Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1925, Page 10

10 PHARACH ABOUT 16, XAAYS INDIGATE First Photos Taken in Tomb Amid Undreamed-of Wealth of Gold and Gems. BY RSTON al ( The Star and North Ame jance. LUNOR my hoy k ably The gaum that “of of pro end day it the vk yest ts, during which es were revealed in write serfous articles for seriou: students in serious rcheological or scientific .journals, and he may write books. But he must not sell any pho- tographs. S This attitude explains my reception at the tomb. I was told that no facts would be given out here and that I Ekad no business to come. advised that I had betjer go back to €airo and ask the Press Bureau for the communique to be i row or Saturd: sued tomor- v or Sunda and his photog y Burton of the Metro- eum, are in no wa for these condition: though, of course, they are u if they wish to continue their marvel- lous work, to make or ind complaints regarding their treatment. The above personal digression ex- plains the impossibility of describing precisely the royal regalia and state robes of the dead Pharaoh at present The wealth of br . jewel-cov. ered clothes and the contents of roy jewel chests sewed into the mummy clothing left the e vators and spec- tator at last blase, these objects were taken out hour after hour in handfuls. Any one ores of these wrticles would, in the past, have been regarded as the gem of any national ra o politan Mu sponsible any | | Then 1 was |* | cophagus since n October which were not men- tioned in the 600 words which have heen given out by the Cairo press bureau since that time, purporting to record the main facts of the principal work done since the discovery was first made. Tutankh-Amen’s embalming, it was found yesterday afternoon, had not been done o as {o permit the mummy being unwrapped in the usualfash- ion. Embalming fluid had so s through the bandages that it c them to adhere to the body, and they ave to be cut away in chunks, an op. - [eration of supreme delicacy if inju to the flesh is to be avoided arguments to the effect would not be denuded rings and that the scien- aims would be attained solely by X-ray examination went by the board hen it was discovered that many els were sewn into the mummy othes. Over the body of the King rested a jeweled enameled gold framework. 1 hear, but cannot confirm, that some metal work in the inner casket was badly rusted, indicating some damage by the embalming fluid or other liquid. Most of the gems found were dis. that the bod of its the work IN-‘:un’quh'(- careful polishing, as will much of the King" brilliance is ap Although the market value of Tut- ankh-Amen’s jewelry would be im- mense, this due to the art of the lapi- egalia, before their full nt darfes and goldsmiths of the brilliant | court educated in the school of Telel- amrna, capital of the heretic Pharaoh Akpnaton the King's father-in-law, rather than to the jewels themselves, for the ancient Egyptians did not use the stones r as precious tod: It is emphasized to me that str hould be placed on the tremendous rtistic value of the contents of the cophagus, rather than on-the ma- terial wealth in gold and jewels, al- though a great quantity of gold is used in the regalia, and the King him- self lay wrapped in sheets of it. Such work has never come down from antiquity before, excepting a few scattered gems of other Pharachs now in the Cairo Museum. Summin; up the impressions of the las . a qualitied observer night that the contents of the ante- chamber, which so excited the world on their discovery, were all second rate compared 1o the ubjects placed around the sacred person of the King himself. ’ Just two | said last | bet'veen the walls of the four golden shrines surrounding the sarcophagus were finer than those chamber, off the quartzite outer coffin and the first of the three inner golden coffins was opened, the finding of Pharaoh’s greatest tr the form of Osirls. OVEMBER 13, 1925. in the ante- so when the lid was lifted | one ures began The first anthropoid coffin was in The Largest Men’s and Boys’ Wear Store in Washington. third, is pronounced the greatest sur- viving example of Egyptian art. 18 the work of master craftsmen, and chiseled on it the features of the King. Further information indicates that my announcement of the discovery of the first royal book of the dead The second coffin, | ever known may prove to the gen- more magnificent than the first and eral public the most interesting find depictins t Amen in the other world. In_ome picture the King is c.en standing in the Hall of Osiris ing to God, while h heart s weighed in the balance. The hundreds of other beautiful pictures, showing all the great gods of the empire. underst poses publishing a facs whole manuscript. (Covyright. 1 in the tomb. It contains material which will occupy specialists for years. It is probably the longest manuscript_serving from such a re mote period. 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