The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13

also to Cairo and Alexandria. There
are two obelisSs still at this place.
You MAJ see them in the great Temple
at Karnak. which is not more than g
twenty-minute walk from Luxor. They
weigh something like 400 tons each.
and it would take 1000 horses to haul
them, If they were broken up and
loaded up on wagons Each is one
solid block, of granite, and each was
carried in that shape to this place.
There are inscriptions on the Der al
Bahari Temple which show that these
two obelisks were dug out of the quar-
ries. covered with hieroglyphic cary
ings, brought here and put up all in
the space of seven months I doubt
whether our engineers could do the JOB
as quick or as we'll.
We though 1t wonderful work to
bring the Alexandria obelisk from
Egypt 10 New York. 1t was carried
there in the hold of steamer, and to
load 1t the bow Of the vessel had to be
cut and the obelisks dragged in. The
obelisk at Paris was carried across the
Mediterranean on barge, and that
which now stands in London was
brought there in an iron watcr-tight
cylinder. which was carried to Alex
andria In pieces and built around the
obelisk as it lay upon the shore. When
the great stone was thoroughly encas-
cd. the whole was rolled into the sea
and thus towed tn London. After
landing, the modern engineers had
great trouble to get the obelisks where
they wanted them. That of New York
was rolled along upon iron balls which
ran in iron grooves. laid down for the
purpose, and that of London was slid
over creased ways to the place where
lit now stands on the banks of the
Thames.
uncnrth1ng the Oldest of Temples.
The Oldest temple Of Egypt by 1000
! years is now being unearthed here by
| the agents OF the Egyptian exploration
| fund This lies near the famous tenn
pie of Der al Bahari, and in a branch
| valley from where the tomb OF the
kings are. When visited 1t the cX-
| cavators were at. work, and the men
in charge told me they had great hopes
| of making valuable discoveries. IT was
| with James Teackle Dennis, the Amer
| lean representative of sthe excavation
! fund. that went over the temple. l
/ met MIN at the little one-story house
1 which forms the laboratory and home
| Of the foreign explorers, ana nad q
1 chat with the other members as 10 the
progress of the work. The fund is
| now supporting here y number OF spe-
Ecialists from Canada, England ana IN 9
| United Statesr who are sl , ~
ling the Egyptian laborers They nave
/ uiite nm army OF men at work, ana
Ihavc been. successful. OF What taey
! md one-half goes TO the museum
1 Cairo and the balance TO the countries
| which subscribe to the fund In propor-
| tion 10 the amount of their subscriip-
/ Hons THE chief money from America
II.Is come rrom Boston, NeW York, Bal
4 tiuore and Washington, and our shi' i,s
4 of ,ylint is now being unehrthea VII
4 90 to the museums OF tl,ose .n 49,.
j Last year tie only subscfiper iro, :,
Baltimore was Mr., Dennis ana n.s
4 subscription was 500, me tlhds Wsi !,
so many, however, lat lle WIS 49,
to send to the Johns 'liopklns M y,
4 articles which at auetion Woulu 'ta !
4 brought at least slapV, /.
i Nr. Ilonnis tells ME that the prescnt
4 outlook for the work Of the fpnd Is
4 exceedingly hopeful. He expects that
7 another great stone COW, llke lhat
4 which has been discovered ana ~ now
In the Cairo museum. VIII DC uhearth-
cd M sucb things arc usually lpNn"
4 he expocts much from the soil under
The temple. to which I llnNe already
referred and says that the people OF
i & 0Do wears ago usually stored theil
!. relics In such places far below ground,
Il There wns pyramid in the centre 81
: the temple, and 1t is believed that
I trere Is a tomb below this IN whicll
!, may ba pictures, articles ana lilple.
ments or times far back ~ any se,
i represented, 1ysS may have the af Nm ~
lpaintlngs OF the Gus toms q 4.ipV yel sss'