. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . 1 Ethiopian stone either is black flint,or an Ethiopian agate, the use of whichAvas theTemuSftOTof a very primitivecustom. Flints were often employedin Egypt for tipping arrows, in lieu ofmetal heads. Stone knives have been found in Egypt, which many peoplehad, a
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . 1 Ethiopian stone either is black flint,or an Ethiopian agate, the use of whichAvas theTemuSftOTof a very primitivecustom. Flints were often employedin Egypt for tipping arrows, in lieu ofmetal heads. Stone knives have been found in Egypt, which many peoplehad, the Britons and others, andeven the Romans. (Liv. i. 24.) TheEthiopians (Her. vii. 69) had reed ariOwstipped with agate, or pebbles, onwhich seals were cut, and which, known. Chap. 86. USE OF NATRUM. 121 they then cleanse, washing it thoroughly with palm wiue,^ andagain frequently with an infusion of pounded aromatics. After thisthey fill the cavity with the piu-est bruised myrrh, with cassia,and every other sort of spicery^ except frankincense, and sewup the opening. Then the body is placed in natrum * for seventydays,* and covered entirely over. After the expiration of thatspace of time, which must not be exceeded, the body is washed,and wrapped round, from head to foot, with bandages of fine linencloth,•^ smeared over with gum, Avhich is used generally by the to us as Egyptian pebbles, are ingreat abundance in Dongola and otherdistricts. (See my n. on B. vii. eh. 89.)The knife used in Egypt for sacrificingwas generally of tempered iron, exactlylike that of the Romans (so often repre-sented on their altars), one of which,in my possession, is 11 .j inches long, by2 in the broadest part. (Fig• *•)—[G. W.] ^ The wine and pith {jumar, or hdb, heart,
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