The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-23
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LOST RELICS FOUND.


A countrywide search for a rare
collection of ancient Egyptian relies
which was known by archaeologists
To have been brought To America in
1879, and which has been hunted un-
tiringly since that time was ended
this week when a Chicago professor
visiting i'm Grafton. Mass, accidcntN
stumbled onto the treasure.
when the late Lieut. Henry n
Gorridee, u. :. ~, returned from his
| obclisk expedition. bringing with him
the famous obelisk which is i'm Central
Lark, New York, in 1879. it was gen
orally known that he had made large
collection of rare EgNption relics.
Shortly after Lieut. Gorringe's death,
however, no trace of them could be
! found.
From "A story which Is told by Mrs
| Emma \. Poore of Grafton Mass, it
appears that the famous heutenantS
widow did not attach any great his
toric value To the collection and she
sold il To her brother, Dr. Thomas
Inland, a New York and navy sur
econ DR.. Inland spent his last days
in the Poore home and had the relics
sent on. They are now the property
Of his heir. Thomas Inland. Jr., AN
adopted son.
Some of the relies date back L. the
time Of the eighteenth DYNASTY j.. G..
and are Of such historic value that no
monetary price can be put upon them
About two weeks ago Dr. =. \. Il
Mercer, professor of semitic language
and Egyptoloey in the Western uni
rersip OF Chicago. happened To be IN
Graftorf> Some friends told him Mrs.
Poore haa some Egyptian relies hr
might be- Interested in and he called
and asked 10 setssthem
When he unearthed some Of The
more important spS Gpenss ,ue yr>s
amazed. His first idea that he had !
found treasure was strengthened
when he found "A moltuary STEELE which
contained hieu5glyphics common only |
in the eighteenth dynasty, r. g.
AS soon as possible Dr Mercer |
wired his good news broadcast and |
today there is Il vigorous contest on |
between the University of Pennsyl- |
vania museum in Philadelphia and the !
Field museum in Chicago, both being !
anxious 10 secure the long lost col |
lection
Or. Merger has had pictures taken !
of the collection and is now engaged |
in writing q book about them. The |
collection includes:
Rines Worn by the Pharaahs of the
Greek period sv
\ marble statue Of RampseS H.
y torso of Narsyas by Myron, the
famous Greek sculptor.
Several ancient scarahs, inscribed.
Hundreds of early Egyptian coins.
Two sandstone .steles, dating back
Ia lN50 T.. {.
\ statue of Goddess Isis. wife of |
osiris, the Egyptian God of Resur-
rection. ..ast 80 .sr
limestone HIerusibird, sacred to
God Horus
\ very rare hnll STEELE, containing |
the date ana birth of the sacred bun, |
Memphis. worshipped in the first |
dynasty.
A mortuary STEELE of the eighteenth |
dynasty, showing the Egyptian cod of |
Resurrection, crisis, receiving gifts /
and suppliCation.
Many other sphinXss rings. bronze,
and terra Gotta figure,
The most valuable specimens found /
are two well nr.s.rVa1 Gandst,n... .ta-
les, one of which is about rve feet |
high, six inches thick, and two feet |
wide. II has the image of a god and |
shows man pray ing. a long prayer |
is inscribed on the slab.
Another valuable specimen Is the /
ancient torso of Marsyas, an early /
copy of the original of MNron. famous /
IN the first half al the fifth century /
u. c. New York World.