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_Mummy Chests._--Harris, in his _Natural History of the Bible_, says:
"The imperishable chests which contain the Egyptian mummies were of
_cypress_."
Shaw, in his _Travels_, p. 376., says:
"The mummy chests, and whatever figures and instruments are found in
the catacombs, are all of them of _sycamore_."
Which is right, and how can we account for the contradiction?