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extracted, and the viscera removed through an opening cut in 
the left side with a stone, the body was, in earlier times, pre- 
pared with salt and wax, in later times, steeped or boiled in 
bitumen ; then wrapped round with bands of linen, some- 
times 700 yards in length ; various amulets being placed 
in different parts, and the whole covered with a linen shroud 
and sometimes decorated with a network of porcelain bugles. 
It was then enclosed in a thin case formed of canvas, thickened 
with a coating of stucco, on which were painted figures of 
divinities and emblems of various kinds, as well as the name 
and titles of the deceased, and portions of the Ritual of the 
Dead. The whole was then enclosed in a wooden coffin, and 
sometimes deposited in a stone sarcophagus. 
Cases 46-51. Various mummies and coffins; the most remarkable 
being part of the mummy-shaped coffin of King Menkara, the 
Mycerinus of the Greeks, builder of the Third Pyramid. This is not 
only the oldest coffin in the collection, but one of the earliest inscribed 
monuments of Egypt. Near it is part of a body, supposed to be that 
of the king, found in the same pyramid. A small Graeco-Egyptian 
mummy of a child from Thebes ; on the external wrapper is painted a 
representation of the deceased. 
The principal mummies and their coffins are placed in two rows 
in the central part of the room. The most important are the fol- 
lowing : — 
Case 66. Mummy and coffin of Bakrans (Bocchoris), a female: 
about B.C. 720. 
Case 67. Mummy and coffin of Katbti, a priestess of Amen-ra. 
Case 68. Coffin of Har, incense-bearer of the temple of Num-ra. 
Case 69. Very fine mummy of Harnetatf, high priest of Amoun ; 
on the soles of the sandals are represented Asiatic captives. The outer 
case is in the corner of the room, in Case 27. 
Case 70. Mummy of Haremhbai, richly painted, and the coffin of 
Enantef, a king anterior to the 12th dynasty. 
Case 72. Coffin of Tenamen, an incense-bearer at Thebes. The 
face is of dark wood, inlaid with glass. 
Case 74. Mummy of a Grasco-Egyptian youth, whose portrait is 
placed on the head, painted on cedar. 
Case 75. Mummy and coffin of a Graeco-Egyptian girl, named 
Tphous, daughter of Heraclius Soter ; on the coffin is a Greek inscrip- 
tion, recording her death in the 11th year of Hadrian, a.d. 127. 
Case 103. Sarcophagus of Mentuhetp, a functionary of about the 
1 1th dynasty. 
Case 104. Sarcophagus of Amam, an officer under one of the older 
dynasties. 
" Cases (A) 77, (B) 90, and (C) 1 05, in the centre of the room. Two 
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