The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-28

tons of stone gravel, and when the
large tomb of Rameses the Sixth was
prepared about B. C. $780,, the exis-
tence of Tut-Ankh- Amen's sepulchre,
a few feet below the site chosen, ap-
parently was unsupported.
These conditions were closely par
alleled by those observed in the
reighboring tomb of the Prince Yuaa,
about b. C. 1890, which Quibell and
L discovered during the excavations
here financed by the late T. NJ. Davis
Of Boston. This tomb lay lost and
hidden between two later tombs, that
of Rameses the Third, afterwards dis
carded, and that of Rameses the
Twelfth. Here, too. thieves had en-
tered soon after the date of the fu-
neral, by means of small hole in
the corner of an otherwise intact
enclosing wall. and in the passage
beyond we then found few objects
which had been thrown aside by the
| robbers just as Lord Carnarvon found
in the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-
Amen.
Similarly a great mass of funeral
| urniture-wonderful couches chairs.
| chariots, boxes, vases, ETC., had been
| pushed aside and piled up out of the
! robbers way. Jewels and gold had
been taken.
Here however, lids had been
thrown from the collins and ban
| dages had been ripped from the num-
mics heads in frantic search for the
beautiful jewels which had been hung
around the necks of the dead bodies
and the gold which covered their
faces. We could see in the bandages
on the bodies the impress of the
precious necklaces which had been
| removed.
Lord Carnarvon may, therefore
find that the mummy of Tut-Ankh.
amen has been similarly despoilec
and l will be personally surprised Il
the jewels are still there. The onI,
hope Is that the robbers were in {
Murray.
Gold Mask Ripped Off ...i
In the tomb of Pharaoh Akhnator
which was discovered in further ex
cavations under my supervision
gold face-mask of the effigy of tn,
king, on the lid of the coffin, hat
been ripped off by some thief, bu
the semi-precious stones with which
the golden coffin was encrusted were
! all In place and the mummy itself
wrapped In magnificent sheets Of
gold-was found intact. / think II
the present case Lord Carnarvon may
expect to find a wooden coffin GOV.
cred with gold leaf and having the
name of the king and his titles in
laid in hieroglyphs made of semi
precious stones. There may be two
| collins, one inside the other, ant
the mummy probably will be wrap.
ped in sheets of gold-unless these
have been taken. Then there vii
probably be four canopic vases with
| IN, nf IA
of the king, some symbolic animals
in wood, and other religious objects
| Tut-Anlsh-Amen will perhaps be
found lying in the coffin under &
wooden canopy or within stone
sarcophagus. Sarcophagi in TIN
tombs of his predecessors have gen
orally been made of quartzite sand.
stone, but that which we found II
the tomb of Horembeb Pharaoh, who
died few years later, is of pinl
granite, as also is that of Ay, Tut
| ankh -amen's immediate successor. Or
the other hand we found the body
| of Akhnaton, Tut-ankh-amen'i
father-in-law, resting in its coffin OF
the remains of a wooden bier ant
not in a sarcophagus and this may bt
1.-THE case in the new discovery.
1t is very unlikely that the mum
that of the king for she is known t.
have arranged another marriage fol
herself. We found Princess Tuau ly
ing beside her husband, Prince Yuaa
in the tomb referred to above ant
| we also found bones of four uniden'
titled persons, male and female, II
the wreck of the tomb chamber O
| Horemheb. But the queen of succeed
I ing Pharaoh. Rameses l, was buried
separately in another valley as alst
| were later queens. Possibly, how
ever. other royal personages may b.
in the tomb, for of this period Kint
Smenkhkara, his queen, and TIL
princesses are still undiscovered.
Wonderful Chariot Found
Among the treasures already re
moved valued at over $4,000, 90
the Kings imperial chariot made en-
tirely of woodworking wheels an
axle-the body covered with leather
studded swith precious Jewels an
gold, was found in the first chambe
of the great King Tut nnkh-A Amer
The rims of the wheels are cleverl.
bound with tough leather, the slight
ly worn surface of which indicate
that the king probably held the rein
on many state occasions, either at til
review of his troops or when wei
coming some neighboring potentatt
The chariot was drawn by tw
horses, harnessed to a single shat
(not shown in the picture) with col
lars and bits gaudily bejewelled. TIL
driver was accustomed. when goin
into battle, to tying. the reins to hi
Ibelt, thus leaving both arms free 70
the use of his bow and arrows an
smear Tut-Ankh- Amen seems, how