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dyuasfcy. He expelled the Hyksos from their last strongholds 

 in the Delta. His name and titles are written in ink on the 

 linen folds of the mummy. The coffin of his queen was also 

 found, and her embalmed body is enveloped in crimson cloth, 

 bound with folds of fine linen. 



Another is Amenhotop, the founder of Karnac. On his 

 face is a wooden mask painted, and probably a portrait of the 

 monarch. The coffin of Thothmes I. was found ; but his body 

 had been removed, and in its place was the mummy of 

 Pinotem, a contemporary of Solomon. We have also the 

 coffin of Thothmes II. The folds of linen which encircle his 

 mummy have written upon them long extracts from " The 

 Book of the Dead '' and " Litanies of the Sun." 



But the most interesting of the mummies discovered is 

 that of Eameses the Great, the Sesostris of the Greeks, and 

 the Pharaoh at whose court Moses was educated. It is 

 perfect, with the name of the monarch written in hieratic 

 characters on the breast. 



In addition to some forty coffins and mummies the cave 

 contained about 6,000 other objects, — ornaments of gold and 

 silver, gems, vases of bronze and terra cotta, goblets, 

 statuettes, toilette requisites, and wearing-apparel for ladies, 

 papyrus rolls, and a unique example of a funeral tent or 

 pall used at the burial of Queen Isis. Of the latter there 

 is a full description, with coloured plates^ in Mr. Villiers 

 Stuart's most interesting work. 



All these relics give reality to the primeval history of 

 Egypt. They show, too, the vast importance of the anti- 

 quarian treasures so wonderfully preserved in its tombs, and 

 they serve to fill us with a greater desire to know more of that 

 wonderful country. 



The Earl of Belmore. — Having been called upon by Sir Henry 

 Barkly, I have much j)leasure in moving the following resolution : — " That 

 our best thanks be presented to President Porter for the Annual Address 

 now delivered, and to those who have read papers during the session." I 

 came here to-night simply as a casual visitor, for I am not a member of the 

 Victoria Institute ; but I confess that when I received the invitation to be 

 present on this occasion, I was attracted partly by the fact that my friend, 

 if he will allow me to call him so, and my former colleague on the Irish 

 Education Board, Dr. Porter, was to deliver the Annual Address, and partly 

 also by the nature of the subject with which he proposed to deal, namely, Egypt. 

 Egyptian antiquities have always had a peculiar fascination for me, and this 

 fascination has not been diminished by my having on several occasions been 

 called upon to visit that country. On one occasion, a great many years agoj 



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