The Lamar register., 1906-05-02

Bedstead and Chair Which Are More Than
Three Thousand Years Old.)
priestly seal. Behind this was the
tomb chamber.
The top of the wall was broken and
| through the opening and the rock cell
ing the explorers squeezed themselves.
Their lighted candles showed in the
| cool and dustless air, into which no
human being had come in many CEN
turtles. two large chairs. a gilded cof-
fin cover. the mummy whose head the
coffin cover had concealed, lying on the
floor. partly incased in gilded open
work another mummy in a silvered
case, two sledges In which the num-
mics had been brought down into the
tomb. alabaster vases. a honey pitcher.
~ sealed jars filled with real provi-
sions for the use of the dead. a gilded
chariot, an embroidered stand. ala.
baster jars containing mummified Wis
cera, surmounted with exquisitely
wrought metal heads. and plaster
vases with make believe provisions for
the spirits of the departed.
The plunderers of ages ago had brok-
en- into the sledges and taken out the
mummies and stripped them of every
thing of intrinsic value with which
they were bedecked, leaving only
gold plate covering the hole from
which the heart of one of the num-
mics had been taken by the embalm-
ers.
AL examination of the hieroglyphics
on the mummy cases showed that
they had contained the bodies, lying
on the floor nearby. of Ioua and Tioua,
father and mother of Queen Til, or
Teye. beautiful girl not of royal
blood whose charms captivated Amen
hotep III. of the eighteenth dynasty.
1t is surmised that Til, who was het-
erodox, and whose son. Amenhotep
w. tried to set aside the national re-
ligion and substitute for it the wor.
ship of the sun, wanted royal burial
for ner parents. The people protested
and she placed the bodies in the tomb
secretly with all the funeral offerings
to await time when she might pub
licly celebrate the obsequies. The time
never came, but the robber did, and
then the Psychologists.
The three beds, solid as when they
were stored away, are splendid speci-
mems of workmanship. Their bottoms
eie piaiusu ohc VI ue-
picted by the cuts. was not a mere
model. but evidently had been taken
from household furniture in actual
use. The angle of the gilded corners
at the foot of the bed shows that its
curve is intentional. The ca ' ings on
the head and foot Of the 4 are of
gilded ivory and represent the god
Bes and the Hippopotamus goddess
Taurt. The chair with the gazelle on
the side apparently is only model
for the use of the dead 1t is lightly
built and covered with low reliefs of
thinly gilded plaster.
NJ. Maspero said that was probably
the original Louis XVII model. An.
other chair. also pictured here, NJ.
Maspero said, assuredly is fine sam.
pie of the Empire style. On the out
side of the arm are figures gilded with
Nubian gold of the god Bes. On the
inside maidservants are carrying gold
rings. Inside of the back is Queen
TITS daughter. SHANNON. twice rem.
resented on throne. with female
slave bringing her the Offering of a
golden collar. The legs of the chair
are in imitation of those of the OK and
the seat is interlaced palm fiber. This
chair Is very substantial and doubtless
was used by some Egyptian lover of
luxury.