Edwards, Amelia B.: Pharaohs, fellahs and explorers (New York, NY, 1892)

JiTOTES.

Note 1, page 5.—Dr. Birch's calculation was based upon the supposition, then
Universally accepted, that embalmment was not practised in ancient Egypt till
after 2000 B.C., no earlier specimens of embalmed and bandaged mummies having
been discovered at the time when he wrote. See Birch's Guide to the First and
Second Egyptian Jiooms of the British Museum, 1878. When, however, the Pyra-
mid of King Pepi (Sixth Dynasty, circa 3500 B.C.) was opened in 1880, the mum-
mied remains of that very ancient king were not only found to be impressed by
bandages, but portions of these actual bandages were found strewn on the floor of
the sepulchral chamber. "On a mis au jour les sepultures du dernier roi de la
V"» Dynastie, Ounas, et de plusieurs rois de la VI"", Teti, Pepi I", Merenra, Pepi
II. La niomic de Merenra a ete trouvee depouillee de ses bandelettes, qui avaient
ete' arrachees a une epoque aucienne; mais la trace de ces bandelettes, impriinee
en relief sur la peau, est restee parfaitement visible et prouve que les precedes d'em-
baumetnent deja constates pour les (5poques posterieures, (5taient en usage des la
VI"" Dynastie." See M. Maspero's paper on Egyptian Exploration, addressed to
the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres, in the Revue de VHistoire des Reli-
gions, vol. iv., No. 4, 1881. See also " Lying in State in Cairo," by Amelia B. Ed-
wards, Harper's Monthly Magazine, July, 1882.

Note 2, page 5.—For some particulars respecting the shipping of .mummies for
manure during the reign of the Khedive Ismail, see MacCoan's Egypt as It Is, chap.
viii., p. 168.

Note 3, page 18.—The colossal seated statue of Rameses II. in black granite,
and the remarkable headless sphinx here referred to, are now in the Museum of
Pine Arts at Boston, U. S. A.

Note 4, page 23.—Many of these interesting fragments are preserved in the Mu-
seum of the Louvre.

Note 5, page 24.—Ancient Egyptian flint weapons and implements have been
found in large numbers in various parts of Egypt, but tliey do not indicate what is
understood as a Stone Age, since they all belong to historic times. Flint saws, flint
fruit-scoops, etc., have recently been found in large numbers by Mr. Petrie, in the
Twelfth Dynasty town of Kahun. Flint chisels are also found in large quantities
in the turquoise mines of Wadj Maghara, dating apparently from the earliest to the
latest time at which these mines were worked, thus showing that Hint was not su-
perseded by bronze where flint was equally effectual. See Chabas's V Antiquite
llislorique, chap. v.; also Lord's Peninsula of Sinai, p. 433, et seq.

Xote C, page 30.—By such as desire to become better acquainted with the styles
and devices of these fascinating amulets, Mr. Petrie's illustrated Hand-book of His-
torical Scarabs will be thoroughly appreciated.

Note 7, page 31.—For illustrations of the various stages of the lotus pattern on
the potsherds of Naukratis, see the plates to Navkratil, Part I., by Mr. Petrie, and
the plates to Naukratis, Part II., by Mr. Ernest A. Gardner. See aiso Prof. W. H.
Goodyear's paper on " The Origin of the Ionic Capital and the Anthemion in Greek
Art," published in the American Journal of Archaeology, vol. iii. (18S8); also Mr.
Goodyear's important forthcoming work, entitled The Grammar of the Lotus.