The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-22
RICHES UNDER
 GOLD CANOPY IF PHARA0H.
Dr. WeigaII Describes Won derfuI Array of Treasures Found When Inner Tomb Is Penetrated by Off,
 ficiaI Party
By ARTHUR WEIGALL.

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 can Newspaper Alliance, London
 Daily Mail and Birmingham Age
 Herald.
 LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 21.-I am now able to give a detailed account of the gorgeous relics found in the mysterious inner chamber of Pha- raoh Tutankhamen. One enters a narrow aperture cut in the wall that separates the two chambers and the first sight that greets the eye is huge shrine or canopy which occupies almost the entire inner room.
 It is about 12 feet high, feet long, 12 feet broad, and there is only the narrowest passage around or between it and the walls of ss room. It is probably made of ly cedar of Lebanon, as was tl. similar canopy we found in Queen Tiy's tomb. The entire canopy is covered with goldleaf and at the head there are beautiful series of inlaid designs in semi-precious stones and enamel. Wrought upon 1t with exquisite art are figures of the goddesses Nephthy and Isis, with wings spread downwards in the manner that the mother bird pro- teets her young.
 frototypes of Ark Figure.
 These figures, so often seen in Egyptian art, are prototypes of the Cherubim and Seraphim on either side of the Ark of the Lord, and they are intended to enfoId and mother the dead king so he might feel that he slept under the eternal protection of their great wings. On either side of this canopy are four gods whose special functions was to guard the dead. At the other end or the canopy are two folding doors; these, when found. were bolted and sealed with the seal Of Tutankhamen, whose cartouches were also inscribed on the canopy itself.
 This great canopy is made in six pieces, four sides, the lid and the stand. The lid curves upward at one end, IS in most Egyptian shrlnes. in fact. one might call the whole thing great Naos or inner cell or sanctuary of the temple in which the dead king sleeps like god in his shrine.
 In the space between the two golden doors at the end of the canopy and the inner sarcophagus one can, see a mass of jewelry, con sisting Anostly of scarabs beautiful..y wrought in blue glaze and stone, one big scarab made of jasper being pei haps the most beautiful ever found The name of Tutankhamen Is en- eraved upon them.
 There is also an exquisite vase made of alabaster, in the form of a chalce, with two delcately curved lotus stems projecting from the side and supporting two flower-like cups, one which contains the little statu- ette of Isis, the other the little sta tuette of Nephthys. There is some exquisitely carved open work ..round the base and sides of the middle of the chalice, the beauty of which is increased by the fact that the stone is transparent.
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 Covered With Gold.
 Some amulets were also there ard a small statuette of Horus in the form of hawk, this being the royal bird of Egypt The sarcophagIs in- side the outer shrine is also of gold covered wood, with doors at the end sealed in like manner, but over this Is spread an astonishing pail or veil of what looks like black crepe and sewn all over with little half moons of gold. In the tomb of Prince Yuua we found somewhat similar black veil over the head of the coffin and in the tomb found by Scbiaparell a Deirel Medineh there was linen pail over the coffin, otherwise l do not think such a relic has ever bean found before.
 The mummy of the king is in yet another sarcophagus but this has net yet been opened. My prophecy that the king would be found alone in single chamber is thus proved cor rect.
 The canopy. I imagine. was brought into the tomb in sections and built there around the inner sarcaphagms. The walls of the chamber are in- scribed with vividly colored hieru- glyphics from the Book of the Dead W hen these texts are read they ought to- throw a new light on the exact state of Egyptian beliefs at this im- pcrtant period of the return of orth- odox nolytheism after the mono theistic doctrines of Akhnaton. More Beautiful Charfots.
 On the right or east side of the burial chamber there is a little an nex in which are cnariots even more beautiful than those found in the outer chamber. sacred ark or boat. some vases for ungents and many other beautiful objects. Here also $ casket containing four canopic vases which hold the heart and other organs removed from the kings body during the process of embalming. An. other casket is believed to contain papyri or jewels and 1t Is thought
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