Mentone, Cairo and Corfu . hat Vol-taire closely resembled a mummy while living. Howwould it seem, the thought that beings who are tocome into existence 5000 should be able, in theland which we now call the United States of America(what will it be called then ?), to gaze upon the featuresof some of our Presidents—for instance, George Wash-ington and Abraham Lincoln? I am afraid that the 172 fancy is not as striking as it should be, for New Worldambition grasps without difficulty all futures, even ,000; it is only when our eyes are turned towardsthe past, where we have no importance
Mentone, Cairo and Corfu . hat Vol-taire closely resembled a mummy while living. Howwould it seem, the thought that beings who are tocome into existence 5000 should be able, in theland which we now call the United States of America(what will it be called then ?), to gaze upon the featuresof some of our Presidents—for instance, George Wash-ington and Abraham Lincoln? I am afraid that the 172 fancy is not as striking as it should be, for New Worldambition grasps without difficulty all futures, even ,000; it is only when our eyes are turned towardsthe past, where we have no importance and representnothing, that an enumeration of centuries overpowersus—a little. But in any case, after visiting Egypt, weall learn to hate the art of the embalmer; those whohave been up the Nile, and beheld the poor relics ofmortality offered for sale on the shores, become, as itwere by force, advocates of cremation. The Gizeh Museum is vast; days are required to seeall its treasures. Among the best of these are two col-. STATUE OF PRINCE RAHOTEPs WIFE Gizeh Museum.—Discovered in 1870 in a tomb near Meydoom.—According tothe chronological table of Mariette, it is 5800 years old.—From a photographby Sebah, Cairo. ored statues, the size of life, representing Prince Ra-hotep and his wife ; these were discovered in 1870 in atomb near Meydoom. Their rock-crystal eyes are so 173 bright that the Arabs employed in the excavationfled in terror when they came upon the long-hiddenchamber. They said that two afreets were sitting there,ready to spring out and devour all intruders. Railedin from his admirers is the intelligent, well-fed, highlypopular wooden man, whose life-like expression raises asmile upon the faces of all who approach him. This fig-ure is not in the least like the Egyptian statues of con-ventional type, with unnaturally placed eyes. As regardsthe head, it might be the likeness of a Berlin merchantof to-day, or it might be a successful American bankpresident after a
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