RAZORS OF PURE GOLD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20536, 11 October 1928, Page 3

RAZORS OF PURE GOLD.

RELICS FROM OLD EGYPT. The Cairo Museum has received a consignment of new fijds made by the Har-vard-Boston Egyptian expedition under Dr George A. Reisner, in the tomb of Queen Hetep-Hercs, the mother of King Cheops. Among the objects were two razors of pure gold with one edge sharpened; three quadrang liar knives, also of ‘ pure gold and having all four edges sharpened, and a manicure tool with one end pointed to be used for cleaning the nails and the other end round for use in pushing down the cuticle at the base of the nail. Apart from these implements of gold, the consignment comprises five other razors made of copper and another four rectangular knives of the same metal. Additional gold objects are a drinking cup with a rolled back rim and mouthpiece and two other goblets of smaller size. A little wooden casket, a reproduction of an older model, fragments of which were found on a former occasion, contains eight alabaster jars, seven of which are filled with the scented ointment characteristic of neient Egypt. • The lids of six of the jars bear a description of the respective contents, while hieroglyphic characters on the rim indicate the connection between lid and jar. The lids to the other two jars are no longer preserved. The balance of the alabaster finds making up this consignment to Cairo consists of thirty vessels, two of them being of exceptionally unusual form.