TREASURES OF TOMB.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18316, 5 February 1923, Page 7

TREASURES OF TOMB.

UNIQUE. IN ARCHAEOLOGY.

FASHIONS FOR WOMEN'S DRESS.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 3.

The interest aroused by the discovery of Tutankhamen's tdmb at Luxor exceeds that taken in any archaelogical discovery 'since' Evans* Cretan finds.

Parisian and London dressmakers are utilising the discoveries to popularise mummy frocks, which are swathed like Egyptian, clinging to the limbs. Mrs. Asquith is. wearing such a frock. Archaeologists are of opinion that the tomb is a simple type, nob highly decorated like some of the earlier examples. The king will probably be found in a wooden sarcophagus i decorated with pictures of the sky goddess Nut. • A telegram recently received by the Morning Post from Luxor describes chariots carved on a shrine-shaped box similar to the Catholic tabernacle and a wonderfully carved wooden ushabti inlaid with gold. These have been taken from the tomb. The latter is one of the finest objets d'art in the ante-chamber. The ushabti is specially interesting because it is connected with Amen worship, though the craftsmanship of the figure recalls the Tel-el-Amarna manner where Amen worship was established, which was Tutankhamen's first faith. This suggests that Tel-el-Amarna is the source of the fine artistry displayed in the tomb. . The shrine is two feet high and a foot square, and has a carved top recalling the early hut of the Egyptian cultivator. When Pharaonic architects conceived shrine 3 for the gods they modelled them on the primitive nuts. The Bhrine w made of wood embossed with gold and decorated with hunting scenes. The object is without parallel in Egyptian archaeology.