TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1924, Page 3

TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB.

SQUABBLE OVER TREASURE

LONDON, Feb. 15. The* "Daily Express” correspondent ••it Luxor snys the Government is considering the legal aspects of the crisis. Mr Carter remains at his home and meanwhile a reinforced guard is pro- ( ~ tecting Tutankhamen's Tomb. Tlio correspondent is reliably informed that the allocation of the treasure enters the question. Mr Carter claims that under the Egyptian law he is entitled to half the treasure because the tomh had been previously ...jr,, robbed. The Government maintains the tomh Inis not been previously violated as the seals were found intact when the entrance was discovered. Therefore till treasures belong to the Government. Ifcf The “Daily Express,” in a footnote, says the tomh "’as apparently entered, by robbers two thousand years ago and was rescaled by the officials ot the __>*■ _ Theban Necropolis. LONDON, Eeb. 15. Mr drill ton Smith, the Australian anthropologist, declares that there a "great risk that if the objects are brought into the light they may perish and enormous damage will lie done to the work generally unless Mr farter can continue his investigations of the tomh in his own way. The chance has never before been offered ol examining the disturbed I’oyal mummy. The determination of his age and the distinctive traits of Tutankhamen, especially anything throwing light on the circumstances of his death, would he of crucial importance in reconstructing a phase of history which exerted so profound and far-reaching an influence on the world's civilisation. LONDON, Feb. 15. A Luxor message states that Alan H. Gardiner (British) and James If. Breasted and Ilythyoe, American Egyptologists With Professor Newberry, and who are Mr Caller's collaborators, have protested to the Di- | mtor-General of Antiquities at Cairo , against his interference with tin* work , and warned him of the consequences. They point out that (lie group of , scientists with Mr Carter are of the ; highest ability and have performed a v vast amount of costly work ol great , henell 1 to Egypt without costing the | Government a penny. I THE ILEAL LSSI : E. LONDON. February 15. The ‘'Morning Post'’ Cairo correspondent says the (Egyptian newspaper “Ahiiutn” .states that the real issue in , dispute between Mr Carter and the | (Joternineut regarding Tutankhamen's t Tomh. concerns the proprietary lights to the contents of the tomh. .Members of the Municipal Band are reminded that practice will he resinned at the Band Bonin at S o'clock this evening.

LUX Oil DISPUTE. (Received this day at 11.25 a.in.) LONDON, February 17. An official statement by the Egyptian .Minister in Ismdon, regarding Luxor, says Carter asked that a number of personal friends he allowed to v-sit tomh thirteen, hut the authorities jo conformity with a previous arrangement, declined, having reserved this day for the press only. Carter was not ontented and protested in discourteous terms and threatened to bring an action against the Government and closed the tomh on his own authority. The Government could not allow such a. disregard of its authority and determined to ensure respect for the law and supremo rights of civilisation. Universal indignation could not fu.U Lo be aroused ly tins closure by Carter. As to the deci.MCl; of Carter not to pursue the researches, the scientific world will be the* tele arbitrators.