The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-31
AFTER DEATH-By DR.. W. E. Evans

devoted to the snhject, 'The Preservation
of the Dead IN the Tomb" which Of itself
shows the Importance with which the
Egyptlans invested the subject
Naturally the sarcophaga of kings.
queens, priests and other distinguished
persons were more elaborhtely adorned
than those of others Some of them, dis
covered in our own times, are well pre-
served, and the tracery. designs and fig
ures In color are remarkably fresh and
beautiful after thousands of years 1
have seen some that looked as If they had
been made in the present century.
However, despite the religious care of
the Egyptians that thu sepulchres of their
fathers be preserved effom dissertation
they have been. ransacked and robbed and
the bodies carried off to figure in mu-
seunE, national libraries and such like
places throughout the world
About 1000 years ago the Pharaoh of
the Oppression died Tire ''barge of the
dead noated dewn the Nile with the
body of the king. AT Thebes it was en-
balmed and in due time 1t was laid away
in the sepulclhre. In the onroll of the
ages the tomb of the great Pharaoh was
opened and search was made for his
mummy But II could not be found.
There was no trace Of it. This fact, how
and less than so years ago the persistent
excavators found the missing king. The
mummy had been removed from its place
of original entonabment by the king 8
friends ages ago, and by them had been
hidden. 1t was discovered at Deir-ei-
Baharf by explorers about 40 feet beneath
the surface OF the earth in mprtuary
chamber Upon the sarcophagus and
upon the tarred cloth that enwrapped the
body there was plainly read the name of
the king into whose face Moses had
looked before he fed from Egypt in his
young manhood. The Identification was
complete. The mummy was drawn up
from Its hiding place and transported to
Cairo, where It remained a while; thence
It was sent to Bulaq, where It was placed
upon exhibition. think that It was after
wards sent back to Cairo, but of this I
am not perfectly sure. 1t Is to be re-
membered by tho reader that the "Pha-
raoh Of the Oppression was not the
Pharaoh Of the Exodus
Many years before the disappearance
Of the body Of the king Of Egypt another
mummy was removed from it's primal
resting place and borne far away. ! re-
fer to Joseph, the son of Jacob. When
the Israelites were ready to leave Egypt
for the land of promise, they. or rather
some Of them. doubtless little company
Of men, went to the tomb of Joseph. drew
out his body and carried 1t with them
from Egypt. An honor-guard was APP
pointed. and for 40 years the poor shriv-
elled mummy was carried by them
through the wilderness and over deserts
until its final destination was Geached.
where again itewas inferred.
skip long period Of time,
In the year 60 A, D.. Galba proclaimed
as Caesar and Emperor of Rome one
Licin1anus Piso. The P1sos could boast
the best blood of the Roman patricians
and were a proud and Influential family.
Upon his death this Caesars body was
reduced to ashes on the funeral pyrc. The
ashes were then gathered up and placed
in an alabaster urn, which was given a
position of distinguished honor among
the dead OF the Piso-line of eminent
Romans. But amid the changes and
chances OF the empire the urn was lost.
| and In time the proud patrician was for
gotten, Now follows the strange sequel:
In our own times certain excavations
we're made in the neighborhcod Of the
Porta 6aiaria in Rome Down In the
earth one of the iaborerH found small.
ftime-stajned alabaster urn, which he Sc
cretIy conveyed to his home. thinking Ing
had found vessel filled with gold. Upon
opening tho urn. however, instead Of And
Inns valuable treasures. he discovered only
Q heap Of white ashes, In disgust he
turned the white mass over to his wife.
who converted the ashes into I've, which