Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
Solving the Mystery of
The Oldest Pyramids

we Investigated the cemetery Of the
land Of Goshen. the site Of the city VI
Ramoscs and the new Jerusalem, Quilt
by the Jews in lN B. G.. We found
the remains Of "A temple half the size
and exactly the proportions OF Solo
mons and very probably an absolute
replica OF the temple Of Zerubbabel. a
mound had been thrown up 10 repro
duce in every detail the topography Of
the Temple hill. Underneath the mound
we found the remains OF n gigantic
passover sacrifice, rows and rows OF
passover ovens with their fires quench-
cd and containing. as specified in the
Talmud, only the legs OF the sacrificed
lambs The Jews must have collected
together from an over Egypt held their
Passover and then piled up the mound
that was TO be to them as Jerusalem.
The idea is obviously similar to the
putting out Of a lighted lamp beneath
the foundations OF "a building the sur
vival Of human sacrifice.
DISCOVERY OF SOUL HOUSES.
In 1907 and 1908 we worked out the
tombs OF the first Egyptian dynasty at
Gizeh. and the chief result was "a very
fine burial with statuettos boats, and
conins These are now complete I'm
the museum at Manchester II was here
that we found the soul houses. Ia very
different types. from the simple tent
10 "a two story house completely fitted
with furniture. and even with atteu-
dants o. perform mental offices fo-
the dead only Isolated examples Of
these soul houses had previously ocen
found
The following year we began work
near Sohag. on the supposed site Of a
large cemetery A larger part " the
walls Of "a temple were uncarthei
90 r8H HI ~. Of
Dendereh Perhaps the most interest
ing result was the discovery OF two
oolored horoscopes. showing the signs
Of the Zodiac. the stars I'm the ascend
ant. and so forth The form OF the
work and is elaborate detail made eE.
act dating possible.
In that year. too. we began our work
on Memphis. making a general recon-
uaissance OF the site, and finding
among other objects large quantities
Of inscribed tablets. and the site of
tho Temple Of Proteus, mentioned by
Herodotus as being In the foreign
quarter.
Many acres Of desert last year were
carefully searched. ana a complete
burial was found dated about 1900
b. G. As the objects were such as al
ready appeared in the museum at
cairo. the whole burial was allowed TO
be removed, as against some important
icwelry The gold work on the body.
the vases IN string network (many Of
these were uuique). and the whole
personal outfit Of a high lady OF the
period were included. and they can
now be seen In the Royal Scottish mu-
scum i'm Edinburgh. This Is probably
the most complete and valuable buria,
that has ever left Egypt.
TERRA GOTTA PORTRAIT HEADS
81 need not discuss the importance
of the excavations NJ Memphis and
the discovery of the palace OF King
Aprios. the Pharaoh Hophra Of the
Bible Professor Pctrie continued.
we have hitherto known Of no palace
ina Egypt beyond the tower AT Medinet
Haba, and some portions Of a little
earlier date. and now We have
palace To- work on four hundred feet
long and two hundred wide. A.
announced some months ago, we have
eNcavated the upper palace, and now
have To uncarth the palaces that lie
beneath the palace OF Aprios'
A remarkable feature Of tho work
at Memphis however. has been the
discovery OF a large number Of small