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  WORLD 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
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  CASANOWICZ. 
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  GUIDE 
  TO 
  THE 
  EXHIBITION." 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  of 
  Old 
  World 
  Archeology 
  are 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  

   elongated 
  hall 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  

   wing 
  of 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  outer 
  end 
  or 
  

   pavilion 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  occupying 
  about 
  7,926 
  feet 
  of 
  floor 
  area. 
  The 
  

   pavilion 
  is 
  mainly 
  occupied 
  by 
  antiquities 
  of 
  Egypt 
  and 
  Babylonia, 
  

   (pis. 
  1-3). 
  

  

  1. 
  Wall 
  case 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pavilion, 
  containing 
  Egyptian 
  

   coffins 
  and 
  sepulchral 
  boxes. 
  The 
  coffins 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  

   mummy, 
  of 
  planks, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  layer 
  of 
  plaster, 
  upon 
  

   which 
  are 
  painted 
  mythological 
  scenes, 
  figures 
  of 
  the 
  gods, 
  scenes 
  

   of 
  the 
  nether 
  world, 
  etc. 
  Sepulchral 
  boxes, 
  made 
  of 
  wood, 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  tomb 
  to 
  hold 
  sepulchral 
  figures 
  (ushabti), 
  papyri, 
  

   articles 
  of 
  dress, 
  the 
  toilet, 
  and 
  other 
  things. 
  They 
  vary 
  in 
  size 
  

   from 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  inches 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  Some 
  are 
  perfectly 
  square, 
  

   others 
  oblong 
  in 
  shape, 
  and 
  each 
  end 
  rises 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   cover. 
  Some 
  have 
  two, 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  divisions. 
  

   The 
  outsides 
  are 
  usually 
  ornamented 
  with 
  scenes 
  of 
  worship 
  and 
  

   figures 
  of 
  the 
  gods 
  (pi. 
  4). 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  wall 
  over 
  the 
  case 
  is 
  an 
  Assyrian 
  bas-relief 
  " 
  representing 
  

   four 
  warriors 
  with 
  spears 
  and 
  shields; 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side, 
  another 
  

   Assyrian 
  bas-relief 
  representing 
  a 
  winged 
  figure 
  holding 
  cone 
  and 
  

   bashed 
  and 
  a 
  eunuch, 
  with 
  an 
  inscription 
  of 
  Ashurnazirpal, 
  King 
  

   of 
  Assyria, 
  884-860 
  B. 
  C, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  are 
  three 
  Egyptian 
  

   bas-reliefs, 
  representing, 
  respectively, 
  a 
  female 
  bust, 
  two 
  heads 
  of 
  

   Asiatic 
  captives 
  from 
  Medinet 
  Habu 
  and 
  Rameses 
  III, 
  the 
  second 
  

   king 
  of 
  the 
  xxth 
  dynasty 
  (about 
  1180 
  B. 
  C). 
  

  

  2. 
  Egyptian 
  mummy 
  in 
  its 
  coffin. 
  Found 
  at 
  Luxor, 
  Egypt, 
  in 
  

   1886. 
  Length, 
  5 
  feet 
  6 
  inches. 
  No 
  hieroglyphics 
  or 
  inscriptions 
  

   exist 
  either 
  on 
  the 
  mummy 
  or 
  coffin. 
  The 
  face 
  and 
  head 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  mask 
  of 
  green 
  cement; 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  delicately 
  proportioned. 
  

   On 
  the 
  chest 
  lie 
  four 
  small 
  tablets 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  playing 
  cards, 
  

   each 
  one 
  having 
  a 
  mummied 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  god 
  Osiris 
  in 
  a 
  standing 
  

   position. 
  Two 
  shield-shaped 
  ornaments 
  lie 
  across 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  

   stomach, 
  respectively. 
  The 
  upper 
  one 
  bears 
  the 
  sacred 
  beetle 
  

   {scarab 
  aeus) 
  with 
  spread 
  wings, 
  beneath 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  tet 
  (emblem 
  

   of 
  Osiris, 
  also 
  designated 
  as 
  nilometer) 
  between 
  two 
  figures, 
  which 
  

   support 
  each 
  the 
  sun 
  disk 
  upon 
  the 
  head. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  is 
  

   represented 
  the 
  hawk 
  head 
  of 
  Re, 
  also 
  supporting 
  the 
  sun 
  disk. 
  Over 
  

  

  10 
  Part 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  relating 
  to 
  Bible 
  lands 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  bulletin 
  en- 
  

   titled 
  " 
  Biblical 
  Antiquities 
  : 
  A 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Exhibit 
  at 
  the 
  Cotton 
  States 
  Interna- 
  

   tional 
  Exposition, 
  Atlanta, 
  1895. 
  By 
  Cyrus 
  Adler 
  and 
  I. 
  M. 
  Casanowicz. 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  1890, 
  pp. 
  943-1023, 
  with 
  46 
  plates." 
  

  

  11 
  If 
  not 
  otherwise 
  stated 
  the 
  sculptures 
  described 
  In 
  this 
  pamphlet 
  are 
  casts. 
  

  

  