The sun., 1900-12-30
AMERICAS PHARAOH HUNT.
CALIFORNIAN ssARCHtf0Hr on THS
BaRhNEN Or S0trT
whst ths Americas in,ss,,as'ors ma lsst Ssss
M. Rsisrsrs wort ~ der 81 Bsiias
aad " Ahsiwsh Desert stoured f~r IRE.
historic Man snd N,. FOLLOW ere m the Ni'e.

ps us,srsrs wosL o., der si Baiiss
and N Ahsiwsh Desert seoured for rrs.
historic Man and ps,s Vo,iow ere m the Spe
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acterisuo conection representing the hrohaio
period. embracing hints. pottery. slates.
brocala,. necklaces md stonevere. a large
a.. 49, go "ai,ac,,or, =, ,ha aor,v n.w Am.
nhe ana rare coHecuoh OF 'he carry now ON
pire that Ia the seventeenth and eighteenth
dvnasties, comprising notary stonevare
mostly slsbas,er, .carabs, ornanents. bronze
implements and fayence, and very nne
| collection Of the late new empire. embracing
ne0N'"Oes' a'n''e, '. I"so
| ivory. bronze. gold. aIabaster ana pottery
In a recent report DR.. Reisner describes
| .on,ewhot In detail tn. result, Of hi, hrst
eoHe"ha' ,h ue'ai. V"0 y.
years work. Az Coptos Work was pesuh
Dec Q, 1850. Ono gang Of men was put to
| rorL ~, th. ,o, ,ootbill. nosr the o,ltiva-
woiA on .no ~" 80 h.oL
ton. ana Two other gangs ABOUT mie oaoH
| ~ ,b. .o,,h 20 EIr Amb., On tia north and
V" Wv " , A.. 60
as iar az hhAe'a 'o"s'u 'he neu oo
| search ed and map OF the region made.
"Ratueen pec 10 and Feb 4, eiaht tombs
| o" - ~ - 49,.
OF the ne" empire roooeo IN inoao'h Ninos,
W ' y.rv - ~ lats vsultsd tombs near tho cul,lva-
a.. -, Ir C.h.I Korar nlaca wa.
! ton cleared IN 'epei hafah pia'e "a'
! found where red coloring matter had been
| dug in ancient times Here were found two
| -. " ~ n.tt,L 3D.. color nod bacn ,,,ed
s.""es On ""',n NV 'ooi NJ -.
| Near by was FOUND quarry 10 which was
cut the gray limestone used for buildings and
sercn,,bagi twelve saroophsei in a more
ehiSulHtb! "e. w. q ,',' - ,,s ,o,,,S ,hicb
OF .rss .,n'sts. ,b ,na,So od - crtt,nr
SNOW very ci'a,g Tao ihes hmI ~ "a tha Tnntos
| ne nus mtp'at a.. oarnn ~, tta Low sand
enfavatohS vas nm camp IA 'ne e, Inw 1aiT nf
Ern,o s nVh ;yo +, oi twr,ty centnetres Were found
trenches i"I Wd',H NUS ,noM Its .'ie sSa,
p,dila. atS0, , inepi''e9 r, hesds uint
chiis a1e , heads bons needles. archaic pot
| teil. ana COOKING pots ~ pIsi'tPnh' Pn Ills nr'
camp med tHo ,. ~ M 'i.e e,nr ~, Ths
| ing space about sAly metres sauaIe' I'm, nc
"hoie siace was cafniuI!y napted hitet
| waro Two other shIaN camps OF IN" saIne
period were found contatlins 9niy pottJry pottery
| a number OF camp. oi The middle empire.
| the new empire, ana me ureeK PERIOD were
| found IN The lower desert NO. l.,
desett u, ahtliu,,y n'icten. .r.'er" ohqv
collected 10 STOW .tat oetiertirg' paInants ,ts
thH sfcqt 'revery o, 0Gp.os; d nics unueI s
oi hollihIh on the euSe OF ING uesert ~
| ShIrlia. some ten in!ies norm OF :, optos. NJ
| Greene and NJ Lythg4e spent Ten DAYS N
! the excavation of an archaic cemetery almost
| completely Numbered ~ modern times hey
found q collection OF late archhlc pottery
and some +!tt",
Az Der el fdl!as, from ~ 70 .io men were
at work continuously from Ieo. ]: 70 July II.
1900. WorK proceeded s!muItancouSiJ az the
kom or palace NJ the aoTthern cemetery ana
AT the southern cemetery. ne ,nortnrtn
cemetery contained about l1u pits 9l thc klhu
Of the e!sht"eith dynasty III ylH.deu lar 20
collection oi pottery, .fnalI alaha>ter pots.
scarabs ana similar ople'ts. Near the '"nl-
etery and between " ara the paIaCe many
Irtyat" houses wor" cielreI' am abnlnhAt
material collected bearing on thclr coh.truc-
ton. These excavations Yielded lottery.
stone Jars ana scarahS, as Wen rs iecuIes.
chlsels, rriudStonr- ana sln!iar I',cClS
BY the end oi tno season tht honl hau been
cleared from IT. western -l'e inr ubon' Two
thirds of II, extent. II was iouhu 70 Cohlilh
large puhlr bn'oiNS punt ol ,ehoft 'HS.
carefully mlde IniId prlcks, lald IN tiL'k
massive wall, ana reL!Hs'ntns somewhat
In form u" palace az l'H y Amsrna. me
main building re ted on platform AZ ieqst
twenty. feet high, and was surrounded by
halls II oolInu-. The coIuhlns were ~ WOOD.
resting on stone bases
In mlhlng these stono bases, renets and
| Inscribed stone OF the earlier part OF the
| middle Empire. had been reused, among
| th"rl were found five or six Of much interest.
TIE bcs' Itec" contains on on" sac rcuet OF
! the new Empire. another very Rood stone
shows part OF u inlly cut Offering sccne. In
| addition the palace Yielded n beautiful bronze
a ,Ntf "a N handle n nf