WEALTH IN TOMB
ANCIENT EGYPT GOLD AND SILVER (Reed. March 1, 9 a.m.) CAIRO, Feb. 29. The richest royal apparel since the excavation of Tutankamen’s tomb was. revealed when the double sarcophagus of Pharaoh Psou Psennes was opened in the presence of King Farouk, disclosing silver and gold coffins. The former outlined the form and features and bore a golden crown. The latter with jewellery heaped on it contained the monarch’s mummy, disintegrated by humidity. A message dispatched from Cairo on February 20 stated: The French Professor Montet has unearthed at Sanelhagar, near Port Said, the intact tomb of the Pharaoh Psou Psennes, who ruled from 1080 to 1067 B.C. The tomb contained a quantity of valuable historic material, also a coffin of red granite, a sarcophagus containing another unopened coffin, and a collection of solid gold plate of exquisite workmanship. Solid silver plates were laid out on a gold table near a golden altar. A pet dog’s skeleton was also found. The dimensions of the chamber are 15ft. by 9ft.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20185, 1 March 1940, Page 5
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