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ROOM VIII. 
Antiquities. 
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No. 4. A collection of vases, usually known 
by the name of Canopuses. The lids are se¬ 
verally ornamented, either with a head of Isis, 
Osiris, a hawk, a wolf, or a baboon. 
No. 5. A collection of Egyptian idol§, in 
bronze ; among them are two sistrums. 
No. 6. A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
wood; Egyptian idols of Roman work, appa¬ 
rently of the time of Hadrian idols and amu¬ 
lets of the Basilidians, who spread their myste¬ 
rious doctrines, and practised their magical arts, 
in Egypt, from the time of Hadrian to the fifth 
century;—Egyptian scarabsei, or beetles found 
in mummies;—small idols in basalt. 
No. 7 . A collection of Egyptian idols, in 
porcelain. 
No. 8. Various fragments of statues in ba¬ 
salt, marble, and alabaster. Among them are a 
few perfect figures, namely, two of Harpocrates, 
one of a baboon, and another of an Apis. At 
the bottom of this case is a bas-relief, and some 
large idols in wood. 
Opposite the entrance to this Room, and 
against the wall, is a frame containing the bones 
of an embalmed Ibis, which w r as presented by 
the Right Hon . Sir Joseph Banks . Underneath 
is a manuscript taken from a mummy; it is 
written on papyrus, in the Egyptian language^ 
and 
