Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
DISCOVERIES
BY EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION
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- NContinucd from First Papc)
had worked on the pyramids. but no
one had yet discovered the plan OF the
structures and no one knew how to
get into them. Fortunately. mt Gcbcl
Barkal there were two conlpI.tc,v
ruined pyramids or small size which
onercd the easiest opportunity of solv-
ihS inns mystery. We found in the
case OF each u stairway on III. cus,ern
side leading down to Chambers under
the pyramid With this hint. we at
tackled the larger pyramids. and ,yi,hir
month we had found the entrances
OF twenty-five pyramids and had
cleared the burial chambers or al, IN.
one.
All the chambers had been r.uont
cdiy plundcred In ancien, DAYS for
gold Nevertheless. we gathered a
mass Of material. from which We were
able to reconstruct the forms and
"hara ctcr OF the greater part OF the
pottery implements and other things
I characteristic Of the period This re-
constructed group pointed clearly to
'Hc ifst century before Christ as the
ti'ne IN which had lived those little
Kings VINO had built these monuments
"u'' In view OF the scanty material
ioF comparison. this conclusion may be
century away from the truth.
RED-GLAIED nOWLS
WITH RELIEF PATTERN
tn" most Interesting objects were
'red glazed bowls with relief pattern.
red glazed plates. polished vessels OF
Opaque red or varicsatcd glass. am
phorae. initiating the Rhodlan in form
and material a bronze jug with two
handles, each ending i'll mask: four
bronze vessels, "a piece OF wood carved
III relief and wonderful gold bracelet
with a lacquer decoration in Egypto-
Mcro!tic style.
Towards the end Of February tho
fun force was turned on the excavation
the great temple and almost the whole
of the other temples were in seem =
inS!y hopeless state OF destruction.
Half dozen expeditions had dug
d"sui'ory trenches III these. and the
natives had used them a. quarries for
centuries. In hunting for a suitable
place 10 throw the refuse. we cleared
Il space beside the first pylon. Eve
found ourselves, however, inside the
temple inclosurc and on the liVin.
I floor of the Meroitic period (ahout
! 10" II. CO. To our great surprise in "A
hole in this :ioor sc came on tho edge
OF pile Of fragments of large ROYAL
statues OF the Ethiopian period In
vcstiEation showed that there had been
/ IL great restoration OF the temple after
q period OF destruction. subsequent to
coo Il. e. and that the statues OF the
t Ethiopian Kings found broken during
/ this restoration had been carried out
! and thrown into this place. The names
! o: four Kings We're ;ound--thc Hlbli-
I cal Tirhaka. Amon-anal. his son. Es-
/ palta, and later King named Senka-
( anon sckcn. Only the statue of Es-
I p;ilta was complete. II seemed, there
/ fore. that there must be another dump
I In which the fragments OF these
statues had been thrown. bu, in so
vast AN area the chance OF finding the
/ other dump withou; ,'eXcavatinE the
/ whole seemed too small! for cons,dera-
I ton.
/ This forces US TO plan some other
/ way OF attacking the excavation Of
/ The great temple. and turned 20 the
| area next 10 the mountain. thinking
10 clear UP the rubbish strewn ground
/ and pile the refus, beside the back
. part Of the temple In the course or
/ this work came on the foundation
! walls OF two smaller temples, and
while clearing these, with no thought
o: anything but archaeological results.
we suddenly came on the other ancient
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