Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Consulting Egyptologist:
D r. M ax G uilm ot
(C ollection arranged under Technical
D irection of D r. G eorg Steindorff
and D r. Etienne D rioton)
Copyright, 1953
TAXES
By ie Supremo. Granel Lodge of AMORC, Inc. I n the fertile valley of the Nile, over 6000
All Righta Rescrved years ago, the Egyptians worked in their
flelds watering flax and grain. As pay for the
water, they carried a share of their grain and
flax each season to the local ruler who con-
trolled the irrigation facilities of the villages.
If they became delinquent in sharing crops,
the ruler called on them to demand his pay;
otherwise, the flow of water would stop.
This was the earliest form of taxation. A
record was kept by scratching a picture of a
grain basket on the wall of each peasants
home. The number of marks indicated the
basketfuls paid. Later during the Pyramid
Age, the Pharaoh appointed officials in every
locality of Egypt to collect taxes in the form
of producegrain, lvestock, wines, honey,
L I T H O G H A P H E D BY T H E R O S I C R U C I A N P R E S S . L T D .
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THE ROSICRUCIANS
the Egyptians then introduced embalming.
Herodotus, ancient Greek historian, men-
tions tliree ways in which the Egyptians prac- Invite You
tised embalming. In the first, the brain was
extracted through the nose; the intestines were to share their useful knowledge, which
removed and placed in Canopic jars which makes life more enjoyable and free of
were then put into the tomb with the sar- much of the doubt and confusion that
cophagus. The abdomen was cleansed with wine
and sprinkled with powdered perfumes, then beset the average man of today.
filled with myrrh and cassia, and then sewed Standing as we do upon the shoulders
up. The body was next immersed up to the
head in a bath of salt or natrn for seventy of the great civilizations which have pre
days, after which it was dried out and treated ceded ours, it behooves us to know more
with spices and resin and then wrapped in about this foundation upon which we rest.
linen bandages, gummed on the inside, until
every part of it was covered. Write today for the free booklet, The
In the second method, a material, called
oil of cedar, was introduced, which dissolved Mster y of Life, which explains who and
the intestines, so that they could be removed what the Rosicrucians are and moreover
without mutilation of the body. Then the how they can help you with your own life.
body was laid in natrn until the greater part
of the esh dissolved, leaving only the skin
and bones. In the third way, the body was Address Scribe V. N. L.
merely salted for seventy days, and then given
back to the relatives.
After the body was mummified in one of The Rosicrucians (AMORC)
the above manners, it was placed in a cedar San Jos, flalifornia 9 5 1 1 4 , U. S. A.
coffin or case shaped in human form.
SPLENDOR
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(fj/od a n d tm .
Full-sized reproduction of
the fourth and inner sar-
cophagus (mummy case) of
the famous King Tutankha-
men. This is the only re-
produetion in the world of
the costly original, which is
to be seen in the Cairo Mu-
seum. The original, made
of solid gold and inlaid with
rare gems, has an intrinsic
valu estimated in exeess of
$250,000.00. It is a master-
piece of the ancient gold-
smiths art, not to be ex-
celled bv the craftsmen of
today. This sarcophagus was
encased in three others, each
in turn larger, the largest
looking somewhat Iike a
residence garage.
ROSICRUCIAN EGYPTIAN
MI'SEUM EXUIBIT
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