The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-02-22
TOMB OF QUEEN
TE|E DISCOVERED

LONDON. February S-Theodore M
Davis, who discovered the tomb of the
parents of the Egyptian Queen Teie.
has just made another sensational dis
covery of the tomb and mummy Of Teie
herself at Thebes.
The Times, in long article describ-
ing the tomb, says 1t is plain square
sepulcher cut out of rock. 1t is ap.
preached by a descent of twenty steps
and adjoins the tomb of Rameses TX.
1t was covered with about twenty feet
of debris.
Unfortunately the tomb lay In the
bed of water course and the percola-
ton of water has severely damaged
such perishable objects as wood and
the mummy itself. Apart from this,
however, the tomb is in the same con-
dition as when it was left by the priests
amid the throes Of religious revolu-
ton which had spent it's force before
Moses was born. The tomb bears wit
ness to the blind rage of the victorious
priesthood at Thebes and the intensity
of their hatred toward the hereto
King, whose mother and inspirer was
Teie.
After describing the work of desecra-
ton, the Times adds that neverthe.
less the Queens jewelry and the sheets
of solid gold with which the sepulcher
was literally filled were left untouch'
ed. Wherever the excavators walked
they .rod upon fragments OF gold plate
and golf leaf. There was no sarcoph-
agus, but a huge satafalque, which
had been torn to pieces by the priests,
had been erected over the mummy Of
the Queen.
1t was thickly plated with gold in
side and outside, and engraved with
the names and titles of Teie and her
son, as well as with representations of
their alteration of the solar disc. 1t is
curious that the whole figure Of the
King had been destroyed while'that of
his mother had been allowed to remain
unframed. The coffin, with the num-
my within 1t, had been carried to the
south side Of the tomb. where 1t lay
upon a bier encrusted with gold and
supported by four lions claws, also OF
gold.
The woodwork of the later, unhap-
PLY, had been converted into touch
wood by the action of the water. The
coffin, however, was intact, and 1t is a
superb example of the jewelers. work.
The wood of which 1t is composed Is
entirely covered with a frame of gold,
inlaid with lapis lazuli, cornelian and
green glass. The inlay represents fol-
the most part a pattern of scales, but
down the middle runs an inscription
from which it is learned that the coffin
was made for Teie by her son.
The mummy itself was wrapped from
head to feet in sheets of gold. The
water, which for SO many years had been
draining through il, had reduced it to
little more than a pulp, and 1t fell to
pieces when II was examined in the
presence of several Psychologists on
January &c. There were bracelets on
the arms and a necklace of gold beads
and ornaments of gold inlaid with pre-
cious stones round the neck, while the
head was still encircled by sn object
priceless and unique, the imperial
crown of the Queens of ancient Egypt.
BALKS AT DISARMAMENT.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.-THE
Novoe Vremya announces today Rus
sia's attitude toward the clauses deal
ing with the Drago doctrine and dis
armament which it has been proposed
10 duu iio6 NC
conference The Novoe Vremya says
that Russia's original program has
been accepted by all the Powers.
AS to the two suggested clauses, the
Drago theory does not conflict with
Russia's interests, for she has no I'm
ancial interests in the South Amer
lean republics. Moreover, any increase
in the authority of the United States
In the New World is to Russia's profit.
The fate of the Pacific Ocean is as yet
undecided, and only the United States
can struggle for the interests of the
white race there.
Russia, the Novoe Vremya says, is
opposed to dealing with the disarma-
ment question in the conference, and
observes that Great Britain, which Is
able to reduce its naval budget, Is In
different position from Russia. The
Novoe Vremya adds:
I'VE must openly declare that the
organization of the army and the re-
creation of the fleet will demand from
us very great financial efforts"
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