Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-24
Copyright 1907, by Frank g. carpcn'
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AFRO, l9O5.-T'he most importapi
archaeological work now golng
on in Egypt is in the hands OF
the Americaas. our scientists
are making explorations IN Nuba, away
up the Nile. and they are opening M
TEMPLES and tombs In the desert near
Luxor. There is rich Yankee named
Davis, who is carrying on series Of
independent Investigations not far from
old Thebcs He has spont large sums
and has discovered the tombs OF sew
eial kings who rcigned over 1000 years
ago. lie emily unearthed the mum-
my of Queen Hatshepeset which is now
on view in the museum at Cairo and
he has made many other finds this past
year.
Right here, under the shadow of the
Pyramids, two American institutions
have u largo force OF natives at work
ana have uncovered a cemetery OF the
fine when the greatest OF the Pyra-
mids was built. This cemetery M
dudes the tombs not only of the rich,
but also of the poor, and the relics
statues and other things found in 1t
enable one to reconstruct the lives Of
those who were buried here now more
than 1000 years ago,
THE CEMETERY AT CHOPS.
When l last visited Egypt. just after
the assassination OF prest. Garfield, the
sands about the Pyramids we're almost
as smooth az those OF the seashore. |
ranoped on my donkey over them and
had no idea that I was tramping down
innumerable graves
walked over the same ground yes
terday picking my way in and out
through vast network of half-H~
cn-doNn tombs. from which the sands
had been shoveled and climbed across
niles of sun-dried brick which were
made by the Egyptians at the time
old King Cheops lived and reigned. In
one place ] saw gang of half-naked.
brown skinned fellahs shovellng the
earth into the cars in which 1t Is car
ried far out In the desert, in order 10
unearth the tombs below. When the
work is in full play an endless chain of
cars of sand moves across this cern-
~tery. There Is n double track with
turntables at each end, and the ar
rangements are such that the SAND
can be taken out at the rate of half
q ton per minute. For a long time ~
men were employed, and the result Is
that some most interesting historical
material has been collected. About one
half of this is now here in the mu-
scum at Cairo and the other half has
gone to the Universities of California
and Harvard.
HARVARD COLLEGE AND BOSTON
MUSEUM.
The excavations which are now be-
ing made near the great pyramid are
In the interest OF Harvard college and
the Boston museum. They furnish the
money and DR.. George Reisner, one of
the most efficient archaeologists of the
day, has charge of the work. DR..
Relsner came to Egypt about six years
ago as the head of the Hearst eXpedi-
ton. He worked for 1t several years
and made Valuable explorations far up
the Nile. He discovered there the flint
working camps of the people of the pre-
historic period. and he explored quar-.
rles which date back to the time of
the Ptolemies. He also unearthed the
site of a large town which was in ex-
istence l,500 years before Christ and eX
caVated q mass OF valuable material
therefrom, He then came nearer Cairo