The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-08-27

THU. tBkLEAb Is oE ToIIL 1dOU-
-sND YEARS AGO
r7.. -reat Cemetery of Cheops and His
subjects and n Has Been Found
ia Thcm-the Paupers' Field and
zinc Tombs OF the acknowledgements
Made FOR Harvard College and the
boston Museun-TO the Pyramids
hy TrolIey-How Cheops Looks
from the Top-It Has Been a
ouarv for Ages, But Still Has
Enough Rock to Flag a Pavement
around the Globe-a LOok Into the
Interior and n Suggestion as to the
onening Up of the Remainder by
diamond Drills.
copyright, 1907. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
CAIRO, 1907.
The most important archaeological
.-rrk now going On in Egypt is IN
tho hands of the Americans. Our
tqntists are making explorations in
-lbia, away UP the Nile, and they are
.-1rfng no temples and tombs in the
~leert near Luxor. There is a rich
r-arkee named Davis who is carrying
an a series Of Independent tnvestiga-
ions not far from old Thebes. He
has spent large sums and has dis
-.vared the tonlbs of several kings
vho relgned 1000 years ago. He re-
Gently unearthcd the m of
Queen Hatshepeset, which is now on
lew in the museum at Cairo, and he
r4g made many other finds this past
year
Right here, under the shadow of
the Pyramids, two American institu-
lions have a large force Of natives at
y.ork and have uncovered a cemetery
-r the time when the greatest of the
Pvramids was built. This cemetery
Includes the tombs not only OF the
rich, but also of the poor, and the rel
les, statues and other things 1ound IN
st enable one to reconstruct the lves
Of those who were buried mere no"
more than 1000 years aGo
The Cemetery of Cheops.
When l last visited Egypt, just arter
the assassination of President Gar1eld,
the sands about the pyramids were
almost as smooth as those of the sea
shore. | galloped on my donkey over
them and had no idea that l was
tramping down i~nnumerable graves
walked over the same ground yes
terday, picking nv way IN anu out
through q vast network of half-hroken
down tonlbs. from which the sahos
had been shoveled. and climbed across
niles of sun-dried brick which were
made by the Egyptians at the time Ola
King Cheops lived and elRned- In
one place I saw a gang of h~alf-naked,
brown-skinned fellahs shovellng the
earth into the cars III "ilI1l
ried far out in the desert. in order TO
unearth the tombs below. w men the
work is in full play an endless cnaln
of cars of sand moves across this
cemetery. There is a double TRACK
With turntables at each end. and the
arrangements are such that the sanu
can be taken out at the rate of halr
a ton per minute. For a long zine
eeventy-two men were empioyeo, anu
the result is tina some most interesting
historical material has been Collected.
About one-half of this is now mere
IN the museum at Cairo and the otner
half has gone to the universities ol
california and Harvard
harvard College and Boston Museum.
The excavations which are now be-
,ng made. near the Great Pyramid are
IN the interest Of Harvard Collese ano
the Boston Museum. Ihey furhlsIl ene
money and DIR. George Reisner, one or
the most efficient archaeolog1sts or tne
dav has charge of the work. Ii.
Reisner came to Egypt abou SIX years
ago as the head of the Hearst eApeoI-
ton he worked for it several years
and made ~aluab EXPLORATIONS iar ny
the Nile. He discovered there the
f~lint-working camps Of the peopie -
the prehistoric PERIOD. ana ne eAptoIeu
oIIarries which date back to the times
If the Ptolemies. He also unearthed
the site of a large town which was III
existence fifteen hundred years beIore
Christ and a mass OF talu-
Hhln mH16Tldl IilOl
came nearer Cairo and there uncover
ed cemeteries of ancient times which
give us a new view OF CIVIL
zation.
ton Museum tha he began his work
at the PYRAMIDS. and, as II IS now
carried on, the museum gets an ~
the art discoveries. while Harvard re-
ceives everything found bearing upon
history and ethnology. It should be
said that one-half of all that is I'M
earthed goes to the Egyptian govern
ment and the other half to the united
States.
Uncle Sans Successful Gamble.
The story of the allotment of the
arch geological territory about the ~
ramtds is interesting. The govern
ment was anxious to have the country
excavated and there were three ma
tons ready to do the work. The three
were Germany, Italy and the United
States. Archaelogists' representing
each of these countries came here as
5tS representatives and the whole OF
the Gizeh Pyramid field was turned
over to them with the understanding
that Egypt was to nave nan OF the
Then the question came up as to
how the field should be divided. As
1t was then, it was a great area OF
sane not far from the banks OF the
Nile with the big Pyramid OF Cheops
and the smaller ones Of khefren ana
Mycerinue rising out of 1t, each being
quite a distance apart from the others.
Each nation wished to do Independent
work, and the archaeologists finally
agreed to divide the tract into three
sections n cast lots for them. l am
told that Mrs. DR.. Reisner 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 it. Our
tract was thought to be he 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 together and are
bringing new life to the pages OF MIS-
tory.
In the Desert With an American Ex-
cavatOr.
went out to the Pyramids TO-DAY
ana called upon the chief of the
american excavation works. Or.
Rcisner has built him q home under
the shadow Of the old Cheops. He Is
beyond the greatest of the Pyramids
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