MUMMIES OF THE PHARAOHS. CAIRO, June 7. Within a few days the general public will not ho aide to inspect the mummies of the kihgs of aiicient Egypt. Orders have been given for all of them to be placed in a special room at the Cairo Museum, to which admission will he reserved exclusively lor Egyptologists and persons specially authorise.! by the Ministry of Public Works. Similarly, the tomb of Amenophis, the second in the Valley of the Kings, which contains the exposed remains of this Pharaoh, will he closed to the public. This order follows the recommendations of the Commission which was set up to consider Ismail Sidky Pasha’s proposal that all the mummies should bo replaced in their tombs, as their exposition “in glass cases” served in scientific purpose, but simply gratified the ptiblie curiosity atid was not iii keeping with the dignity of the ancient kings.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1928, Page 4
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