The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-15
AME ER|CANS BUSY STUDYING OTHER T0MBS IN EGYPT
University of Pennsylvania Has Large Group of Scien-
 lists Working

PHILADELPHIA, April i4.--The GniN ersIty of PennsNtvanias Eg4p- tian expedition, which has been deir- .ns into buried history at the en- trance to the Valley of the Kings, where the tomb of Tutankhamen was recently found, is preparing to move O a cooler climate to continue search aig for bits of information relating O the activities of men in past ages.
 The university is now conducting .our expeditions. one is in the Valley 1f the Kings, another at Memphis, which was the oldest capital ot egypt. a third in Palestine. and an other in BabyioEia. where, in con nection with the expedition of the british museum, an ancient temple. believed to have been built 3.U0U years before the birth of Christ. was discovered. Anrouno ement of the Inding of this temple was recently made. Inscriptions were found show ng that King Nebuchadnezzar re- paired the place during his reign in he sixth century, B. C.
 The university has arranged the work of her excavators so that when -he hot weather season comes in one place they move to another. thus as
 uring almost continuous effort.
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 The work now coming 10 close is t 'hehes in an area adjoining the concession of Lord Carnarvon. Dur ing the two seasons of digging at rhebes several tombs have been dis- covered constructed in the same way as that of Tutankhamen, but all of them open and footed. The objects found in each were not of interest to robbers, such as canopic jars, us ha abtis, inscriptions and papyri
 In the last named class of objects really notable discovery was made at the close of last season when two sealed pottery cylinders were found within the entrance chamber of tomb which contained rolls of papyri. These were In a perfect state of pres erYation. On the outside of each roll was docket written in ancient Greek, and upon examination the papyri proved to be Demotic docu- ments dating from SIS R. (. to e65 B. C. They are mostly contracts, and contain the business transactions of q family during the period of years which they covered These papyri are now being translated in the uni versity museum.
 Buried Near Kings.
 All of the tombs discovered on the museuni's concession were of officials of the government of Thebes. Wno wished to be buried near the Kings and whose tombs are therefore found ill close proximity to the royal rest ing places.
 At the same time that the univer- sty museum is working this conces- sion at Thebes it is also excayatfng a Memphis 14 miles above Cairo, where the museum expedition diseov- cred several years ago the royal palace of Mcrenptah, an extensive structure covering a large area and enclosing numerous courts. The floors of this temple are found 5 feet helow the surface of the ground. The lower walls, and sometimes door ways and parts of columns, are found standing.
 one of the interesting discoveries made at this palace is the head of a life-size statue of Akhnaten, the father-in-law of Tutankhamen. The features are exauisitely modelled and the sensitive face is rendered in wonderfully life-like manner.
 The throne room of the Merenptah palace. especially the dais, shows rich sculpture and elaborate use of color The ornaments and heroglyphic in scriptions on the columns. and the stonework surrounding the doorways. are inlaid with beautiful pale blue fayenee Surrounding the throne room are dressing rooms. retiring rooms and bathroom which origin ally had running water.
 Excavations In Progress.
 Excavation here Is still in progress and it's completion is expected to throw much light on the domestic and official life of the pharaohs.
 Memphis was the capital of Egypt from the earliest times down to about 2.Go0 R. C. Then the pharaohs moved their capital south to Thebes. which arose to great splendor. Herodotus referred to the 100 gates of Thebes. This city remained the capital un- til Alexander the Great founded the new capital at Alexandria, except for that brief interval when Akhnaten built his new capital at Tell-el- Amarna in order that he might start everything in Egypt afresh: religion, art. architecture and government. His interesting experiment lasted for about generation, or until Tutankh- amen restored the old religion, re- versed the policy of his fatherin- law changed his name from Tut ankhaton to Tutankhamen as sym bol of his reversion. and went back to Thebes as the seat of his govern ment.
 Merenptah. who is regarded by n1ost authorities as the Pharaoh of