TREASURES OF LUXOR
BOWS MADE OF GOLD TUEING.
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<SYJ)NIST SUN CABLE.) (Received Ist February, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, 31st January. A Luxor correspondent states that the work of dismantling the shrines M proceeding as rapidly as conditions permit Luxor ,is faat tilling up, and river steamers are arriving with full comple-. ments of passengers. Mr. Carter unwrapped a bundle of sticks, staves, and bows, found in the jfir*t shrine They proved to be of heavy gold and silver tubing of gorgeous workmanship, charming examples of Eighteenth Dynasty metal workers' craft. When the gold stick was washed, the beauty was re"markable, the whole constituting one of the most remarkable collections of royal appurtenances yet seen.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 27, 1 February 1924, Page 7
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