DISCOVERIES IN EGYPT.
ELABORATE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST ROBBERS. (B7 Cable—Press Association—Copyrigit.) ("The Times."; LONDON, December 5. The Luxor correspondent of "The Times" srates that most elaborate precautions hare been taken in temporarily blocking the passages to Tut-ankh-umen'a tomb '•> guard against brigands and robl.j who abound in the region. The entrance has been reclosed with timber, masonry, and rubble, and armed guards havo been stationed outside. Professor Carter is going trj Cairo to superintend the forging of iron door.s for the doorways. Immediately the chamber is re-opened, which is exacted to take place on December ICth, the photographing and recording cf the objects will commence. Many of the more fragile objects will require chemical treatment, the materials for which must be obtained from Europe. When tbe articles havo been packed and securely sealed the Antiquities Department will send a special steamer to convey them to the Cairo Museum. An interesting fact is that the last excavation in this area ended two years ago within two metres of the secret opening to the staircase leading to the passage to the chamber, the existence of which was unsuspected.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17631, 7 December 1922, Page 9
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