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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.3715#0013
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No. 10. Ancient shoes; and ropes, made of the leave* of the
palm tree; mummies of various animals, quadrupeds, and fish;
tresses of hair, in a state of wonderful preservation.
No. 11. A mummy, opened in England a short time ago : it is
the most perfect of any of those I unfolded in Egypt, during six
years' research; the box in which it was contained, is placed
above.
No. 12. The mummy of an Egyptian priest; remarkable for the
singular position, and binding of the arms.
No. 13. A manuscript on papyrus, the largest known—it
measures 23 feet.
No. 14. A portion of the original tomb of Psammis, which had
fallen off from the wall; the colours of the female figure are consider-
ably faded. On a chemical examination of these colours, it appears
that the red and yellow are given by oxide of iron; the green and
blue, by copper. The colours of the ancient Egyptians seem,
therefore, to agree with those employed afterwards by the Romans:
for Sir Humphry Davy found, on analyzing the various pigments,
contained in vases, discovered in some excavations under the
ruins of the palace of Titus, at Rome, that the red colour was
sometimes produced by iron ochre, and sometimes by red oxide of
lead ; and that the blue and green colours were generally given by
oxide of copper.
No. 10. Ancient shoes; and ropes, made of the leave* of the
palm tree; mummies of various animals, quadrupeds, and fish;
tresses of hair, in a state of wonderful preservation.
No. 11. A mummy, opened in England a short time ago : it is
the most perfect of any of those I unfolded in Egypt, during six
years' research; the box in which it was contained, is placed
above.
No. 12. The mummy of an Egyptian priest; remarkable for the
singular position, and binding of the arms.
No. 13. A manuscript on papyrus, the largest known—it
measures 23 feet.
No. 14. A portion of the original tomb of Psammis, which had
fallen off from the wall; the colours of the female figure are consider-
ably faded. On a chemical examination of these colours, it appears
that the red and yellow are given by oxide of iron; the green and
blue, by copper. The colours of the ancient Egyptians seem,
therefore, to agree with those employed afterwards by the Romans:
for Sir Humphry Davy found, on analyzing the various pigments,
contained in vases, discovered in some excavations under the
ruins of the palace of Titus, at Rome, that the red colour was
sometimes produced by iron ochre, and sometimes by red oxide of
lead ; and that the blue and green colours were generally given by
oxide of copper.