ANCIENT KINGS OF EGYPT.
EXHUMING THE DEAD
FRESH ACTIVITY SHOWN
AMERICAN EMULATION,
(By r.-iriic.-l'ress Association.— Copyrißbt.) 'Received 11.an a.m.) ( AIRO. January 10. -Mr. Howard t alter proposes t„ reopen rut-aiikli-umcn's tomb on January Z3. It i- nut known yet what will be the rNt °n< "' work this season, but it is r< ' r 'aiii the inner cotliti. which was n moved from the Sarcophagus in February last, will be opened and the mummy scientilk-ally investigated.
Archaeologists now believe the king's funerary regalia will yet be found. They express the opinion that when the annexe, which was discovered packed w-itli objects hitherto untouched and unentered, is cleared away a stairway will be found underneath leading to further rooms and revealing other treasures; possibly the burial place of Tut-ankh-anien's. i|iieen. — ("Times.") Tut-ankh-aiueii's queen. American explorers excavating near the pyramid at Sakkara have discovered a tomb antedating that of Tut-ankh-amen's.— (/'Times.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 14, 17 January 1925, Page 7
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148ANCIENT KINGS OF EGYPT. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 14, 17 January 1925, Page 7
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