The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
TITLED AV|ATORS
 ON THE INCREASE Have Meet in Which Only Royalty Will Participate ANCIENT JEWELRY
Collection Dating Back to 340O B. C., Discovered in Egyptian Pyramid Last Year Now on
 Exhibition at London

London. August 1-(speeial)- l)-Before much more time has passed, an admir- ing world may be treated to display or aviation, every item of which will be furnished by an airman tor airwoman), of royal blood This reflection is induced av the fact that Princess Ludwig of 1,owenstein- W ertheim is learning to fly at Tendon on the Wright and Handley Page aeroplanes and that Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Axel of Denmark and Prince Sig1smund of Prussia already are aviators.
 Meanwhile to organize flying display by members of the British peerage would be the merest chid's play Prominent among such flyers would be. of course, Lord Carbery, who took part in the re- cent Hendon to Paris flight, and fell into the channel on the return journey, and Lord Edward Grosvenor, who Is an un- commonly expert pilot, not to mention the Right Honorable Winston Churchill, who is qualifying fast for his pilots certificate. Then, among noble British aviators, some of whom are in the Royal flying corps. we have Sir Archibald Sinclair. Bart,
 
 F. W. Vernon, Sir Bryan Leighton. Bart, tho Honorable Rupert Lyttleton-Pelham the Honorable J. Crawford kehrmann, the Honorable Claud Brabazon. Sir Alex. Zimmerman, Bart, and many others.
 Of royal and society folk who have been "up" either in aeroplanes or dirigible balloons, the name is truly legion. Among those of royal rank, for example, are Princess Louise of Battenberg and Princes George and Albert of Battenberg, while Prince Leopold of the same family was one of those who 'looped the loop with the late Gustav Hamel. Abroad the King of Italy and the Queen of Sweden have been up in airships, not to mention dozen German princes and princesses Title '1oopers' include the Countess of Dudley and Lady Victoria Pery. the Earl of Limerick's daughter, while other names, selected at random from those who have had aeroplane flights are Lady Juliet Duff. the Right Honorable Arthur Balfour Miss Lozier (Mr. ChurchilPs sis ter-in-law), Lady Helen Grosvenor, Lady Dorothy Brown, Baron de Gunzberg, the Honorable Mrs. Asheton-Harbord. Mrs. Hall Walker, Lord Montague of Beaulieu, Major Give Wigram, Sir John Shelly and Lady Shelly, Lord Kitchener Lord Wode- house. Lord Desmond Fitzgerald, Lord Ednam, the Honorable Henry Lygon, the Honorable Ivor Kay, Signor Marconi and Sir Percy Gidouard.
 Sometimes the Rallies of today has a whole string of initials to his name to stand for imposing academic degrees, and practices his burglarious craft, not in country houses and Mayfair mansions but amidst the pyramids of the old Nile hne up their priceless store of wonders which, 5O00 years or more ago decked the arms of queens and .princesses of fabulous dynasties.
 For years learned porch climbers and body snatchers have been plying their grim trade among the tombs of the an cient Egyptians, pillaging the sarcophagl of the mighty dead until one wonders that there is anything of value left there in. Yet every now then some new and wonderful find Is made, and quite re- gently one of the most marvellous and valuable yet brought to light was discov cred by Professor Flinders Petrie. who is quite the most enterprising and inde- fatigable of those scholarly "cracksmen' fin the land of the Pharoahs.
 This astonishing collection of jewels which dates back to 30 B. C. and is known as the Treasure of Lahun," was discovered in the great pyramid In the
 
 and is now on exhibition. with other queer recent discoveries Of Dr. Petrie and his energetic little band of workers at the British School of Archaeology in Egypt. which opened It's latest show" at the University college in Cover street this week Many years ago Professor Pe- trie cleared part of the temple of the pyramid. attributing it to Senusert IT, of the twelfth dynasty (about 3i00 B. O, and found the entrance. Last year it was determined to make thorough clearance of thls site. This was done, i've tombs of the royal family were found and all had been pundered. But in one of them the burglars missed by some splendid mischance-the chief glory of the royal treasure. Professor Petre found that glory, and the result Is that the most valuable group of jewelry that ever reach ed Europe may now be seen by any of the thousands of American travellers now in London. who care to visit University col lege. Though it dates back to nearly 1000 years before Christ, 1t is so shining and fresh that 1t might have been made yes terday.
 These priceless jewels once ornamented the person of Sat-Hathor-A And, the daugh- ter Of Hat-Iior of Dendereh and the in- scriptions show that she probably was a queen of Amen-emhat TIT. The collection includes beautiful collar of gold cow ries spaced by bands of gold: two brace lets of small beads of gold turquoise and carnelian, four wristlets each ornamented with pair of lions face to face. a rope of gold, a pair of armlets of 37 rows of tur- auoise and carnellan beads spaced on gold. and a great necklace of pendants of gold. lazuli. carnelian and btie-green fel- spar. Attached to this is pendant scarab of Amememhat III. which Profes- sor Petrie declares to be the finest known for color of the lazuli and for workmanship.