These coverings are now called mummy-cases, and the bodies they inclose, mummies.
These bodies were finally placed, in huge stone coffins, many of which were covered with curious carvings.
Some of these mummies have been found, that are said to be over three thousand years old. However, when the wrappings are removed from them, many of the bodies have been so well preserved, as to exhibit the appearance of the features as in life.
Large numbers of these mummies have been carried to other countries and placed on exhibition in museums.
Among the mummies brought to this country, are some of the best specimens which have yet been discovered.
Directions for Reading.—Let pupils mark the inflection and point out emphatic words in the first two paragraphs of the lesson.
Show positions of the rhetorical pauses in the first paragraph on page 363.[20]
Language Lesson.—Let pupils review, as a written exercise, the spelling of the following words.