The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-04-01

day, after four thousand years
the features are clearly defined.
Here, too, we view the wonderful
mummy case of King Tutank-
hamen ("King Tut"), recently
taken from his tomb in the Val
ley of the Kings, near Luxor, il
is of solid gold and its lustre daz-
zIes the eye; the many other ar
ticles found in the tomb + also
there but the mummy itself is at
present in a hidden place some
where in the Valley of the Kings,
undergoing certain repairs before
being placed in the museum.
Primitive Irrigation
After spending three days in
Cairo we board a wonderful Nile
steamer which steams up the his
toric river and we are lost in ro-
mance-away from the strife of
cities and Observation-Disclosures
to nature in the very land where
the record of man first begins.
Egypt is the Nile and the Nile
is Egypt. 1t does not rain here
and most of the water needed for
the crops is still dipped from the
Nile in the most primitive way.
Naked Egyptians line its banks
on either side and their brown bod
les bend and sway in perfect
rhythm lifting its waters with the
help of a balancing pole, a GER
tain step when it is again and
again raised until it reaches the
proper level. The action of wood
against wood as the poles go up
and down brings forth a squeak
ing which in its echo from n
side of the stream to the other
blends into a melody-the black
swaying bodies and the smiling
faces-much content with their
humble lot-paints a picture not
soon to be forgotten.
The Cradle of Civilization
We steam only during the day,
since the river is receding daily
and the boatmeR do not wish to
strike a sand-bar; every day we
stop along the way to view an
ancient Egyptian temple; we ride
a distance of
seventeen miles and through our
Moslem guide we are told the his
5ory of each temple. Memphis,
he first capital Of the land is Wis
ted but there remains only the {
lust of what once was a city Of
IN estimated million and the site
# Egypt's might. This dates {
Jack about 1000 years before {
We also view the pyra- l
nids and the sphinx, each with 7
IS special history. {
Valley of Tombs
At Luxor we cross the Nile to
he weird song of the Nile boat 5
nen and ride our donkeys into G
he Valley of the Tombs of the /
here we enter the earth Q
nd down, through dark passages |
It up by the lighted candles we b
AIRY we come to the resting place e
f Egypt's kings. There are many I
f these tombs and each one Wis a
led was more elaborate than o
ny other previously visited. t
he next day we move up o
he river to Aswan where the Eng $
sh have helped Egypt build a o
yonderful dam to hold the life D
living waters of the Nile and let v
out as it is needed. We are now 0
p the Nile about 700 miles and Il
he natives take on a darker hue
are in the Sudan-another c
days would bring us into e.
cal, frontier African life, but we S
re content with what we have e
cen. and by train r~etrace our
to Cairo and on to Alexan-
ria where we board the S. S. I
apland bound for Naples, from
here we begin our European
lip. S
Vienna "
Today we are in Vienna, Aus 7
las wonderful capital; we E
lould like very much to tell you
our trip through sunny Italy. vi
here we tarried for seventeen bt
lys, but we cannot ask the 81
ace. We simply want to say tn
at our journey has been a ser m
5 Of delightful and interesting be
ventures. Our visit TO Naples to
d its surroundings, to Rome M
tn its Vatican and Roman ruins,
the once buried city of Pom tn
il and up above the clouds to RI
err into the crater of old We tt
vius; and to hear its thunder We
d see vomit of its anger spout sic
3 into the heavens. Florence, thu
tn its glorious history; Venice a
tn its canals; the Alps as I'VE he
ISIS them and now Vienna-gay
d light hearted even in its sor- pa
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