THE EGYPTIAN TOMB
DISCOVERY BY AUSTRALIAN
SIGHTSEERS DISAPPOINTED
(Per Press Association—Copyright.) (Reuter.) (Received This Day, 8.50 a.m.) CAIRO, March 12. Alan Rowe, an Australian who went to Egypt some years ago in connection with research work, was the fortunate discoverer of the supposed tomb of made during excavations at Gizeh by Reisner’s American archaeoI logical mission. Mirrors placed at the bottom of a 90-foot shaft, reflecting the sun’s rays into the tomb, revealed an almost transparent alabaster coffin, together with many articles of gilded furniture, alabaster vases, and other ornaments. Crowds of tourists who flocked to the scene were confronted with barbedwire entanglements, indicating the excavators’ determination to work undisturbed.
Lord and Lady Allenby visited the tomb. They describe it as a most valuable discovery. It is eight feet long and 12 wide. \ The sarcophagus has a golden cover, on which the surnames of S&nefrn appear.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10350, 13 March 1925, Page 5
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