DISCOVERED IN EGYPT
COURT BEAUTY OF 2000 B.C. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 21. Advices from Luxor state that interest in the tomb of Tutankhamen has been temporarily .diverted by an American archaeologist's discovery of the body of an Egyptian princess, who was apparently one of the court beauties of tho first Theban dynasty, 2000 B.C. It is marvellously preserved. Tho teeth are intact, and the neck and bosom are delicately tatooed with the emblems of the caste of the nobility. Slight indentations on the nock, wrists, fingers, and ankles indicate that the necklace, bracelets, ,and ring, 3 were stolen by vandals. The narrow waist, slender hips, and immature and delicate appearance suggest that she died young. There is a scar from a hot iron on the abdomen. Medical men are of opinion that the princess succumbed from serious organic disease, which in days of old was treated by violent fomentations. The body is being sent to the Cairo medical laboratory for pathological examination.— Reuter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18768, 23 January 1923, Page 7
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