The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-27
FAMOUS CRAVE
DIGGER TELLS OF
FINDING KING TUT
Monarch Was Versatile
AS To Religion
BIZ ALFREp FRANKENsTEIN

Howard carter, discOYerer and eK-
plorer Of the tomb of the pharoah
Tut-Ankh-Amen. (The Living Image
of Amon) lectured on his discoveries
at Orchestra Hall last Wednesday
and Thursday. Carter said that the
finding of cup with the seal of King
Tut on it led him to believe that
the monarch's body was buried in the
Valley Of the Kings, the royal Genet
cry Of ancient Egypt. After six years
of fruitless investigation the tomb
was discovered. The burial chamber
of Rameses the sixth had been dug
out Of the rock above Tut's tomb,
and all the rubbish of that construc-
ton, amounting to over 200 tons of
rock had been thrown over the en-
trance of the sepulchre of the earlier
rulers. This accounts for the fact that
Tut was not discovered before.
On November 4. 1922, the stairway
to the tomb was discovered. Excava-
ton OF it revealed door, sealed
on the one part with the seal of Tut
Ankh-Amen and on the other with the
seal of the royal metropolis. This,
with other circumstances, among
them the confusion of the relics found
later, led Carter to believe that
thieves had entered the tomb some
ten or fifteen years after the burial Of
the king, and had been caught by the
royal police force.
Like An Open House
Further excavation led to the ante
chamber in which the kings personal
effects were stored. Carter said the
first glimpse Of it looked like the prop
erty room of an opera house, and the
pictures he exhibited of it showed
this description to be perfect. Couch
es and beds, war chariots, chests,
vases still containing perfumes and
ointments, benches and chairs were
stored in the room in the uttermost
confusion
Most of the first lecture was taken
up with pictures and detailed de-
scription of these articles. Almost
Everything connected with the royal
parsonage was either made of gold
or covered with it. A couch in the
form of lion, made of wood covered
with sheet gold, and couch in the form
Of the COW goddess Hathor were the
bulkiest objects in the antechamber.
The chests/ contained the kings's
clothing and jewelry. The frequent
recurring inscriptions showed the
monarch in triumph over the enemies
of Egypt, always portrayed as an
Asiatic with long beard and a
Negro. A chair showed the name
Naturalization Living Image of
Atom, proving that Tut had first
protested the monotheistic Alton re-
ligion, but had reverted to the poly
theism and sun worship OF Anon.
A Lively Walking Cane
The idea that Egyptian art was al
ways stereotyped and almost diagram
matte was refuted by picture of the
head of walking-cane, on which was
carved in exquisitely colored and real
istic figures the heads of an Asiatic
and Negro, the ancient foes of
Egypt
The second lecture dealt with the
discoveries of last year. A sealed
door, guarded by two statues of the
king, revealed what apparently was
wall Of gold. 1t proved to be huge
shrine, in which were three other
smaller shrines. Inside the fourth
was a sandstone sarcophagus, inside
that golden casket, In the form of
the mummy within. That was as far
as Carter got. When the shrines were
removed piece meal and reassembled,
trouble with local authorities occur
red, and further work was impossible.
One of the most curious finds OF all
was made in this chamber. It was
lamp which apparently was undecorat-
ed, but, when lighted, showed picture
Of the king and the queen. It was
made by the insertion Of one alabas-
ter cup within another.
Several chambers remain unopened.
Some we're opened, but closed again
so that the temptation to enter them
could be resisted.
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