VOYAGE OF A 250-TON TOMB.
Negotiations havo' been begun;by the representatives of a Chicago' museum for the; triuisfpro'neo to that city "of "an ancient , toililt' 'weighing I '-250'. tons. v Tlio ; tomb" is situatednear: the pyramids' •of Saklcara,: .which lie soihe twei\ty miles frjom Cair'oi ' aiul is U favourite '.resort of . tourists.■' ■ Thd''. 'Chicttgd mUseurn ' iinthorities .■wish.'.'.tciremove the tomb"'in its cnti'roty.''. It ;.has'bc6n % 'arn\ngod : that U 'wholb,' : iibo(ls ''train cliall", c'ariy tlio tomb in sections' from nearest.' pomVbf tlio'''railway' to' ; tho. coast, "bilt' mciits liavb yet. been' completed for mbWrig th 6" tomb from .tlio dosbi't; sands' ''tb' tho./faili wayline.'Tlic v scctioria.' ofrtlie"' idttilj'; will' bb'ieai'pfulls"■' packed .'and ' placed sfearner nfc .Port' Said; or Alexaililriti^. .A'jiV otfier special goods 'triiin it' fffljn the American coast to Chicago,, whoro the sections will be put toßothor again under the direction of uohaeolagistat
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 10
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140VOYAGE OF A 250-TON TOMB. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 10
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