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Title: Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist story-teller : a spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905
Subjects: Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriant
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE WAY COLLECTION. The Way Collection of Egyptian Antiquities was formed in Egypt by the \late Mr. Robert Hay, of Linplum, Scotland, between the years 1828 and 1833.It was sold after his death, and was presented to the Museum in June, 1872, byMr. C Granville Way, of Boston.
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EGYPTIAN RUIX. EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN BOSTON. l6l The Way Collection comprises numerous specimens of each division ofEgyptian antiquities, illustrative of the arts, manners, and civilization, and ofthe Pantheon, civil life, and funeral rites of ancient Egypt. Its chief strengthis its mummies and coffins, some of which are well preserved ; and all would bevaluable and important additions to any museum which does not possesssimilar specimens. Besides these, it is remarkable for its number of smallobjects, such as scarabsei, amulets, sepulchral figures, canopic vases, stampedcones, and the usual specimens found in Egyptian collections. It is such acollection as the British Museum would gladly have purchased before it wasprovided with Egyptian antiquities of the smaller kind. Several fine pieces of sculpture have recently been added, — the gift of theHon. John Amory Lowell, Miss Lowell, and the heirs of the late Francis C.Lowell. They were collected in 1835 by the late John Lowell, fou

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