DISCOVERY OF THE LONG-LOST INHABITANTS OF THE PYRAMIDS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3230, 5 November 1881, Page 3

DISCOVERY OF THE LONG-LOST INHABITANTS OF THE PYRAMIDS.

The students of archaeology in _Egypt have made a discovery which promises to clear off the cloud with which the march of time has enveloped the ancient history of Egypt. Some of the natives of the tribe of the Bedaweens were noticed offering for sale j numerous antiquities, and, on investigation, it was found they were obtained from a cavern cut out of rock 35 feet deep, and 200 feet long, situated near the Nile, to thp east of Thebas. On examining the cavern it was found to contain the mummies of kings of Egypt of the three dynasties 8.C., and which comprised 28 kings. Thirty royal mummies have been found, in this extensive tomb, and the supposition is that the Egyptian priests, during a period of revolution or invasion, removed them from their royal habitation in the Pyramids, and deposited them in this secret cavern to preserve them from violation. Four papyri have been found, the largest of which is about 140 feet long and 16in. wide, double the size of any other which has been found, and great things in the revelation of history are expected from the deciphering of it. Not the least interesting of the relics found is the mummy of the great queen of Egypt, who has been independently identified with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued Moses from the Nile. There has also been found no fewer than 3700 mortuary statues, and 2000 other relics. Among these are fifteen gigantic wigs worn on state occasions, a leathern tent profusely covered with hieroglyphics, and by the side of each departed monarch is found an alabaster urn containing the heart and entrails of the deceased.