Show PROF PETRIES discoveries the discovery in egypt by professor petrie an eminent english egyptologist of the remains of a race and add a prior to those known by early blet historians has bai been briefly mentioned to in these columns further detail of the interesting find are now published the antique remains were found in the nile valley between balls balgaa and about thirty miles below thebes where have for years been rewarded rewa rued with a rich harvest they were imbedded embedded im bedded in the he side of a platens plat plate enu fiu about 1400 feet above the river and the site was probably in remote ancient times on the bank of the nile because this river then was huoh larger in volume than at the present time it Is supposed the remains unearthed belong to a period the date of which to is years year before our lord and this would suggest that the race bly perished in the deluge to which the traditions of all ancient nations contain references AccordI according Dg to the accounts account published the discoveries include skulls of the now new race with the hair still remaining a vase with a galley hills bills and ostriches painted on it a carved figure with marks on the body another cirves figure showing the type of art followed by the new race a portion of an ivory comb with a human duman head bead carved another ivory comb a piece of pottery in the form of a bull ball supposed to have held bold charcoal and to have been used as ae a foot warmer a slate palette used to grind malachite with which these people used to paint their eyes and faces a porphyry vase hand made and pots on which are marks supposed to be writing the relies relics indicate a well developed civilization the tb combs are of ivory one e of them has a three branched orna huebl at the top another from which the teeth are missing beats the head of abery a very peculiar looking human figure we the pottery found is very plentiful it is all band made and vely accurately formed there are a great number of small vases of alabaster porphyry breccia and other hard stone those these substances are of course difficult to handle but all the are symmetrically made and the curves are perfect from the condition of some of the boos boats prof petrie draws the be conclusion that the departed rites race indulged in what ha be calls ceremonial cannibalism J he supposes that AtIs at a funeral the guests partook of certain portions of the deceased apparently they cooked the meat on the bone and then restored the latter this was done no do doubt with a solemn purpose seq possibly a religious one the same custom among other races to is based on the idea that the fhe virtues of the deceased w were re imparted to the eater and that his memory to is most effectively preserved lu thap way egyptology already presents many features of great difficulty to we the stu debt it is not improbable that the relics now DOW found will lead to further researches and in discoveries that may throw desired light on a w drood ot of mins history hitherto aloud ed in almost entire darkness |