Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 5

D[] District National Bank 1406 G Street F * THE -~ EV. NING STAR, WASHINGTO: “Naos” in Tutankhamen’s Tomb Rare Golden Shrine / Declared One of Finest Monuments Ever Discovered—Work of Packing Antiq- - uities Proves Exacting Task. (London Times world copyright. Ry arrange- ment with the Earl of Caroarvon.) By Wircless to The Star. LUXOR, Egypt, February 9.—About & week ago, the removal from the tomb® of Pharaoh Tutankhamen of a “naos,” a shrine resembling a small cabinet, was recorded. This shrine, which was the 109th object removed from the tomb, has now been more closely examined and proves to be oney of the finest monuments ever discov- ered ade of wood covered with a thick sheet of gold and has folding doors and woodeh “S" bolts shot in gold staples. The panels of the doors, | the sides and ends of this “naos” are | beautifully embossed scenes, deplcting | «he domcstic life of the King anu queen, and showing him hunting er practicing archery, assisted by his consort. i Exquisite Workmanshlp. The curved roof of the shrine has upon it a device comprising “Buto,” the protective goddess of Lower Bypt, and vultures, while the raile stfil bear the protocol of Tutankha- men. In the interior of the shrine 18 a pbdestal on which originally was u statue or emblem of the king. but now missing. At the present moment lying beside ntity of jeweiry thrown ecropolis officials, who d it up from ihe floor 3 amber, where it had been cast by the plunderers of the tomb.! The whole of this most exquisite con- | atands upon a miniature | sled, and the more onc ex- 1t the more one is Impressed Gol and design of the workmansain. ! Ready fur Transportation. I Yesterday's dispaten referred to the fact that the painted casket contain- ing the kin now packed nsportation to Cairo. 1 \siderable progress has | e in preparing other ob- | port. Thus the contents | et. which have undergone roatmant, ere now pack- and «otton wool in a4 numn 1 rewdy for inclu- e packing case. As soon latter has been made they will ed away, but meanwhile in no will these small boxes d. nor will thelr contents hed again until they rcach Cairo. Tho long wooden box hinged Lid painted white veneer and the cbony openwork atand bearing the protocol of the Ling inlaid with ivory. has also been emptled and prepared for packing. Tts contents, llkewise, are now ready T the final case. The shawls and rments of the kin woven tapestry fabric. v in a fairly good stats of preservation, havo been spread out plece by pie one on top of the other. with linen arating each, and placed between so as to insure thelr remain- with the ith ebony Banquets Delieate Problem. The ceremonial staves, some of are of unique and superb anship, one in particular h handle representing African and prisoners bound together in work of ebony and | ave been in cotton or transfer toj their specia * are the arrov the bronza heads of which had haen broken off by the metal robbers, ' which have bean speclally treated. Severai of the €tools, which have been treated chemically, and the white painted bed are algo ready to be cased A dell, Louquets w olal treatment, stlver, te ch had to undergo spe- but are now read for final packing. though owing to their fragility the exact mode of! packing has not yet been decided! on. | The two ¢ | problem has been the! ' monial couches, the | Hathor one with the gilded cows’ ads and the long horns and the ! ‘Typhon one with the head that is a | mixture of lion, dog and hippopotamus { have also been dealt with. The bed rtions are each in their cases. while | {he onimal sides are bandaged with | thick cotton wool pads where they ! are likely to touch the sides of the cases. Throne Finest Treasure. <o mentioned in yester- ! day’'s dispatch, work has now been i started on the painted red box. In i addition the throne, which is by far| the finest of all the treasure, Is alto | being dealt with. It will’ require] t careful handling, not so much because of its fragile state, but be- cause of the delicate nature of the work. Such an article, even if made in a modern workshop, would necessi- reful packing. How much | t the greatest precau- handling an ob- | ject of such antiquity as 3.300 vears. The treatment and packing of these ' s {8 but part, though a very important part, of the work that hay 0 bo done in the laboratory. One of he first processes which an article has to undergo on entering the labo- ratory Is its preliminary recording. s was al abjes ing the object from several angles, Lut also taking down a minute de. seription with notes of its position and dimensions. Not untll all this information is recorded is the object touchied for the purpose of treatment | or_preparation for packing. | Generally speaking, the objects are | dealt with in the order in which | come into the laboratory, but! w and again special attention hasl be given immodiately it enters to ome article, owing to its fragile con- P ! ! This consists not only of photograph- | 1 The “Friendly” Bank | opened for a short time for a visit b. altion, or to something which is want- ed out of the way, such as a stool, for instance, is taken in hand imme- diately it comes in. Exacting Task. To the ordinary individual work of this description may not appear dif- ficult or onerous, but in fact the task undortaken by M- Carter, Mr. Lucas and Mr. Macs exceedingly exacting. Each ob has to be carefully studied in ard both to its capacity for standing transport and the best mode of treating and packing. An important contributory factor s the knowledge that they are working constantly against time, since all the objects must be ready for conveyance to Cairo before the really hot weather sets in about the middle of April. The making of the cases alone is also a big job, for the most careful measurements have’ naturally to be made of each object or collection of objects. This work, as also that of . | making the trays on which the ob- jects are transported from the tomb to the laboratory, is being carried ut under the superintendence of Mr. Callender, who 18 Carter’s right- hand man in all matters requiring mechanical knowledge. An {déh of | the extent of the carpentry work entalled can be obtained from the fact that no less than 10,000 feet of wood has been used on more than one occaslon. As the objects have been brought| out spectators have remarked that from the manner in which they were bandaged and transported with al- most tender cars on the stretcher- like trays, they reminded one of cas- zalties being brought out of -the irenches or casualty clearing sta- tions. As a matter of fact, great quentities of surgical bandages, cot- ton, wool snd sursical safety pins are actually being used. Today waus overrast and in any other country one might have safely predicted raln, There was a very high wind laden with sand, and for the first time the ride up the Valley of the KIngs this morning was really unpleasant. There were again no re-; movals from the tomb, but it was; about a dozen Buropean and Egyp tian notables. who held special per- mite issued by the Egyptlan govern men | Work Interfered With. | Today afforded a striking fllustra- | tion of the manner in which lh!l working program is incessantly in- | terfefed with. While Mr. Lucas, Mr. | Mace and Mr. Burton were getting on with the work of recording, pres- | ervation and packing, and Mr. Callen- | der wi the manufacture Mr. Carter had arranged to spend th entire morning at_his house, but h soon received a visit from the gov srnor of the province, followed by | intimation of the arrival of the! THE MANS OF WASHINGTON BOTH STORES WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL TUESDAY 8 AM. IN PREPARATION FOR visitors, which necessitated his jour- ney up to the tomb, thus completely ]t,lmd‘n he work for the comple- on of latest arrivals include Hon. Mervyn Herbert and Lord and Lady Granby. It should be placed on record that wornderful photographs of the con- tents of the tomb wers taken by Harry Burton of Metropolitan Museum of Art New, York. Lo Carnarvon's expedition Is greatly in- debted to the expedition from the Metropolitan Museum for its gen- erosity in lending the services of its expert for varifous important phases of the work at the tomb of Tutankhame There is going to be bltter com- “plaint when the tourists who have Thebes lately arrive in for a collection of energetic been been at America, correspondents at Luxor have telling these Americans t while the Metropolitan Museum's staff has been loaned to Carnarvon In the in- terests of archaeology. Carnarvon is capitalizing the brains of these ex- perts in London, where he has sold information and’ pictures relating to the tomb to be distributed thence to buyers throughout the world. These Americans have been refused admittance to the tomb, and allege that they have been treated with scant courtesy, For the last few days there has been tension between the staff of the sugar factory adjoining Luxor and the ma; agement of this factory. The dispute culminated this morning in a heated argument, when one European, at- tached to the factory’s management, shot a native dead. This produced a dangerous situation, which was ulti- mately allayed. Most of the dragomen in the Luxor ‘district went on strike today, alleging that excavation parties are pressi: them to reveal evidence Indicating who was implicated In the murder of a Canadian here last week. —_— HINTON FETED IN RIO. Flyer May Extend Trip From New York to Buenos Aires. RIO JANEIRO, February 10.—Licut. Walter Hinton and the other mem- bers of the crew of the hydro-air- plane Sampaio-Correfa, who complet- ed air voyage from the United States, were tendered a_breakfast by the Aero Club. Speeches were exchanged omphasizing the friendship existing between the United States and Bra- zil. The possibility of continuing the fiight on to Buenos Alres is being considered. Hinton says the inuchine is in good condition and that the members of his crew are willing to make the trip. WANT TO DRIVE AUTOS. ‘Deaf or Partly Deaf” Protest Against Denial of Permit. The Speech Reading Club, an or- ganization composed of deaf or partly deaf persons, has submitted a resolu- tion to the District Commissioners protesting against the police depart. ment refusing to grant motor opers. tors’ permits to persons whose hear: ng_ls impaired. Numerous milar protests have teen lodged with the Commissioners | in the past, but they have refused to Interfere in the question. STORES | AN EVENT U NPARALLELED IN OUR HISTORY IWATCH FOR THE BIG STORY IN MONDAY EVENING’S STAR Money’s Worth or Money Back Join Qur Group of Savers You'll be surprised how rapidly systematic saving will accumulate. The amounts do not have to be large—but consistently added to your account. Better a modest amount with persistent regularity rather than larger amounts spas- modically. A dollar will open the account— and the start is really the big thing. All else you need to suc- ceed is the determination to add other dollars. ‘While on deposit in our Savings Department we pay interest at the ‘ rate of 3%. Semenov, Protege of Tolstoy, Slain as Sorcerer in Russia By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 10.—Sergy P. rd | Semenov, Russian national writer and close friend of the late Count Leo |, Tolstoy, has been murdered by fel- low villagers, who belleved him re- sponsible for their misfortunes, ac- cording to a letter received by Her- man Bernstein, author and journalis: Sémenov’'s neighbors were suspiclous of him for some time, the letter said. ‘Whatever misfortune befell the vil. lagers, whether in flelds or their home life, was ascribed to the “accursed black magic of Semenov.” He got the name of “sorcerer. The letter continues: “One day recently Semenov was on his way to the nelghboring village of Butzevo. He was carrying a manuscript te the local teacher, who would copy It for him. Gregory Malutin, his son Nicholas and his daughter Vera, Semenov’s tellow vil- were hiding in a clump of ch. shouted Malutin to Semenov. ““To the teacher with a manuscript,’ he answered. “-well, this is your last manuscript.’ ots were fired. Semenov fell dead. “At the investigation the Malutins declared calmly: “Yes, we kiiled the sorcerer. Is that a sin? He brought harm to our cattle. He brought iliness to the vil- lage with his evil eye. The drought was due to him, He was to blame for the famine.’ “It was like the voice of middle 2 at the trial of witches. Poor Russli Semenov, although he had attained fame as a writer, never would leave his village, preferring to remain there and to till the soll as well as write. He was recognized years ago by Count Tolstoy, who wrote an intro. duction to some of Semenov’s Works. The book that had gained him his widest popularity was his auto_ bio- graphy ed: “Twenty-five Years in a Village. —_— AUSTRALIA PICKS CABINET Stanley M. Bruce, Premier and Forelgn Minister. MELBOURNE, Australla. February 10.—The new commonwealth cablnet formed by Stanley M. 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