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FIRST EGYPTIAN ROOM. 
of knowledge, and the reputed inventor of writing; the goddess 
Sothis, or the Dog Star ; Osiris, the judge of the dead, his wife Isis, 
and their son Horus, three divinities who were worshipped throughout 
Egypt, Case 7. Auubis, the god of Embalming, and Bes, orTyphon, 
the impersonation of the principle of Evil. 
Cases 8-11. Kepresentations 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 Sekhet or Bast, 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 croco- 
diles of Sebak, and the cobra di capello snake, or urseus. 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 
bronze, ivory, or wood, principally found in tombs. The most remark- 
able are some finely carved figures of females, 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 woman 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 1. 
A leather dress, 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 Unas 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, and porcelain vases : 
some fragments with the names of kings. Shelf 4, Earthenware of 
various kinds. Cases 2G-29. Earthenware vases, some of them with 
polychrome painting. Cases 30-32. Vases in red terracotta; one of 
them in the form of a woman playing on a guitar. 
Cases 33-35. On the two upper shelves, bronze vases of various 
