The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-28
JEWELS OF EGYPTIAN ROYALTY.
Remarkable Discovery Made in the
Pyramid at Dashour, Egypt.
From the Baltimore Sun.


The remarkable discovery of jewels in
the pyramid at Dashour by Prof Nor
gan has excited attention both at Cairo,
where the great find" has been de-
posted and in Europe. We know the
apparel worn by the ancient kings and
princes Of Egypt and we have full records
of the daily life of the people. A multi
tude Of mummies OF kings, princes and
high officials has been brought to life
from the tombs hidden in the hills, but in
the greater pyramids the tombs Of the
kings were despOiled Of their contents
and the ornaments they wore disappeared
with their bodies In all the infinite re-
searches made by modern explorers com
paraGvely few jewels were found, and of
these he greater la IT ze.s,e Il rs =
The discovery made by Prof. Morgan in
the sOuthernmOst pyramid of the Nile
series Of those structures has given US an
accurate knowledge of the Jewels worn
by royal personages in Egypt 5000 years
ago.
A Cairo correspondent gives an account
of the crowds that 20 to the museum at
Ghi1eh 10 gaze on the wonderful collection
Of Jewels found by Prof. Morgan and
deposited in the two glass cases, where
they are exposed. They far surpass in
beauty ali those that had been with
said to be Of a dazzling clearness, Of a
workmanship so fine and Of a taste so per-
feet as to be unsurpassed by the very best
work of modern jewellers. The glass case
is divided into two parts. The first in
closes the jewels of the Princess Hathor-
Sat, of the twelfth dynasty, known as the
Thenan dynasty, lasting for about 2l3
years, and during which most of the larger
pyramids were built along the valley
a az he hp III
of that dynasty. The minor pyramids
were for the tombs of other members of
the royal family That at Dashour, how
ever, contained the tomb Of one of the
kings-since discovered-as well as those
of the two princesses, whose jewels are
now in the museum at Ghizeh.
In the first compartment of the glass
case, containing those of the Princess
Hathor-Sat are many necklaces of gold, a
necklace of amethyst, another a superb
necklace of emeralds mounted in gold,
one of them containing the figure of a
scarabeus, delicately cut and of remarka-
BILE workmanship Among the smaller
objects there are two scara bel. also in
amethYsts, and third cut in turquoise
OF great beauty.
The second compartment incloses the
jewels that once belonged to the Princess
Sentsembet, also of the twelfth dynasty.
The last collection is still more beautiful
than the other. 1t includes scarabei of
amethYsts, necklaces of gold, golden
Shells with lotus flowers in enamel, n
necklace of amethysts with pendants
formed of smaller stones encased in circles
Of gold Besides these there is a beauti-
full necklace of carnelians and amethysts.
Prof. Morgan found the tombs of both
princesses empty. Other sarcophagi in
adjacent pyramids had also been violated
and robbed of whatever jewels there were
in them. The jewels found by him in the
Dashour pyramid and now brought ia
light after lapse of nearly five thousand
years, were discovered hidden in a wooden
box buried in the soil, and were probably
intended to be the spoil of the thieves
who had robbed the tOmbs of their con.
tents, but for some reason or other had
been unable to return and carry away
the richest part of their plumber