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EIGHTH ROOM. 
EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
room viii. No. 1. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
antiquities. sent to England by Edward Wortley Montagu, 
Esq. and presented to the Museum by His Ma¬ 
jesty. In the left hand corner of this case is a 
conical vessel of baked clay, containing an em¬ 
balmed Ibis. 
No. 2. Two Egyptian mummies. That on 
the left hand, which has been elaborately and 
beautifully ornamented with coloured glass-beads, 
some of which still remain, was taken out of 
the coffin above-mentioned. That on the right 
hand, the face of which is gilt, and the other 
parts of the body ornamented with paintings, 
was taken out of the coffin which will be des¬ 
cribed in the next number. In the lower part of 
this case is a small Egyptian coffin of a square 
form; it contains the mummy of a child- 
The lid and sides of this coffin are covered with 
paintings. 
No. 3. The coffin of an Egyptian mummy, 
found in one of the catacombs at Sakkara, about 
four leagues from Cairo, and sent to England, 
in the year 1722 , by Col . William Lethjeullier, 
who bequeathed it to the Museum. 
No. 4. 
