La Junta tribune., 1912-08-03
HE month Of January was an
exceedingly gloomy one.
there being only four hours

there being only four hours
W OF sunshine up to the sSth-
Now TO return to the sights OF
London. After the Tower I visited
the British Museum, the most exten.
sive. and the most interesting and In
world. II would take me weeks to
see II right. for one would have to
do considerable reading along with
the seeing to get the most benefit
from It. To me the Egyptian collect
ION Il one OF the most interesting
In the building. possibly because OF
my better Acquaintance with early
Egyptian history. This collection oc-
cupies three large halls onthe ground
floor and four roms on the next
floor and four rooms on the next
cover a period extending from 1000
before Christ to about 900 A. d.
A very interesting thing here is the
black basalt tablet known as the
"Stone OF Rosetta" bearing = triple
inscription, one In the hieroglyphic
or sacred characters one In the popu-
lar. and one In the Greek language.
These Inscriptions led to the inter
probation OF the hieroelyphic language
OF ancient Egypt There are great
sarcophagi thaS must weigh tons.
covered with inscriptions In hierosly-
phic characters.In one hall are many
antiquities Of the time OF Rameses
a., the Pharoah Of the Oppression. In
the 18th century. B. c.. including
some large granite statutes OF this
ruler. The mummy room" Is an
other exceedingly interesting place.
The large number OF mummies and
mummy cases collected here date
from $500 Il. c. to 100 \. ID. In
one case is a model OF shallow oval
grave containing the mummifed
corpse OF man said to belong to
a period 1000 years before Christ.
buried in a crouching position. with
various knives, vases and vessels fill
ed with the remains OF funeral Of
ferings. that had been buried with
him. This figure k In quite good
state of preservation, the skin hav-
ing much the appearance Of leather
Several other mummies have an arm
and hand. or foot exposed. showing
the state Of the body. We saw the
mummy and coffin Of Cleopatra Can
dace, 100 A. D.. In remarkably good
state OF preservation. In some Of
the cases were figures In marble.
limestone. wood. etc. which had been
buried with the bodies to serve the
dead In the lower world"
Another interesting place Is the
sculpture gallery with Its many
Greek and Roman antiquities. some
Of the latter having been found In
England, such as rough.hewn sarco'
phagi. fragments OF old Roman mo-
sale pavements. etc. Here also are
many Roman portraits. bus's and
sta,u,es-among them that Of julius
Caesar. Augustus. Tiberius. Nero and
others.
The "Ephesus Room contains
what to me was very interesting
namely. large fragments OF the cele-
brsted Temple Of Diana" spoken
Of In the 18th chapter Of Acts. from
the cath verse. These ruins OF the
once great temple consists mostly OF
large pieces Of the columns with life
size reliefs Of physiological creatures
There are sculptures that adorned
the partheanon at Athens. also
model OF the Acropolis. There are
crockery. Jewels. beads. porcelain.
mirrors. vases. etc. BY the hundreds.
and dating from 400 u. G.
In the library arc many old and
very Interesting books. manuscripts.
and autographs. We saw tho auto
graphs Of many English sovsrsigns.
one Of the most interesting Of
which 10 the autograph oe Queen
Victoria. printed By herself when she
was but four years old. Here are a.
% many autograph literary works by
such famous authors - Milton. Zen
johnson. Bacon. Byron. Scott. and
others. We saw many Of the first
copies Of the printed Bible With H.
Illustrations. Among these 10 one cali
I'd the Vinegar Bible" also some
sunss known - the "Basketful of
Errors." The former name 10 given
Il Tor tho reason that the Para
BILE Of the vineyard" was made 70
read the Parable Of the vlneeAr' ;"
The istt = name y sslfexplsnasoFy.
Next ~ visited Westminster Ab'
by. This grand Historic old place
10 Usually regarded - being founded
By Edward the Confcssor about the
A.