Egyptian Archaeological Discoveries.

EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES .

A GREAT find has been made in E gypt , ancl mighty is the bustle of the savans , intense the fervour of Egyptologists ! A secret mausoleum has been accidentally discovered rich in mummies , inscriptions , papyri , ornaments , jewellery , ancl treasures of various kinds , all food for the enquiring and sagacious minds of students , professors , sages , and sciolists .

What the result of such a " find " will be as to increasing our share of knowledge in " Rebus iEgyptiacis , " who can venture to predicate ? It may be much or little , trifling or startling . But as it is at present impossible to " discount " what the reality may turn out to be , we prefer to "leave to the future the things of the future , " simply premising that we give the best and most authentic account we can of the discovery , ( taken from the Times ) , ancl which we think deserves to be perused in the correct pages of " Maga , " as a very stiking fact in the annals of Egyptology ancl Egyptian discoveries .

BESIDES being memorable for the appearance of the comets , the year 1881 must ever hold a high place in the annals of Egyptological discovery . Monsieur Maspero , the recently appointed director of the Boulak Museum , is at the present moment in Paris , actively engaged in preparing for publication the texts of the pyramids of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties , which were opened last spring at Sakkara . The forthcoming number of his " Recetiil" will contain

the entire text of the pyramid of King Ounas , the last king of the Fifth Dynasty . But the saying that " it never rains but it pours " may be now fairly applied to archaaological discovery . Long before the savants have had time to peruse , ponder over , or profit by the wonders unearthed at Sakkara , they are now suddenly overwhelmed with a fresh suppl y of material in the form of the largest papyri yet knownand bthe apparition of the mummies

, y , with all their mortuary appendages and inscriptions , of no less than thirty royal personages . This discovery , which has just been made , calls for special interest in England , for among the thirty royal mummies are to be found those of King Thutmes III . and of King Ramses II . ; it was the former who ordered the construction of the obelisk which now stands upon the Thames

Embankment , and it was the latter who , 270 years afterwards , caused his own official titles and honours to be inscribed upon its faces , besides those of Thutmes III . These two monarchs now lie side by side in the Boulak Museum , and even the flowers ancl garlands which were placed in their coffins may to-day be seen encircling the masks which cover the faces of the deceased just as they were left b y the mourners over 3000 years ago .

Last June , Daoud Pasha , governor of the province of Keneh , which includes the ancient Theban district , noticed that the Bedaween offered , for sale an unusual quantity of antiquities at absurdly low prices . The Pasha soon discovered that the source of their hidden treasure was situated in a gorge of the mountain range which separates Deir-el-Bahari from the Bab-el-Malook . This is situated about four miles from the Nile to the east of

gorge Thebes . Doaud Pasha at once telegraphed to the Khedive , who forthwith despatched to the spot Herr Emil Brugsch , a younger brother of Dr . Henry Brugsch Pasha , who during Monsieur Maspero ' s absence in Paris is in charge of all archaeological excavations in Egypt . Herr Brugsch discovered in the cliffs of the L ybian mountains , near the Temple of Deir-el-Bahari , or the