RELICS OF THE PAST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 592, 21 August 1909, Page 9

RELICS OF THE PAST.

PROFESSOR FLINDERS PETJRJE'S NEW : discoveries. An exhibition of entrancing interest to archaeologistsj; antiquarians, and Egyptolo-gist-s took place.recently at University College, Gower 'Street. Professor Potrio has . _ spent 'tlio'. winter in Egypt, chiefly at Mem- ," / phis and Thebes. His great discovery has boen the palace of King ' Aprics—tho Pharaoh Hopjira of the Biblo-Mvlio -was con- • temporary with Jeremiah. He ■• has . uri- ■ eartWl many articles which speak of a high ■ state of civilisation ,when England was in a state of barbarism. .■.-■• Professor Potrio has como to tho conclu-'. sion. that this palaco stands on., tho ruiu of successive palaces,. which, whoa unearthed, 'i will probably reveal .the entire courso of Eg.yptian history. . Tho exhibits aro of ondless variety. Tlicr* is tho entire- burial equipment of a lady who lived and ;died 1700.8.C. Tho' wooden coiEn has boon opened, and tho skeleton remains practically intact. By tho sido of tlie coffin , lay a basket for toilet objects, an alabaster box of ointment, two bead-work .pouches, l a wooden head-rest, bowls containing■ grapes-.. and dates; calses of bread, two stools ana a chair, a box containing cloth and ointment —all that was deemed necessary for.thq uso , : of the lady during her sojourn-in tholiall. . , of-the dead. On one sido of tho hall is a lotus capital of. a form not hitherto discoV- ' ered. Tliis dates.from tho Vlth dynasty, and. is thus considerably older than-, tn<> Pharaoi or-thq. Exodus, ■«■..,..-■■