El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-01
CcOpyright, 1910. By Frank G. carpenter.)

years without the use Of a dentist He
has his original hair little faded, per-
haps, and hisneck shrunken to the
size of my wrist, shows an Adams ap-
pie as big as a golf ball.
Near this casket is one containing
Seti I, the Pharaoh who preceded Ra-
meses, another great warrior and con-
querer, who is said to have made
canal from the Nile to the Red sea, and
nearby is the mummy of Meneptah, the
pharaoh who hardened his heart
against the Israelites and would not
let them go. Seti lies in his coffin
with his black arms crossed and his
black head cushioned on yellow grave
clothes. His features are as peaceful
as in life and he appears to sleep
well
Some Female Mummies.
How would you American girls like
70 wear one suit Of clothes for 5000
years? That has been the fate of the
well preserved ladies Of this Egyptian
museum. The most Of them are clad in
fine gauze much like linen or silk, and
in some cases this looks as fresh as
when it was made. 1t was wrapped
around their limbs after having been
properly treated with spices and pitch,
and it clings to them more tightly than
the hobble skirt of today 1 noticed
and another who has a shawl around
her head A third lies at full length
in her coffin with the mummy Of her
baby at her feet
Another princess stands upright
against the side of the wall. Her face
is plated with gold, and her mummy
clothes are embroidered. She is
wrapped round and round with cloths,
and one might wrap UP a girl Of to-
IL
other of these mummy ladies has hair
which appears to have been done up
in curl papers, and, strange to me, the
hair is as red as my own.
Gorgeous COffins.
Many of the mummy caskets are
splendid. They are made of fine woods
painted inside. and out with pictures
describing the life Of the owner. Some
are covered with carvings, and some
with heads which may have been like
nesses of those who lay within. IT
costs much to die now. It must have
cost more to die then. The expense Of
making a mummy was 1920, and mon
ey was then worth 10 times what 1t is
now. The caskets were more expen-
sive than any of the collins we have
today, and they were incased in great
sarcophagi of stone or wood, some sin
gle ones Of which must have cost for
one room called the Hall Of the Cas-
kets. 1t covers, I judge, about one
fourth of an acre and it is filed with
collins and caskets. There are enough
sarcophagi in it to form watering
troughs for the largest Of the Chicago
stockyards, and many of them have
been cut out of solid blocks of red or
gray granite, the sides being so smooth
that you can see your face in them.
Others are covered with hieroglyphics,
and all are constructed with an art
equal to the finest stonecutting of to-
day.
How Mumnnies Were Made.
have asked the psychologists here
as to how the Egyptians made the
mummies which are now being dug
from the earth. Their reply was that
the desire for naturalization came
from the religion of the ancient Egyp-
tians, who believed in the transmigra-
ton Of souls They thought that the
spirit wandered about for several
thousand years after death and then
came back TO the home it had upon
earth. For this reason it was desir-
able to keep the body intact, and ev-
eryone looked to his mummihood as
his only chance Of recreation here
after
When the art Of embalming began