Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1883)
Yaggy, Levi W, Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis), b. 1844 · Alexandria, Va., W.P. Grant & co. · leaf 874
manner, and the outercases were little ornament-ed; but some preferred theexternal show of rich casesand sarcophagi. Somemummies have been foundwith the face covered by amask of cloth fitting closelyto it, and overlaid with acoating of composition, sopainted as to resemble thedeceased, and to have… … 842 TOMBS AND CATACOMBS. and legs. No Egyptian is found with the Hmbs bandaged sepa-rately, as those of Greek mummies. On the breast was frequentlyplaced a scarabseus in immediate contact with the flesh. Thesescarabgei, when of stone, had their extended \vings made of leador silver. On the…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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