The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
RICHES ARE FOUND UNDER CANOPY IN TOMB OF PHARAOH
pr. WeigalI Reveals Wonder full Treasures Discovered When Official Party Pen-
 etrated Inner Tomb
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never been robbed and if this is SC the aperture which seemed to be ob- served in the sealed wall must have been made by an inspector, to see if all was well inside, and then closed by him, But perhaps the excavators were in error in thinking the wall lad ever been tempered with.
 The canopy of Queen Tiy had nails of pure gold so probably the nails in this one may prove to be sim ilarly of gold. There may be won } derful jewels on the mummy and t :. is perhaps wrapped in sheets of gold as was Akhnaton, with a gold vulture l over the face and a gold necklace But 1t will be a long time before it Is seen and indeed the whole burial chamber may be sealed up again until next year.
 : This morning several visitors, in- cluding the governor of this province, have been admitted to the tomb and , the only work done was that of en- larging the opening.
 Official Opening Noisy.
 The official opening of the tomb was a very different affair from that of the secret entrance effected Fri day. Then 1t was an eerie and silent ceremony, today 1t was a noisy af-
 
 turn in his cramped golden sar- cophagus.
 The Valley of the Kings was crowded at an early hour and at mid morning, when the Dowager Sultana arrived with her ladies, there was a hustle such as the ancient valley has never known in all it's modern history. There were soldiers spring ing to salute, officers with clanking swords shouting orders, cinema op- orators running up the hillsides like portly gazelles, while native boys climbed behind them with their ap- 1 paratus
 Crowds of European visitors in every kind of costume from eques- trian to regatta, Egyptian notables looking very hot in European clothes and red tarboushes. tall black eu- nuchs in long frock coats. drag omans in bright silken robes-a mot ley crowd all swarmed and buzzed into the valley
 The Sultanas was taken down into the tomb to look over the broken | barrier wall into the chamber be- yond and everybody photographed her as she went in and again as she came out, and soldiers saluted and dogs parked after she had gone her | royal way, with mounted police trot- ting behind half smothered in dust. Various other important personages were taken down into the tomb and then came picnic lunches and pres ently the Queen of the Belgians and Field Marshal Lord Allenby. high commissioner of Egypt, arrived and once more the soldiers lined up and cameras clicked. It was gay and animated affair. Mr
 don't knoy why if that dis turbing this Pharoah's long rest has seemed so sad and solemn busi- ness to me, but today as on Friday my heart was heavy and my head full of dreams of other days. The opening of this tomb persisted in seeming to me the disturbing of a sleeping man and forcing some sort of ordeal upon him and my feeling for him was one of intense pity. It was as though he were somebody who had been left behind after all his friends and loved ones became dust, somebody who was all alone In an alien age, who was being awakened to face thousands of star ing eyes not filled with reverence, but curiosity.
 Wonderful Objects.
 The great canopy is only about five inches from the wall Of the room on one side, but there is just room enough to squeeze in on the other side Near. it are several sacred paddles or oars for propelling q barQue on which he would sail across the skies, in the train of the sun. The annex rooms are crammed with wonderful objects-sacred boats, chariots boxes and so on. Among these are two unique little statues of gold or gilt representing the King wearing a crown and standing with his left foot forward on the back of walking lion the whole being but few inches high.
 There is also large god-eoV- cred box six feet high, four feet square, which may contain the royal wigs judging by similar boxes found in the tomb of Prince Yuua. Here too are some fine labaster vases and a great number of boxes. The actual burial chambers are three or | four feet lower than the flrst ante chamber and one has to step down into it. Both burial chamber ana annex are now lt1by arc lamps under the glare of which the gold ghtters astonishingly.
 | Previous royal tombs which have been discovered have all been robbed and their contents smashed up. ihe one most valuable aspect of this dis- covery is that the objects found ln- tact will explain fragments from three other tombs which have been unntelligible. For instance, in the tomb of Amenophis the Second there was a lion with wedge on the back projecting upwards, which we can now see was for supporting statue of the king. Again Hippo heads, lion heads and COW heads from the wrecked tomb of Horemheb can now be identified as parts of ceremonial couches.
 Again. curious ornaments in the form of the Ankh or sign of life. found on the tomb of Amenophis the Second are now seen to be candle sticks somewhat like those found in this tomb. l do not think. however, that earlier tombs ever had such magnificent objects and there can be little doubt that Egypt was enor- mously wealthy during the reign of Tutankhamen and was at the height of her civilization. l think there is jewels but also documents which like the famous Harris papyrus will tell all that Tutankhamen did for the glory of the gods.
 ANCIENT TEMPLE FOUND PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 21.-(By United Press.)-A Babylonian temple built 25 centuries before Christ--cen- turies more ancient than the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt, has been discovered at UT Mesopotamia according to Sir Frederick George Kenyon. director of the British I Museum.
 The discovery was made by the joint expedition of the British Mu- l---------------