The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25

then, 1t was q great area OF sand not
far from the banks OF the Nile, with
the big Pyramid OF Cheops and the
smaller ones Of Khefren and Mycernus
rising out OF It. each being quite a
distance apart from the others Each
nation wished to do Independent work.
and tho archaeologists finally agreed
to divide the tract into three sections
and cast lots for them. am told that
Mrs. DR.. Reisncr held the straws. In
the drawing the United states got the
tract just north of the Great Pyramid,
and Germany and Italy those to the
south of 1t. Our tract was thought to
be the best of all, and Uncle Sans
luck has been no better evidenced than
right here. We are making more finds
than both the other nations put to-.
gether, and are bringing new life to
the pages Of history.
In the Desert with an American Exca-
vutor.
went out to the Pyramids to-day
| and called upon the chief OF the Amer
| lean excavation works. Dr.. Reisncr
\ has built hin. home under the shadow
\ of old Cheops.
lie is beyond that greatest Of the pyr-
1 amds, with the sands reaching for
miles away On the north, south and
west Of him. His house Is built OF
stones which probably came from the
| pyramids. 1t is long, one-story struc-
! turc, not over twelve feet In height,
| but large enough to contain a labora-
s!tory,fa photogra phic Establishments and
! the necessary instruments OF an ar
I chaeoioglst.
One part of 1t Is the living quarters
OF DR.. Reisner and his family. He has
\ his Wife and baby with him, and as
! we chatted together his little daughter,
la bright-eyed infant not more than
4 a year or SO old, played about our
fleet. The baby was born here on the
edge OF the Libyan desert, and her
youth and the age OF old Cheops, that
great tomb OF more than 1000 years
go. We're striking in their contrast
AS looked at the little one thought
OF the tombs Of the babies of more
than forty centuries ago which her
father is now excayating.
a During my stay We examined some
y photographs of DR.. Reisners discove-
ries. One represented three statues of
a well-to-do couple who lived here in
those bygone ages. It was Teti and his
Wife. The faces were life-like and I
6 doubt not Mr.. and Mrs. Teti sat for
+ them.
There were other photographs of OBJ
jects found In the cemetery Of the rich,
and also some found in the cemetery
OF the poor. The higher classes OF
that time We're buried nearer the pyr-
amid and beyond them. farther up the
desert, We're the burial places of the
lpoor. The latter are. believe. the
only graves Of that class 30 far dis
covered. Each poor person had little
oftin-like hole in the ground built
round with stones. These holes were
, close together, making, as 1t We're. 6
great series of stone boxes. reminding
one of the compartments for eggs In {
packing case.
To the Pyramids by Trolley.
l This is the third time that I have
! made gthy visits to the pyramids O.
!. Egypt. In 1882 rode to them on {
donkey. In 1889 I came out from Cairo
in comfortable carriage, and to-day
e passed over the same route on an cleo
: trio trolley. paying 7 IL cents for tn,
It trip. The street cars to the pyramid
: begin at the end of the bridge, opposit
s Cairo. and so along the side of q Wild
e avenue, which Is shaded by acaci;
;. trees. The cars are open and one cal
: look out over the Nile Valley as h,
> goes. The tracks run along one Of tn
= main roads and we whiZzed by cara
- vans Of donkeys, loaded with all sort
= of farm products, and by camels. rid
den by gowned men, who bobbed III
~ and down In the saddle as they went
IS There were men, women and childre