Evening star., 1923-02-17
JEWELS AND GOLD
DAzzLEEXPL0RERS
IN PHARAOH TOMB
Inner Chamber Penetrated at
Luxor-NeW Wealth of His.
toric Objects Found.

London Times world copyright. By arrnnye.
ment with the Earl OF Carnarron.l
BY Cable to The Star
hoAoR, Egypt, February l6.-This
mas been. perhaps, the most extraor-
dinary day in the whole history of
Egyptian excavation. Whatever anv
one may have guessed or imagined
OF the secret of Tutankhamen's tomb
tneS surely cannot have dreamed the
truth as now revealed
The entrance today was made into
the sealed chamber Of the tomb Of
Iutankhamen, AMI yet another door
opened beyond tnat No eyes have Vet
seen the king. but. to practical GER
close at hand in all his original STATE
undisturbed.
More Treasures Found.
Moreover. in addition to the great
store of treasures which the tomb
mas already yielded. TODAY has
brought to light a new wealth Of
objects of artistic. historical. and even
intrinsic =. value which is bewildering.
II is such a hoard as the most
sanguine excavator can hardly have
pictured, even In visions in his sleen
and puts Lord Carnarvon's and Mr..
SdrterS discovery in class by itself
AhT Tbanph anote an ala pfsn,., previous finds.
sealed mortuary chamber of the tomb
has been fixed for Sunday, IL was
obviously impossible to postpone un-
til then the actual work Of breaking
, IN the entrance. This was job in
1t had to be done with the greatest
care, SO as to keep intact as manv of
the seals as possible, and also to
anoid injury to any Of the objects
caused by the falling material dis
lodged.
Unpleasant Atmosphere,
All this could not be done on Sum-
day while the official guests were
kept waiting in the singularly un-
pleasant atmosphere Of the tomb. so
an agreement was made with the
Egyptian authorities by which the ac-
tual breaking through of the wall
should be done in their presence to-
day.
Consequently, Howard Carter was
very tlsy inside the tomb all morn
ing with Professor Brested and Dr..
Allan Gardiner, whose assistance has
been invaluable from the beginning
OF the work of examining seals and
decipherlng and copying Inscriptions
of all kinds. They had finished by
noon. and the tomb was closed until
after luncheon. at which Lord Carn-
arvon, Carter and Lady Evelyn Her
bert entertained all those invited to
be present today.
It was after / o'clock when tho
on1cial party entered the tomb, and
the operation was begun which waa
to result in such astounding discoy-
cries, or which I am able to give the
following authoritative description:
Details of Opening.
Today between the hours Of I and
in the afternoon the eliminating
moment in the discovery of Tutankh-
amen's tomb took place when Lord
Carnarven and Howard Carter opened
the inner sealed doorway in. the pres
ence of Lady Evelyn Herbert, Abdel
Hamid Suliman Pasha, undersecre-
tary of public works; Pierre I4acau,
director general Of the antiquities
department.; Sir William Garstin, Sir
Charles Gust, Mr.. Lythgoe. the cura-
tor OF the Metropolitan Museum of
Art of New York: Mr.. Winiock, di-
rector Of the Egyptian expedition Of
the Metropolitan Museum, together
with other representatives Of tho
government.
way. bearing the royal insignia and
decorated with religious texts. and
30 far the outer face Of the inner
tabernacle is similarly gilded and
decorated. and can make no attempt
to describe the feelings of awe, won
der and mystery with which the
spectacle inspired one.
On the door OF the inner tabernacle
the original seals seem yet unbroken,
The robbers do not appear to have
penetrated 1t. We made no attempt
was impossible. Apparently the inner
door will not be opened until the
outer wall Is removed. 1t must have
been shut and sealed and the outer
wall then erected around it. 1t will,
therefore. / conjecture. be necessary
to pull down. the outer screening
wall before the inner shrine Is opened.
This will be quite an undertaking
in the narrow space.
Paddles for Hereafter.
Among the Individual objects I
noticed besides the oars. or paddles.
for the use Of the deceased in the
hereafter, were some alabaster vases.
seemingly Of the finest quality, and a
piece Of some sort Of 5ewelry lyfnx
huddied on the floor, where one NAV
suppose they had been thrown BY
From the foregoing it will be ey,-
dent that We have really arrived at
the sepulchre of an old Egyptian
king unviolated by robbers and un-
disturbed through 5000 years. In
the ofncial narrative given above
Ramses ~. Egyptologists viii re-
sketch Of the ground plan Of tho
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