or dating from the
| earlier dynasties. Here, for instance.
was delicately cared slate, with
pebble, used for grinding cyelash
paint. Same Of the paint was still
| there, hardened on the slate. Then
| there We're jewel charms-cornolians
| ana an.ethysts ior the most part
carved in all sorts Of quaint shapes
| as the sacred hawk of Osiris. sacred
| from the dawn of history, cranes,
sphinxes, Appropriateness. scarabs.
| lions. fishes. elephants. There were
| side combs of exactly the present day
model. necklaces. lint raZors and
| painted vases OF the most wonderful
Workmanship and design. The raIors
were. Mr.. Peeet explained. often found
| buried with the mcn-presumablr that
| they might not he in want of a shave
| after death.
One of the most cxcuisitcIv finished
| discoveries in the room was a case az
neatly fitted alabaster embalming in
struments. taken from timb 5000
years old. One Of them was an instru-
incnt used FOR opening the mou,h after
| neath. II being supposed that if the
| 1iouth Ner" not opened the poor de-
| parted would he unable to eat in the
| next world. In another part Of the
| room our representative found Mr..
blackman, just returned from Sidment.
III middle Egypt. and spreading out
some hardly less interesting. though
not quite SO ancient. Greco Roman rc-
mans. These included some beautiful
examples Of the little model boats.
with crew complete. buried with eacl
distinguished mummy to enable it to
cross the Nile to the land Of tho here
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