The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-04


ages of centuries ago. Tut
king, and as such was laid
BETTING a regal parsonage.
Now, a number Of scientific
the doors of the sacred tomb
sun CLEANS down on the
from the eyes Of man when
the Egyptian monarch closed
his eyes in eternal rest,
nearly two thousand years
before q white man trod the
shores of America.
Tut.Ankh-Amen's tomb IL y
source OF much interest to those
Who devote their lives to re-
search In distant lands and their
energies in excavation in search
of the remains and records Of
those who made history in the.
ages Of which we have little his.
torical data.
TUT.ANKH-AMEN HATS.
The gold and jewels discovered
there have aroused the magma
ton Of the layman. For once in
his life the cop on the corner lets
the pedestrian have the right of
way, as he chins about it with the
fireman off duty! The grocery
clerk hands you a cake of soap
when you ask for two leaves OF
bread, and wonders how many
pecks of jewels you think they
viii find in Tut-Ankh-Amen's
tomb.
1t has become valuable asset
20 the insurance agent. who. while
importuning You to increase your
King Tut-Ankh-Amen's burial cere-
monies.
Soon the clothing stores will be
exhibiting the latest in Tut
Ankh-Amen suits. There will be
Tut-Ankh-Amen shoes, Tut-Ankh-
Amen brands of meats will soon
appear because of the recent dis
coveries, and the cake-eaters will
be dazzling the feminine world on
+ street with Tut.Ankh-Amen hats
perched jauntily, on the sides Of
their heads.
Compared with some of the
naausoleums of the East, how,
eyer, TuteAnkh-Amen's tomb falls
into the less pretentious class. for
It cannot be compared with the
Pyramids, the mausoleum at Hall
carnassus, the tomb of Theodore
the Great, the treasury Of Pha-
raoh. and many others. Egypt is
dotted from one end to the other
with mausoleums. They range
from the wonderful Pyramids to
the lowly tomb in the sandhills,
and they all testify to the super
stitious reverence with which the
mortal remains were laid away
In their last resting places in
those bygone centuries.
HOMES OF THE DEAD"
To better understand why the
great ones of the earth of that
period were buried in such mag
nificent splendor, it must be un-
Aerstood that the tombs, or maus-
oleums, as we now call them,
were not tombs to the people who
lived in that age. They were con-
sidered homes of the dead"
They were the abiding places. not
OF mummies doomed to rest there
throughout eternity, but Of peo-
sple living in a spiritual sense.
and as such were resting until
the day Of resurrection.
The ancient Egyptians firmly
believed that life did not end
with death. Their belief was that
only the mortal part Of man
ceased to live; that his spiritual
part entered the gates of everlast-
ing happiness, and that the body
would be required by the spirit
later on. For that reason they
disposed Of the remains in such
o manner that they would be in
as nearly perfect condition as pos.
sible when called upon to enter
the spiritual world.
The mausoleum was considered
one of the most appropriate forms
Of tonbs, and some wonderful
examples of these structures have
come down to US through the
ages. They range from simple
sdignified buildings to the magrifi