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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21983, 19 June 1933, Page 10

The tomb of a Pharaoh tells a great deal about the civilisation and luxury of his age, and much about the religious customs practised in ancient Egypt. The tomb of a minister has lately been opened at the Fourth Pyramid, which belongs to the Fourth ' Dynasty, in which reigned Cheops and Mycerinus some 6000 years ago. A gold . necklet and bracelet were found on the mummy of this man, while 60 vasea and other objects, many of shining copper, were in the tomb. Inscriptions describe him as the first man under the king, director f of finance, ju(}ge and governor, and keeper of the foodf of the king. Professor Selim Hassan, who is conducting the excavation for the Egyptian University, has also made an entrance into the rooms allotted to this minister near his burial chamber.