The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-03-01

of this famous city of the Macedonian
Alexander, and can describe it at almost
any decade of it's development with as
much accuracy as we can Paris, London or
New York. While most Of the discoveries
have been made by prominent Egyptolo-
gists in pursuance Of their studies, lew
have been made by accident
The most notable of the latter is Cleo
patra's tomb" SO called. 1t was discov-
evered a year and half ago, when some
workmen were digging q well at Ram leh,
now a pretty suburb of Alexandria, but at
the beginning of the Christian era, when
the CITY was more than ten times its pres
sent size, fashionable quarter for both
the Greek and Roman residents. The
tomb iay thirty feet below the surface, and
WAS buried not by soil, but by the remains
of streets. houses and heaps of debris with
which the centuries had covered the neigh
borhood. The room disclosed was a cham
Der about Is feet long, y wide and u high
The walls, floor and arched ceiling were
built of the rough stone and concrete with
! which the Egyptian has toiled for at least
| : 900 wears. and from which he has not de-
Darted even today. There was none OF
| that magnificent workmanship which is
foupd in the Temple of Silence alongside
| the Sphinx and in Sakkara, Thebes and
| Memphis.
} The tomb was Greek rather than Egyptic
! in character. Within was a superbly carved
sarcophagus containing the skeleton OF a
| woman, and lot of coins, terra Gotta YES
1 sells. lamps Jewel cases and such other
| curious articles As fashion in those days de-
| creed should be buried with q person OF
| distinction. The ssrcophagus is limestone,
: about y feet thick, 6 feet wide and 6 feet
/ high. Il represents huge casket with an
arcbed lid. and is embellished with bass-re-
| Eefs and geometricai patterns OF high or
! der Of workmanship. The skeleton was
that of well built and graceful woman
+ fully matured A low, broad forehead, a
tvnical Greek nose mouth aud contour OF
face. small hands and feet, and beautiful
taper fingers and toes, well arched ebert,
and broad hips indicate that she must IN
life have been remarkably handsome
There is no indication that she was OF
roval blood. much less that she was the
immortal CLEOPATRA The only evidence is
a legend that the famous queen of the Nile
was buried in that neigh borhocd, and that
the hass-reliefs on the sarcophagus are
female heads in whose temples the deadly
asp is sinking his fangs. The body was IN
ali probability that OF some wealthy and
beautiful Greek woman OF the time Of the
early Ptolemies, and the sarcophAgus. j.
not made for her expressly. belonged &c
some opulent Hellenic noble or merchant
r7riuce The coins and other curios ware
nothing extraordinary and threw no fur
Their light upon the identity OF either corps
or tomb.
Nevertheless, the finder OF this interest
ing relic. with brilliant foresight. named
il Cleopstrais tomb. and Cleopas-a's tomb
!. hss remained ever since. It is visited By
every European who goes TO Alexandria
and what with the admission fee lift,
cents on the one side and the profits Of /
j cafe and salon just started nexs door, il IA:
been q small bonanza This week, how
ever, saw the beginning Of the end. wheE
the owner signed an agreement 70 sell tons
and all for tio.op 70 an American syndi