MUMMY, the Egyptians believed in the re occupation of the body by the soul, and their object in so preserving the body was to have it ready for the re-entry of the soul after completing its period of migrations. The mummy cases of Egypt were made of the wood of Cordia myxa. In 1881, 39 mummies of royal and priestly persons were discovered at Deir-el-Bahari near Thebes. They were mostly found wrapped in shrouds of fine linen, enclosed in three wooden mummy cases, each disclosing the form of the body, and fitting in one another like a nest of boxes, the arms crossed upon the breast, the right band grasping the crux ansata, the urcei serpents gilt, the head-dress exquisitely carved; written texts on the mummy cases, in yellow, orange, and green; festOons and wreaths of flowers in marvel lous preservation, and papyri of value.
Ramses ii, is the Pharaoh of Jewish history. King Raskenen, 17th dynasty.
King Aahmes i. (Amosis), founder of 18th dynasty. Queen Aahmes Nofert Ari, wife of Aahmes i. Queen Ar-hotep, daughter of Aahmes I.
Prince Sa Ammon, son of• If Princess Sat Ammon, daughter of , King Amenhotep (Amenophis), 2d of 18th dynasty. King Thotmes L, second king of 18th dynasty.
King Thotmes n., third King Thotmes In. the Great, fourth king of 18th dynasty.
Queens Hont-ta-me-hou, Au, and Selka of the 18th • dynasty.
King Ramses 1., founder of the 19th dynasty.
King Seti second of „ King Ramses II., third of , Queen Noutjent, of 21st dynasty.
High priest Pinotem, of „ Queen Ra-ma-ka, of 21st dynasty.
King Pinotem, of Queen Hon-ta-taoui daughter ter of king Pinot em. High priest Ma-sahata, relative of 19 Queen Ast-em-jeb, daughter of • Princess Nessi Kon sou, daughter of „ —Times, 28th August 1881.