Evening star., 1923-02-21

tho tomb of Tutankhamen that are
still stored with treasures, and learn
what is there. Mere human curiosity
impels nightly in that direction, but
curiosity must not be allowed to in
terfere with science.
In regard to the annex to the outer
chamber 1 have explained before the
great difficulty encountered is owing to
the smaIlness of the present opening
IN tho wall and to the fact that the
floor of the annex is some feet lower
than that Of the outer chamber. I'm
doubtedly ultimately the opening
must be carefully enlarged and the
articles from the crowded floor be-
low must be delicately lifted up TO
some sort of staging thrust out above
till sufficient space is cleared on the
door to allow one to step down.
Extreme Care Necessary.
All this, with the extreme care thu
ls necessary for the job, will take
some time, and, IT, done, what dlspo-
sition will be made of the articles
taken out? At present the laboratory
IS crowded and the expert staff mas
months of work on hand with the ar
ticles already brought out. Anything
more will have to be left lying rouno
the floor of the outer chamber. That
IS unthinkable, so We can dismiss the
suggestion of work in that annex.
Then there is the other treasure
house opening off the sepulchral
apartment, with all its tantalizing
temptation of unopened boxes. Ihe
difficulties here are much greater.
How can any but the smallest objects
be carried out through an apartment
where there is only an eighteen-inch
passage between the wall and the
first screen? The tabernacles must
first be taken down and each shell
removed before the next can even be
opened or examined. But this cannot
he done with the present wall pierced
by only single small opening. That
wall is only built-up partition, on
an accommodation wall. and VIII nave
to be largely demolished before the
tabernacles inside can be dismounted.
But the interior of this wall itself IS
all painted and inscribed. though the
decoration apparently is not OF the
highest quality. All has to be care
possible copied and photographed
though how it will be done in such a
confined space is difficult to see.
Order of Proceedings.
The order of proceedings. therefore,
presumably must be, first the study
Of the wall: secondly. the demolition
of a large section of the wall; thirdly,
first tabernacle, the exploring or Its
contents and the examination and re-
cording, etc, of the inner surface of
the new walls then exposed, which at
present are inaccessible. Then there
must be similar removals of the sue
cessive tabernacleS, with correspond
ing Incidental work at each stage and
careful handling of all the articles
found. Last of all, we can get at the
contents of the treasure house now
exposed.
All the objects must have beeo put
in the treasure house before the tab
ernacles were built around the sar-
cophagus, and tho reverse order will
have to be observed in the work of
getting them out.
All this gives some conception of
the embarrassments uf the problem
now confronting the excavaters, and
suggests the impossibility of any
considerable new progress this spring.
OF coure, minor discoveries will con-
tinue to be made in the course of
the work in the laboratory. etc, and
the whole thing will be most fas-
cinating; but the king has yet
another summers sleep before him,
undisturbed
Glimpse Tunerary Chariot
Among the extraordinary variety
OF articles crowded into the treasure
house opening off tho sepulchral
chamber is another chariot, which
seems out of character with most of
the other contents. 1t is in a bad
condition and seems to have been an
inferior article compared with the
fine vehicle found in the outer cham
Der. 1t is suggested that it was
purely Itinerary vehicle Of some
sort-not one of the kings usual
driving chariots.
Another article in the inner cham
Der not mentioned before is long
Eilded pole resting against the wall
with what seems a large skin attach
ed to 1t. 1t has not yet been inves-
eigated closely and no conjecture
has been made in regard to it's use.
The only suggestion is that it has
something to do with funeral rites
OF which we are ignorant No one
emembers that anything like it has
been found before.
Figures Guard King.
One OF the boxes from which the lid
has been lifted contains two un-
usually fine ushabti figures and
PROBABLY more will be found in the
other boxes. The ushabtiu were sup
posed to be figures which would act
as substitutes for the deceased king
in doing his labors in the other world.
"A Pharaoh might be expected to have
many such aides, so 1t IS reasonable
10 expect more will be found either
In the boxes or nearer the body in the
spaces between the successive taber-
nacles.
Some of tho boxes are wonderful
works of art themselves. One has a
sort OF lacelike open work geometri-
cal pattern of extraordinary fine in
laying Of ivory and ebony on n very
minute scale. Another instead Of
being rectangular is cartouche- shaped,
and with other decorations has a very
striking panel of a checkerboard
design inlaid with alternating colors.
very distinguished authority said
30 me last evening:
thought l knew netting about
Egyptian art until today; but we have
all got to recast all our IDEAS"
This seems true and many books
have to be rewritten. Even if more
wonders are not found the present
snents hitherto undreamed Of
Was Young Man.
TO revert to most interesting sub
5eot, namely, the age of King
Tutankhamen, tho moro progress is
made with tho examination and
restoration Of the various articles
found. the more it seems likely he
entirely accords with such historical
data as are available, such as the
length of his reign. the ago of his
wife and so forth There is the
,naniken, or dress dummy. of which
you have heard. Some correspond
ents appear to consider this to be
the figure of Queen Ankthnesamen,
presumably misled by the fact that
The head-dress is rather reminiscent
of that of Queen Neferitthi in the
wonderful statue found by the Ger
mans at Tellelamarna. Others more
Initiative have seen a resemblance to
the Mona Lisa What are called
closeup photographs should be reach
ing you now from which you will see
how hard this is on Mona Lisa.
Obviously this figure shows the king
as quite q Young man. The head is