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TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB.

FURTHER DISCOVERIES.

London. January 5.

The “Morning Post’s” special correspondent at Luxor says that the coffin casket or sarcophagus, was revealed as fresh as when brought, from the granite quarries of Assouan. Tf seemed an age ere the bolts were withdrawn from the sockets and the doors swung back from (be guardianship of the remains of the man who once' was the Pharaoh of most of the known world.

With one accord the party leaned forward in reverence at the aweinspiring scene. Well might Air Carter, his associates and friends, enjoy to the full the eestaev of that wondrous moment when what might tie termed the great-coat of Tutankhamen's dead body glittered before human eyes for the first time since 1350 B.C. The glowing outer shrine must first be partially dismantled befo?-e Mr Carter can even touch the lid of the sarcophagus. It will then be some little time before lie can move the mummy from four or five brilliantly coloured mummy eases, wherein the swathed body is itself doubtless enshrined.

The discovery of this sepulchre lias thrown a new and clearer light on the unsuspected splendour of imperial ancient' Egypt. It has revealed that that splewlonr was any thing but barbaric, .in fact it ( shows that the cultured Egyptians of the Tun.nkliamon period knew an aestheticism and innate refinement, in some wavs challenging the social standards of to-day.

Further specimens of art in this tomb prove conclusively that I lie artists who designed and executed the masterpieces, which are strewn in such rich profusion in the four rooms, were men who had shaken itff the suffer conventions of earlier period, and helped ancient Egyptian art to blossom out to a new freshness and vitality. Only those who possess natural inspiration can today offer designs worthy to rank with the finest specimens in Tutankhamen’s tomb.

A Cairo telegram states that Air Carter opened a fourth canopy, disclosing a great magnificent carved pink granite sarcophagus. It is declared that this is the most, sensational discovery of the whole science of Egyptology. Tiie excitement in the “Valley of Kings” is boundless. Even though priceless treasure has been bandied, already 70 per cent, of tlie riches in the tomb remain unexamined. They are stored in other rooms, and almost every square yard whereof is now worth a king’s ransom.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2680, 8 January 1924, Page 3

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TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2680, 8 January 1924, Page 3

TUTANKHAMEN’S TOMB. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2680, 8 January 1924, Page 3

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