The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-06
SPHINX FOUND By IT'S TAN

F1g0r EOurteen Feet High. or Ma
baster. Dug From Between the o.
losS in Water-logged Plain If a..
Memphis
(London ~Standard.1
Another sphinx, weighing r.,
tons, and arved from q single
of a~labaster, has been unearthed
point between the world-famed
lossi, on the water-logged plans -.
Memphis, in Egypt For hundreds :
years it has lain in q recumbert S
ton buried beneath the sands or -
road to Sakkareh. TO-DAY 4 Is
exposed to view, and next YEAR
to be raised to a vertical pos
above the wateT-line.
This newly found sphinx W
trayed in its hiding-place by is
which Mr.. Mackay, one Of II,
dents Of the British School II I,z-:.
discovered about a year ago.
year. when the water on In.
subsidized. the complete figure wa~..y-
caVated, and was found 10 mes
some fourteen feet in height
tWenty-siX feet in length. Ala. ~.a-
being a rock foreign u the
horhoOd, the new sphinx ranN~
the largest that has ever been -t
| ported. The figure bears no lnS.
ton, but is considered by Prof
ders Petrie, the director Of thu
ish School in Egypt. to have 1.-a
carved about 1900 b. &. Many IT
remarkable discoveries. taking n-
mind back as far as 5000 i. 6.
lifting the veil of centuries f-u.a
Egypt's romantic story. have also oc.n
made by the same school. ana Nh
the exception of a red granite 2rs.p
Of Rameses II and the sod Pan
which will be sent direct TO the <y
Carlsbers Museum at C~openhaE,a.
and a few other details. are nou .,H
exhibition at University College. Cow
er street. They include MANY ,
jects quite new to E~gyptologists
Among these are coftins mad n
basket work, reeds or withies. saaDal
trays, an axe handle. IN which lbs
grip is composed Of delicateIN Knot
ted string, a pot of unburnt inrt u~-
for a fire-offering of 40GO L. G.. alu
numerous pieces Of timber, show ~
by their formation the principles +
building construction that u.r. 4
vogue nearly 5000 years Z. 6.
Most Of the relics come from T.rk-
han, an extensive cemetery about
thirty-five miles south of Cairo. WHICH
dates from the earliest historic "se
down to the pyramid period. The ste
is the most nOrtherly upon which ITO
feSSOr Petrie has exCaEd-
tons, and the results have been most
gratifying. In spite Of the great .I-
tiquity of the raves, the objects found
are in a remarkable state Of prose-
walton. There are bedsteads WITH
hoof-like feet, which, although nearly
5000 years old, look capable Of s's-
tanning a fair weight today, and lons
rolls Of soft linen cloth. also 5000
years old, but as tough and pliah!t IS
any modern texture straight from the
loom. One Of the witty hampers.
now in the Caido museum, although
- <Io 49, ara bod fha Crr01l l4.f-
buds of the withies still showing
when it was found. Some of The bed
steads even retain the rush wetlnl'e
and plated palm fibre.
The caves of the early Egyptiars
were always we'll provided with surh
necessaries as were thought essential
for the spirit Of the departed when Il
again materialized. Consequently. the
relics from Tarkhan include headr'~ts
{some Of them carved out of COS
trained specially into peculiar shafre1.
sandals, large jars Of food, and
rious vessels of gypsum and Set-
transparent ~alabastar. Some Of -te
. vases bear the name o. Memo. lice
earliest known Egyptian King. tn
are considered by some experts r. "
a tribute corresponding TO the mood
ern floral wreath.
A beautiful piece Of work cons II
Of q ribbon" of beads so threaded
as to form ineligible hieroglyptI s
: The discOverer of this relic Informed
our representative that quite e>ten-
sive portions of beaded dress mattel
were also discovered, and are on the
way to England. Among the n4-
merous minor articles that denanG al
| tention is a New Years bottle, q sIIa.i
t~wo-handIed piece Of pottery SUI
posed, by the inscription that it bears,
: to be the customary type Of New Var
present to the hea OF the housc.
: Evidence Is also provided Of tie
! lack Of historical sentiment in the
r Roman occupants of Egypt by ma
t merous examples of inscribed Eeyrt-
ian tablets that have been used ~
hearth stones, door lintels. and nnal
stones There is also ample evidence
. OF the belief that sacrilege among the