The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-11
BURIED MoNARCHs SEEN AGAIN.
MummieS of Seven Kings Are Found
Mt Thebes.
From the London Times.


As sequel to his discovery of the tomb
Of King Thothmes H. at Thebes, NJ. I.o-
ret, director general of the antiquities de-
partment, has discovered and opened the
tomb Of AmenoDhis II, a King of the
eighteenth dynasty. who reigned some /, 500
years B. c. The find is among the most
interesting ever made in Egypt, as, al
though the jewelry, ETC., We're riaed from
the tomb probably during the twentieth
dynasty, the mummies of Amenophis and
of seven other kings are intact. The tomb
is entered by a steep inclined gallery,
which terminates in a well of some TWEEN
ty-six feet in depth, and this obstacle sur
mounted, the entrance to the Kings sep
uicher is reached
In the first chamber the body Of a man
is found bound to a richly painted boat
his arms and feet tied with cords. a piece
of cloth stuffed as a gag into his mouth
and marks of wounds on the breast and
head. In the next chamber are laid Out
the bodies of a man, a woman, and bow
None of the four bodies has been embaIm-
ed, but owing to the.dryness Of the atmos-
phere they are all in the most complete
slate of preservation, with the features
perfect; and, although they evidently met
with violent deaths, they have the sp-
pearance of being asleep. The hair upon
each is luXuriant, and the features resem.
bic to marked degree those of the fell
lahin of the present day.
The Kings tomb Is a chamber of mag
innocent proportions, in perfect preserva-
ton. The roof which is supported bv
ie.,
blue, studded with golden stars, and The
walls are entirely covered with PAINTINGS
the colors of which are as vivid as.if laid
on only yesterday. At the end Of this
chamber in an excavation sunken several
feet below the level of the rest of The floor
Is the sarcophagus of the King, placed
upon massive block of alabaster, The
sarcophagus is of sandstone, artifcialIv
colered a bright rose hue, and contains the
mummy intact with chapets of flowers
round the feet and neck.
In a small chamber to the right are pipo
mummies, two of them bearing no names
and the others those ofthe Kings Thot hines
~, Amenophis III. Set Nakht. Seti II (s,,n-
posed to have been the Pharosh Of the
Exodus), Ramess ~, Rameses VI and Ra-
meses VIII, who all reigned between about
100 and 1l50 B. c. The tomb IS that Of
Amenophis II, for whom it was built and
- oAPpOSNu 10 nave DNen opened later 70
receive the mummies OF the other Kines
probably to save them from violation. The
floors OF all the chambers are covered win
a mass Of objects-statues, vases. wooden
models of animals, boats. ETC., recurring
immense care in sorting for removal.
The whole constitutes one Of the most
impressive sights that can be imagined
For the first time on record. the body of
an Egyptian King has been found in the
tomb prepared for him, as previously dis
covered royal mummies had been removed
from royal tombs and secreted for safety
ct DER Ell Bahari. Possibly this discovery
of the bodies of murdered victims in a
Kings tomb may throw some light unon
the vexed question OF human sacrifices
which now divides Psychologists
The public works ministry has reouestad
NJ. Loret TO remove only the smaller oh
jects and to leave the inummles and bod
les in their present place. The entrance
to the tomb will then be built IN until
next winter when iron ratings NAV he
placed to prevent injury from TOUCHING nv
visitors, while affording them the upio1,e
sight of the lying in state of King who
reigned over 300 years ago.