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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21020, 8 May 1930, Page 5

Ancient wonders more dazzling even ] than those revealed by the opening* of I Tutanklmmcii’s tomb centuries after his htirial are expected to be discovered ■ by Mr Howard Carter, who recently arrived from England, determined to ! discover the sarcophagus of Alexander j the Great, who died at Babylon in June. ! 323 b.o. The venture is being supported by a group of Mr Carter’s friends and connections, and funds will be provided : by a- company to be formed in London with a capital of £50,000. Historians and other writers have frequently asserted that Alexander the Great—the king who sighed because there were no more worlds to conquer—lies in a coihn I of pure gold at Alexandria, and Mr Carter says he is convinced that if the | place indicated is searched the tomb ; will be found.