The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-02
Wonderful Royal Robes of Ancient Egyptian King Dis pIayed-BeWildering
 Collection
By ARTHUR wEIGALL

Special correspondent. Copyright
 1923, by North American Newspaper
 Alliance and London Daily Mail.
 New York World and Birmingham
 Age-Herald.)
 LUXOR, Egypt. Feb. 1.--I made a visit today to the workshop where practically all the relics found in Tutankhamens tomb have now been stored. The place IS so crowded with antiquities awaiting treatment and packing that it is difficult to move and bewildering collection of treas ures il is! Against the walls stand chairs, a stool. caskets, boxes, em- balmed food, two beds with modern like spring mattresses. chariot s4aeels. vases. pots and so forth. in astonishing array Some are in pack ing cases, others still resting on the wooden trays on which they were brought here from the tomb.
 The throne, I suppose, still holds its own as the most magnificent ob- ject in the collection and one notices
 
 touches of the king, inscribed on it, read both Tutankh-Aton and Tut. ankh- Amen. indicating the vacilliat- ing monarehs transition period be- tween the worship of Alton and of Amen. This throne and perhaps otEeT objects seem to date from the period of the courts return to Thebes from Tellelamarna-sorhe four or five years before the king death-which suggests that the fu- neral paraphernalia were made ready long before they were required.
 Prepared Funeral Before Death
 In this connection 1t is interesting to note that Akhnatons funeral equipment was also obviously made years before his death. Pharaohs, of course. generally made their tombs during their lifetime, but it is now pretty certain that the paraphernalia were prepared, too The bouquets and flowers now to be seen at the workshop have been so well treated with prcservatives that there Is no danger of their dropping ts pieces, but the royal robes have proved a greater difficulty.
 One of these robes is most as- tonishing. It is covered over with little discs of yoldfoil sewn on to the material so that the whole thing must have sparkled in the sunlight in dazzling manner. Then the gclden walking sticks and ceremonial slaves, with their exquisite decora- tions, are here to be seen, now lying ih cotton wool. and nearby there is q leopard skin, with a head of pure gold. But perhaps the most interest ing and human object of all is the little glove which must have be longed to child.
 Chiid's Glove Found
 Tutankhamen had no children and therefore the glove probably belonged d to his queen, who was only about 12 to l3 when they married. No doubt 1t was her hands that pre- pared her h3s5and's burial and We may suppose that the little glove was treasured keepsake placed by her in the tomb.
 Earl Carnarvon and his daughter. Lady Evelyn Herbert, arrived in Luxor from England this morning with MT. Carter. who went to Cairo to meet them. After luncheon they went up to the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen in the Ford car, which is causing such interest and excite ment in Theban fields and villages.
 A new road is being made across the mud flats near the Nile to join the old embarked road which leads to the desert roadway up a long, winding valley to the royal metropo- lis, Gangs of convicts are at work on it and 1t Is hoped that it will be finished In time for the opening of the inner chamber.
 Lord Carnarvon's party has now been joined by cinema operator and ohters new to this enterprise. and visits were therefore made both to the tomb and the workshop
 Visits Other Excavation"
 The sudden braclng weather has sent tourists off in all directions on excursions to temples and tombs. and I myself was out on an early visit to excavations being conducted by archaeologists of the Institute Francais in the valley of Beir Ell Medine Here I was shown the nor tuary chapel. just discovered. It is built of bricks In the form of pyramid, having inside small chamber with wall paintings whici., by the style of art, l can date un- questonaby as belonging to the reign of Tutankhamen.
 It is a strange coincidence that while the tomb of Tutankhamen igi being cleared of its contents n the valley of the kings. this shrine of one of his wealthy subjects should also be found.