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FROM THE FIRST DYNASTY.
Ancient Relics Recently Dug From the
Tomb of MeneS.

London, March 1.-THE seasons
yield in archaeological lore i briefly
reported today 10y Prof Flinders
Petrie Edwards. professor IF Egypt
ologv, OF the University college. Lon
don, who has spent the winters in
exploring the royal tomb~ OF tie
earliest Egyptian dvnasrips. and
whose discoveries included some Of
fascinating interest.
We ara able ro trace. he saws.
the regular Development II eivil-
z4tion during 100 years. from a.
time when writing was rarely used.
and then only in rude, pictorial
stage. down 10 common use OF deli
carely-fgured hiero@Iyphi~S, which
could not be- distinguished from those
which were used thousands Of years
atterward We have now found
beautiiully-wrou4hr jewe}ry and gold
work. minutaIven@ravei worries. and
toilet objects Of Mene-. the founder
OF monarchy aui his successors.
FASHIONED more than $500 years
ago, and his predecessor. There ara
about 30 Inscriptions in stone and
ivory, and from these We learn the
names Of the three kings. Mariner.
ka and a name written with a fish
sign Among these works OF Meups
are parts OF four ebony tablets. with
figures and Inscriptions. one appar-
entity showing a human sacrifice.
The strangest Is a massive strip OF
gold unknown to Us, with the name
Menes Aha upon it. OF Ter, the sue
cessor TO Menes. it is astonishing to
find the forearm OF his queen still III
its wrappings. with four splendid
bracelets intact One is n series OF
figures of the royal hawk perched on
the tomb. There are thirteen figures
in chased gold. alternating with
fourteen in carved turquoise The
second bracelet is composed of spiral
beads of gold, and lazuh in three
groups The third bracelet has four
groups in the shape of an hour glass.
with heads of amethyst between gold
with connections of gold and tur-
quOise. The fourth has a center
piece of gold copied from the rosette
seed, with amethyst and turquoise
beads and braided gold wire.
This brilliant and exquisitely fin
shed group of iewelrv shows the high
level that had been attained at the
beginning of the first dynasty 1t is
1000 years older than the jewelry of
Dahshur. the Oldest yet known, and
has the great advantage of beir z
carefully examined. as it was found
and restrung in exact arrangement
The arm of the queen had been bro
ken off by the first plunderers, and
land in a hole in the tomb. and there
remained neglected by four parties
in ancient and modern times. who
successfully cleared the tomb. There
are forty inscribed pieces of ivory
and stone. and two lions carved in
ivory of the same kind.
There was also discovered a great
ROYAL tombstone. which was found in
pieces aud reioined. Sixty private
tombstones give the names in use in
the royal household Many were
formed from the Goddess Meth, and
not from Iris. or Ling Den V. of the
first dynasty.
"A dozen inscribed worries were
found. including the handle OF the
royal Misunderstanding cord, and also
an impress of the beautiful royal seal
showing the king wrestling with Il
hippopotamus and spearing a croco-
die.
Coming to the second dynasty,
the tomb of Perabsen yielded a large
tombstone of the king carved in
syenite: also the names OF his three
predecessors, carved in stone bowls.
These are Hotepohaui, Ranch and
Neteven. From these We see Perab-
sen was probably the fourth king of
the dynasty, and his successor was
apparently khazkhemai. whose
tomb has the royal seeptre, formed
by cylinders of sard held together by
a copper rod in axis, and with gold
bands at intervals. There remain
IS inches of this. but the lower end
has been lost. There are also seven
stone vases, with gold covers. fasten-
ed with twisted gold wire, two gold
bracelets. twenty copper dishes, doz-
ems of copper models, tools, copper
axes. fruit knives and perfect dish OF
diOrite