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though it may be questioned, whether the varnish was thus applied, or
incorporated with the colour.
" In the corridor, on the upper part of each side of the walls, are
several small compartments, nearly two feet square, containing groups
of figures eighteen inches high. The hero is to be seen every where
standing on a heap of corn, receiving offerings from his soldiers or com-
panions in war. On the right, at the end, is seen the sacrifice of a
bull. Below is the winged-serpent. The ceiling is covered with eagles
with extended wings. From this short passage we enter another, wider
than the rest, and thence proceed into the first chamber represented in
the exhibition.
" The charming sight of this place," says the traveller, " made us
give it the name of the Room of Beauties. All the figures are in such
perfection, that the smallest part of their ornaments can be clearly dis-
tinguished. The sides of the doors are most beautifully adorned with
female deities, surrounded with hieroglyphics, and the lotus is to be seen
in bud and in full bloom, with the serpent on a half-globe over it. The
chief subjects of the representations of its walls will be found to be the
reception of (Psammis, according to Dr. Young; Petosiris according to
M. Champollion,) by the principal divinities of the Egyptian mythology.
He appears to~ be generally attended by the hawk-headed deity, Arueris ;
and in some places, is presenting offerings to Isis, or other female divi-
nities, and is ultimately received by Osiris, clothed in white. The walls,
on both sides, are covered with hieroglyphics, which arc separated by
lines from the top to the bottom, at the distance of five or six inches from
each other. Within these lines, the hieroglyphics form their sentences;
and it is plainly to be seen that the Egyptians read from the top to the
bottom, and then recommenced at the top."
Some explanation of the Basso-relievocs and Hieroglyphics in the Hall of
Beauties.
[From the works of Champollion.]
On the left, on entering, the deceased king, his head covered with the
symbol of royalty, presents himself successively; 1st, to the Goddess
JButo, (the Latona of the Greeks,) nurse of the Gods Horus and Arueris,
(conjointly, the Apollo of the Greeks,) special protectors of the
Egyptian kings; it is remarkable, that to the goddesses the king inva-
riably offers vases of perfume. 2nclly, to the God Anubis, son of Osiris
and of Isis, characterized by the head of the hyaena. 3rdly, to the God-
dess Isis, on whose head is a globe and the two horns of a;'cow, as the
prolific divinity of Egypt.. 4thly, to the God Horns, or Arueris, son of
Isis, characterized by the head of a vulture, dressed in the symbol of
power over.heaven and earth, delegated by him to the Egyptian kings,
whom he protected ; here, the king holds in his right hand the handlcd-
cross, emblem of the divine life. 5thly, to the Goddess Buto, repre-
sented here with the head of a vulture, as participating in the attributes
pf her fostering guardian, the preceding god. Sthlv, to the supreme
incorporated with the colour.
" In the corridor, on the upper part of each side of the walls, are
several small compartments, nearly two feet square, containing groups
of figures eighteen inches high. The hero is to be seen every where
standing on a heap of corn, receiving offerings from his soldiers or com-
panions in war. On the right, at the end, is seen the sacrifice of a
bull. Below is the winged-serpent. The ceiling is covered with eagles
with extended wings. From this short passage we enter another, wider
than the rest, and thence proceed into the first chamber represented in
the exhibition.
" The charming sight of this place," says the traveller, " made us
give it the name of the Room of Beauties. All the figures are in such
perfection, that the smallest part of their ornaments can be clearly dis-
tinguished. The sides of the doors are most beautifully adorned with
female deities, surrounded with hieroglyphics, and the lotus is to be seen
in bud and in full bloom, with the serpent on a half-globe over it. The
chief subjects of the representations of its walls will be found to be the
reception of (Psammis, according to Dr. Young; Petosiris according to
M. Champollion,) by the principal divinities of the Egyptian mythology.
He appears to~ be generally attended by the hawk-headed deity, Arueris ;
and in some places, is presenting offerings to Isis, or other female divi-
nities, and is ultimately received by Osiris, clothed in white. The walls,
on both sides, are covered with hieroglyphics, which arc separated by
lines from the top to the bottom, at the distance of five or six inches from
each other. Within these lines, the hieroglyphics form their sentences;
and it is plainly to be seen that the Egyptians read from the top to the
bottom, and then recommenced at the top."
Some explanation of the Basso-relievocs and Hieroglyphics in the Hall of
Beauties.
[From the works of Champollion.]
On the left, on entering, the deceased king, his head covered with the
symbol of royalty, presents himself successively; 1st, to the Goddess
JButo, (the Latona of the Greeks,) nurse of the Gods Horus and Arueris,
(conjointly, the Apollo of the Greeks,) special protectors of the
Egyptian kings; it is remarkable, that to the goddesses the king inva-
riably offers vases of perfume. 2nclly, to the God Anubis, son of Osiris
and of Isis, characterized by the head of the hyaena. 3rdly, to the God-
dess Isis, on whose head is a globe and the two horns of a;'cow, as the
prolific divinity of Egypt.. 4thly, to the God Horns, or Arueris, son of
Isis, characterized by the head of a vulture, dressed in the symbol of
power over.heaven and earth, delegated by him to the Egyptian kings,
whom he protected ; here, the king holds in his right hand the handlcd-
cross, emblem of the divine life. 5thly, to the Goddess Buto, repre-
sented here with the head of a vulture, as participating in the attributes
pf her fostering guardian, the preceding god. Sthlv, to the supreme