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Show Castor Oil for Mummies. M. Horthelot, secretary of tho Louvro museum, believes that ho hns discovered tho secrot of tho ngent used In embalming In ancient Egypt. Aftor a laborious oxnmluatlon of tho sarcophagi of tho fifth and slxta dynasties, which dato back as far as 3500 n. C , M. Horthelot has como to tho doelBlon that tho oil employed was simply castor oil, such as Is still usod In Egypt, which has undcrgono Bomo oxidation, but retnlnod during tho long porlod its preservative qualities. quali-ties. London Tclegrnph. |