were condemned, and their bodies,
souls, spirits, doubles, and names destroyed, and the righteous were
rewarded for their upright lives and integrity upon earth by the gift of
everlasting life and happiness. The most complete copy of this
interesting work in England is cut on the alabaster sarcophagus of Seti
I, about 1350 B.C. This unique sepulchral monument is exhibited gratis
in Sir John Soane's Museum at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, and every student
of the religion of the Egyptians should examine it.

IV. The RITUAL OF EMBALMMENT.--Two important fragments of a copy of this
work are preserved in the Museum of the Louvre (No. 5158), and a part of
another in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (No. 3); the former copy was
written for a priest of Amen called Heru, and the latter for a priest
called Hetra. These fragments of the work describe minutely the process
of mummifying certain parts of a human body, and state what materials
were employed by the embalmer. Moreover, it gives the texts of the
magical and religious spells that were ordered to be recited by the
priest who superintended the embalmment, the effect of which was to
"make divine" each member of the body, and to secure for it the
protecting influence of the god or goddess who presided over it. The
following extract refers to the embalming of the head: "Then anoint the
head of the deceased and all his mouth with oil, both the head and the
face, and wrap it in the bandages of Harmakhis in Hebit. The bandage of
the goddess Nekhebet shall be put on the forehead, the bandage of Hathor
in Heliopolis on the face, the bandage of Thoth on the ears, and the
bandage of Nebt-hetepet on the back of the neck. All the coverings of
the head and all the strips of linen used in fastening them shall be
taken from sheets of linen that have been examined as to quality and
texture in the presence of the inspector of the mysteries. On the head
of the deceased shall be the bandage of Sekhmet, beloved of Ptah, in two
pieces. On the two ears two bandages called the "Complete." On the
nostrils two bandages called "Nehai" and "Smen." On the cheeks two
bandages called "He shall live." On the forehead four pieces of linen
called the "shining ones." On the skull two pieces called "The two Eyes
of Ra in their fullness." On the two sides of the face and ears
twenty-two pieces. As to the mouth two inside, and two out. On the chin
two pieces. On the back of the neck four large pieces. Then tie the
whole