The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10
.,,,eKABLB DISCOVERIES.
+na curious Things Found
son'0 in Egypt.
From, the Baltimore sun

If the Curious Things FOUND
son10 in Egypt.
r,on, the Baltimore sum
IT,. rasnIts of clearance OF the Pyramid
4a.anon,bat III. by Flinders Petrie were
Of - II IN the Sun last spring, and it was
c.. lated that Mr.. .Petrie would next at
W. me brick Pyramid OF Iliahun' Wnich
'1-n me reputation of having never been
enlo!ss Ia a. Inc pyramid in question Ia
ole.e s,a tomb Of a Pharaoh OF the TWEEN 1ti
e.-ostv Mr.. Petris went TO llianuh last
gIytr,,srv with every prospect OF interest
feDi discoveries. Interesting discoveries
lex -,ada but the explorer left lllahun at
WI Of Nav without having Iouno the
s-+ranre 10 tie pyramid. Inc sue Vi Sle
enIa-L;;II cbsnal and the remains of an ada
pEIali'i,- ,-iejded many fragments of the
ecu t.- s',,b Of UserteSen H.. thus proving
cal IL,,iI5inps 10 have been the work OF the
tnese s 9.--I Of Amenemhat Ill, but the
g Tam me interior of the main structure
SEER. o+ bs revealed till next year. The
VIII ~. cbaDsl stands at the edge of the
p!I Sof mile distant from the east face
usse sL :. +1vramid Its boundary walls are
u On W. .rscaeble. and its position IS defined by
sun SIM. 90 area containing deep bed of lime
as4l'' cb;rs Founded by Usertesen II.
SOM Sof0 wars B. c., and RACED to the
aooI .yi NV Ramses II. some ], 800 years later,
80 ia fortune of this ancient site to be
- for christian cemetery during the
~ ,r4 sixth centuries of our era. In ex-
~. tine bed of chips Mr.. Petrie came
49, hTiies clad in garments, which, owing
~ ,ba drvLess of the spot, are admirably
-rsssrvei. Some of these garments were OF
tns material. trimmed and embroidered IN
no1st tasteful manner. Below the chris
Ron graves Mr.. Petrie discovered the foun-
Io'io1 deposits of Usertesen II. in square
hole sunk i'll the bedrock OF the desert.
IT., hole was covered with a square block,
which attracted the explorers attention.
TLsra was A second block, in fact, beneath
+hs drsf When both were removed there
wera found the deposits made by the
builders at the cornerstone 4aying-as we
sb~nId saw. $40 wears ago. Besides some
ria,as If pottery there were four pairs of
sandstone corn rubbers, eight bronze knives
Win pointed blades. eight with ordinary
blades, four small chisels, four large clisels,
fur bar chisals, four axe-heads, three
rieces of copper ore, one piece of zinc or tin
ore and twelve strings of exquisite carmel
ian heads uniform in size and color and of
the richest translucent red. The beads
we're pIqced there, in Mr.. Petrie's opinion,
probably as specimens of the currency
Of the time, and he calls atten-
non TO the fact that beads are
stu well recognized article of barter
throughout Africa, The tools are samples
Of those in use in Usertesen's time. The
ore probably tin ore--will perhaps on
aualysis enable us to identify the country
fir m waIoa the Egyptians got their tin at
that early date Near the chapel are the
remains OF a town If the same period. The
place is symmetrlcally laid out and was
all built at one time, probably for the
architects, artists, officials and workmen
emp0veI in the construction of the pyra-
MD and chapel In the ruins Of the town,
which has been cleared from end to end,
Mr.. Pctrie found the domestic utensils
and furniture of persons who lived,
labored and died over 4,800 years,
ago. He has come upon curious traces of
their manners and customs. Dozens of in
valuable papyri have been found, some of
them rolled up and sealed. In one house
rubbish heap Of papyri was found, co H.
sisung, apparently, of accounts in ruled
columns and lines, and all in an exquisi6ely
neat, clear hand. The quality of some of
this early papyri is marvellous. it Is formed
OF two layers Of crossing fibers, but is as
thin as foreign note paper. Other finds
were flint flakes, basket-work pottery, ivory
castanets, bronze mirrors, knives, chisels
and cups, wooden boxes, combs, boone
rangS, spoons and bowls, spindles and
thread IN abundance the STOCKS of bow
arms, beads. peg-tops and other TOYS, sew
efal diaught boards and a beautiful alabas-
Ter cup Beneath the floors of the cham
bers the remains of MANY new horn
Infants FArA found br,riaJ
NOT Intended for burial purposes-a revela-
tlon not very creditable to the customs of
tae civil servants of tie twelfth dynasty.
with some of these unfortunate babies
were found traces of affection, such as
necklaces OF garnets and green-glazed
peauS with pendants of silver fishes. One
oo& contained the remains Of three infants
SlG necklaces made from cyIin-
GERS Of Usertessn III. The most
interesting, however, of MIR. Petrie's dis.
co'efies IS the pottery with incised pat
IetEs, III Imitation of basket work and
WIN inscriptions neither hieroglyphic nor
ih.te , put early Cyprio5e or Greek. The
etVers on the pottery of ulahun are dis
Ilnctly CyprIote At Tell Gurob. a town
some nVe miles distant, founded during tina
teu'eehSn dynasty, and In decay IL the
ot'n &c VI Menepthah, the supposed Pharaoh
OAouue, MV. retire later found not
MY partly OF the Cypriote and partly of the
Mycen@an types, with Cypriote and PHoani.
cian inscriptions. These facts will some
VIVA ~aat astonish Greek scholars, as thew indi-
cate cate the presence in Egypt as far Back U as
$50 go 3. T. OF H5ean Greeks, who bronpb1
WIN them the rudiments of the Cvnri1st a.
anu perhaps also of the Paoanjcian elnSa'
5 pets' 1t has been believed that Hn5ner
tiyl!g ABOUT 1000 years B. c.. was unsc'
IQaihted with the art of writing. and tbat
us us IAad" existed for hundreds of wears in
s sa EN- memories only of rhapsodisis. VINO
c c"r,ea hyins by wandering through the
I vUuiiiLIe3 That constituted the old Grealy
n moTid and recting his verses 10 noanI9~
o oor4ea This may be said to be tha ac
o ookeT oeilef, the earliest date assigoad Nv
adao al Tor The Introduction of a knowi-
ba st Of o. letters in Greece not going fnrther
So ogA Gnah 800 B. c. Dir. Petrie's discov az
a}DbaEe[' shows that the beginning. OF TIE
. bp 9a were already in existenes 49, cno
sf %oD years B. c., and that the Tisd miDh l0
in ~ HI al, nave cen committed to wrifino