Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1926, Page 106

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—FEBRUARY 28, 1926. The Golden Casket of Tut-Ankh-Amen Examining the mummy of Tut-ankh- Amen. Howard Carter stands at left, with en- larging glass in hand. Others in the group are H. E. Saleh Enan Pasha, Prof. Derry, Dr. Saleh Bey Hamdi, A. Lucas, H. E. Said %) > Bey Fuad el Kholi, AT T Governor of Kena i province; TeWfi!‘ Ejf' A close-up view of the third, or innermost, coffin of solid gold. fendi Boulos, chief in- which contained the mummy of Tut-ankh-Amen. This ranks among spector of antiquities, The death mask of Tut-ankh-Amen, which covered the head and shoulders the world’s finest works of art. It measures six feet in length, is and M. Lacau, director | of the king’s mummy. It is of beaten gold, inlaid with lapis lazuli, feldspar, magnificently engraved both inside and out and is embellished with of antiquities depart- cornelian, calcite, obsidian and polychrcme glass—a superb example of auxiliary cloisonne work of gold and semi-precious stones. Over the EEETL e onO e B Egyptian art and craftsmanship. Compared with the mummy, it is a life- arms and abdomen are the winged protective vulture and serpent like portrait. Wide World Photo. goddesses Nekhbet and Buto. Wide World Photo foEE e Full-length view of the innermost coffin of solid gold. Engraved over the legs are Isis and Nephthys. The coffin is now exhibited in the Cairo Howard Carter removing the consecration oil from the mummy Museum, attracting thousands of peo- of Tut-ankh-Amen. The oils were poured over the third or inner- ple from all parts of the world. most, coffin, and it had consolidated by age into a hard, pitch-like Wide World Photo material. Wide World Photo Howard Carter removing the dust of the ages from the Tut-ankh- Amen mummy. This work was being done on the second coffin. Wide World Photo 5 5 . The second coffin of Tut-ankh-Amen. This was of carved Lid of the second coffin removed and exposing the third, Rolling back the shroud covering the second coffin ‘f‘" rais- wood, covered with sheet gold incrusted with polychrome or innermost, coffin. The latter is of solid gold, and the ing the lid of the first coffin. Wide World Photo glass, the whole forming a design of great beauty. photograph shows it covered with wreaths and shrouds. Wide World Photo. Wide World Photo