Evening star., 1924-01-05
VIEW OF PHARA0H'S
COFFIN SOON HINTED
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last February the doors were found
to be unsealed and that on being
Opened they disclosed within a sec
ond shrine with between them
quantity of wonderful treasures such
as alabaster vases. gilt staves' oo"s'
etc.
Doors Were Opened.
A short while ago these doors. to-
gether with the treasures were re-
moved to facilitate the work of re-
cording, and thus the doors OF the
second shrine stood fully. revealed
before our gaze, completely gslded with
magnificently incised scenes in RELIEF
OF King Tut -ank-Amen in various at
titudes OF worshiping, with, at the
top and bottom, bolts of ebony and In
the center staples of bronze fasten-
ed by a cord on which the sealing Is
still intact.
Carefully the cord was severed, the
and a third shrine was revealed eX,
actIy similar in design, of gold
throughout like the other two, with
similar ebony bolts across Its doors
sition, the sealing in this case being
a variant of the regular royal necrop-
oils sealing that bore the cartouche
Of King Tut-ankh-Amen, well as the
ordinary representation OF the aackai
god triumphing over its nine foes.
I-pon the doors were represented,
carved upon the gold, a number OF
curious figures of gods of the under
world.
was cleaner and brighter, and as the
successive doors stood open. their In
ner faces covered with gold, like the
outer ones, the sight was dazzling
superb, almost binding in its effect
Fourth Shrine Revealed.
Once more the bolts were drawn
and the seal cord cut and then the
doors Of this third shrine were
opened, revealing yet fourth shrine
also of gold. brighter and more daz-
cling than the last. This likewise
had bolts Of ebony, but there was no
sealing.
That there were now between US
and the heart Of the nest OF shrines
only tho doors confronting us was
| evident from the fact that depicted
| thereon were the figures OF the pro-
tect,ve goddesses with outstretched
wings. The decisive moment was al
! hand and we all watched with tense
axcitement as the bolts of the last
doors were drawn aside.
The doors swung slowly open ano
there, filling the entire area within
| the shrine and effectually barring all
| Snrther progress, stood the enormous
aarconharus Of crystalline sand.
stone, intact, with the lid still hrm-
! ly in place.
| hiahest relief, were the figures Of the
Tniir protective goddesses, Isis
Nsnhthys. Neith and Selk, not stand
inr free like tho exquisite figures
| round the shrine in the store cham
| Der, but cut in the stone OF the sar-
outstretched along its sides. while the
sntshiatu ature comprised q frieze of In.
scrintions giving the cartouches OF
King Tut-ankh- Amen, thus connrmlnG
that this was his tomb and that with
in the sarcophagus rerosed his NOR
tai remains.
M.xnihc.nt Piece Of Work.
From the doorway only one end o,
thu sarcophagus/ could be seen, but
that was sufacient to show what
MAGNIFICENT pieoe OF work 1t IL, ant
It's vastness, the superb nature of it'
decoration and carving, and with th'
daxsiing OF the golden doors and thu
| sides OF the various Dnr1neS, ali com
binsd to create an awe-insptrtng I'M
| pre ssion, which was accentuated b!
the mystic mauve lights cast on th'
scene by the electric reflector behint
u0.
we gaxed on the spectacle spellbount
i and silent. Whatever doubts ma.
have existed ~ to the contents o
this nest Of shrines have thus nov
been ~ffeotually set At rest. We hav
seen the actual sArcophagua whereil
the king lies buried and therewitl
FOR the time being We must be con
tent
lid until the shrtnes themselves hav
4 heen dismantled, ana 1t 10 useless t
| calculate how long that will take, fol
4 N previous dispatches have shown
the task involved Is stupendousl
OF one thing the world may rest as
sured, When the time comeS for th
i lid TO be raised and the mummy o
4 the king disturbed Mr.. Carter and hi
associates will carry out tho task q
reyerently ~ spossibls, and after sci
| entiflo records have been made hi
body will be left In peace within tn
Il foymh Ki0R 6n0rRn Ay0rAnnnd tn