Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01

~ Museum OF ATS Egyptian eApcul~
ton, contained her mummy, and
with it her Book Of the Dead.
The book shows the program for her future
life and reveals very complete picture OF
what she has been doing for the past 5000
years-M the Egyptian notions of that future
life were correctly charted.
The Book Of the Dead, which was written
ana illustrated especially for this princess, is
pronounced by h E. Winlock, director OF the
expedition, to be q very important accession 20
the Metropolitan Museums Egyptian collection
The museum had previously some sadly dam
aged and abbreviated writings Of this sort. but
the new discovery is described as Book Of the
Dead reasonably fun, in perfect condition and
of q very good and characteristic execution.
The brfniancy Of the colors In the illustrations
is astounding. The drawing Is skilled ana
rapid graceful and absolutely typical Of the
period Of the high priestly regime IN Ihebes"
The man who wrote the Book of the Dead for
the princess was none too accurate q scribe and
would have rated only b in a modern mental
alertness test, but before you hear about him
and his work, you will want an introduction
to the royal lady herself.
IF your mental picture of Egyptian princesses
presents them before you always slim. young
and distinguished in their beauty, this princess
may be a shock. She was not only an aged,
but an extraordinarily short, fat lady. Her
father was a pharaoh not particularly famous
today, the King Pay-nudjem, who ruled In the
eleventh century before Christ. She was the
Princess Entiu-ny.
The archeologists who have been rediscOYer-
ing members Of this royal family have been
interested to note the striking family likeness
between three members. Entiu-ny had sister
whose mummy showed her TO be also very
fat, short little old woman" And the brother
Of the two fat princeSses, who held the title
Of high priest was remarkably fat little man.
gave In TO the family handicap TO beauty TO
the end of her days on earth she was most
devoted patron Of beauty culture.
When the expedition staff unwrapped the
mummy they did not recognize the age Of the
new-found royalty.
AT first glance she appeared to be weirdly
and grotesquely young" wrote Mr.. Winlock In
his report to the museum But q very little
further examination showed that she owed this
look to the dyes her hairdressers had put ON
her scanty gray locks in life, and to the grue-
some art of the undertakers who had filed out
and painted her Shrunken face after death"
SO important to the princess were her trap
pings Of beauty that an extra wig was put into
the coffin. This tall, pointed wig, soaked with
sticky pomade, is remarkably preserved
These beauty aids, which created an Illusion
Of perpetual youth, even for thousands Of years,
would have been more successful in life, we may
believe And II Egyptian dreSSmakers were
clever the little old Princess Entiu-ny may have
been figure of dignity, even If she did stand
only feet 10 without her sandals
RY the time that Entiu-ny passed on to the
underworld, about 1000 BIC, the Egyp-
tians of Thebes had changed some of their
earlier ideas of funerals and preparations for
the next world.
In Tut-ankh-A men's time, back in the eight
zenith century, BE-, royal Egyptian took au
manner Of furnishings into his tomb with him.
The little images of servants might by magic
be called into spirit activity to serve the king
again in the spirit world, it was believed. The
pleasant scenes painted on the tomb walls were
expected to be translated into spirit realities.