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ENTRANCE PASSAGE TO THE EMPTY TOMB OF SETI I.
SECTION IV.
Recent Discoveries in Egypt.
OINCEthe first edition of this work was printed, Egyptology has made very great
^ strides. The language is better known, multitudes of papyri, stelae,1 and inscrip-
tions of various kinds have been translated. We know much more of the social and
religious ideas of the marvellous nation who, in the dawn of history, peopled the valley
of the Nile. This period has also witnessed some of the most surprising, interesting,
and important discoveries of antiquities that have ever been made in Egypt. In the
brief limits at our disposal, nothing like a complete sketch of these can be attempted.
We can refer at any length to only the most important, viz., the great find at Deir-el-
Bahari, and give a hasty glance at a few others.
The most wonderful event in recent Egyptian history is the now world-famous dis-
covery at Deir-el-Bahari in 1881. Prior to the occurrence of the event, had any one
ventured to assert that the mummy of Thotmes in. would ever be found, that should we
be able to look upon the real face of Rameses n., the Pharaoh of the Oppression, that,
in one great discovery, we should come upon many of the most famous kings and queens
1 Small columns without base or capital, with memorial inscriptions.
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SECTION IV.
Recent Discoveries in Egypt.
OINCEthe first edition of this work was printed, Egyptology has made very great
^ strides. The language is better known, multitudes of papyri, stelae,1 and inscrip-
tions of various kinds have been translated. We know much more of the social and
religious ideas of the marvellous nation who, in the dawn of history, peopled the valley
of the Nile. This period has also witnessed some of the most surprising, interesting,
and important discoveries of antiquities that have ever been made in Egypt. In the
brief limits at our disposal, nothing like a complete sketch of these can be attempted.
We can refer at any length to only the most important, viz., the great find at Deir-el-
Bahari, and give a hasty glance at a few others.
The most wonderful event in recent Egyptian history is the now world-famous dis-
covery at Deir-el-Bahari in 1881. Prior to the occurrence of the event, had any one
ventured to assert that the mummy of Thotmes in. would ever be found, that should we
be able to look upon the real face of Rameses n., the Pharaoh of the Oppression, that,
in one great discovery, we should come upon many of the most famous kings and queens
1 Small columns without base or capital, with memorial inscriptions.
148