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FIRST EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
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Cases 1, 2. Amenra [Jupiter), tlie principal deity of Thebes ; Ra 
{The Sun), the god worshipped at Heliopolis, or On; Phtah {Vulcan)y. 
the divinity of Mempliis ; the Goddess Pasht [Bubastis) ; and Neith 
(Minerva), the Goddess of Sais, A^hence her worship is supposed to- 
have been carried to Athens. Cases 3-5. Thoth (Mercury), the god 
of knowledge, and the reputed inventor of writing; Osiris, the judge 
of the dead, his wife lsis, and their son Horus, three divinities who- 
were worshipped throughout Egypt. Case 7. Anubis, the god of 
Embalming, and Typhou, the impersonation of the principle of Evil. 
Cases 8-11. Piepresentations of animals sacred to the various divini- 
ties, and which were also themselves worshipped, though the reverence 
paid to some of them varied considerably in different parts of the country. 
In Cases 8, 9, are quadrupeds, such as the Bull Apis, the jackal of 
Anubis, the cat of Pasht, the cynocephalus, the lion, the goat, &c. In 
Cases 10, 11, birds, fishes, and reptiles, such as the hawk of Horus^, 
the ibis of Thoth, fishes of various kinds, the crocodiles of Sebak, and 
the cobra di capello snake, or uragus. There are also sacred emblems-,, 
such as those of Life, Stability, &c. 
II. CIVIL SECTION. 
The remains of Egyptian dress, personal ornaments, and 
articles of domestic use, show the high civilization and even 
luxury to which the people had attained. 
In Cases 12, 13, are figures of kings and public functionaries, in 
stone, bronze, ivory, or wood, principally found in tombs. The most 
remarkable are two very ancient stone figures from Abydos, and a fine 
statuette in bronze, inlaid with silver, representing a king. 
Cases 14-19 contain household furniture, consisting of wooden head- 
rests, which served as pillows ; chairs with plaited cord bottoms ; stools,, 
and folding seats ; some of them formed of ebony inlaid with ivory. 
With these is a model of a peasant's house, with granaries, in the court 
of which is seen a w^oman making bread ; the wig of an Egyptian 
lady of rank, and the box for holding it; a three-legged table, and 
other objects of a similar nature. 
Cases 20, 21 . Articles of dress and appliances for the toilet. Shelf E. 
A linen shirt, and a box to hold clothes. Shelf 2. Combs, hair-pins> 
ointment-vases, and apparatus for painting the eyes with Stibium. 
Shelves 3, 4. Bronze mirrors, and a collection of shoes and sandals. 
Cases 22-32. Vases of various kinds. In Cases 22, 23. Vases made- 
of oriental alabaster (arragonite), some of them inscribed with the 
names of very early kings, such as Hunnas of the 5th dynasty, and 
Nephercheres. There is also a vase, on which is engraved an inscrip- 
tion stating its capacity. Cases 24, 25. Shelf 1. Vessels in alabaster 
and serpentine. Shelves 2 and 3. Glazed steatite, porcelain, and glass ; 
some of the latter, which is of brilliant colours, resembles the spe- 
cimens discovered in Greece and Italy. Shelf 4. Earthenware of 
vairous kinds. Cases 2G-29. Earthenware vases^ some of them with 
