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- "They made us walk over a mile or two, and it seemed to me we were travelling very far to find what he, pointing with his finger, kept saying was 'just here, just here,' and 'very close.' Finally we arrived at a spot where, near to an excavated well that they said had been discovered by him two or three days before, he drew forth a mummy from some sand under which he had it hidden: the entire body of a dead man which, being for the most part well preserved and most curiously adorned and neat, seemed to me very beautiful and elegant. It could be seen to be a large naked man, though he was tightly bound and wrapped in a great quantity of linen cloths ... These cloth bindings and bundles immediately brought to my mind the story of the raising of Lazarus who obviously appeared like this. ... What is of interest is that on the top part of the body, flattened like the lid of a chest from so much binding, was painted the effigy of a youthful man, and from head to foot his garment was adorned with so many bits and pieces of pictures and gold, with so many hieroglyphics and characters and similar fanciful decorations, that, believe me, it was the most graceful thing imaginable." (en)
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