BURNISHED COPPER CITY

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14058, 16 November 1909, Page 3

BURNISHED COPPER CITY

A STORY FROM CAIRO

The expedition which left the Pyramids of Uaize.U for the North Central Sahara returned to Cairo in September last, without misadventure, after an absence of forty-nine days.

The expedition, headed by Mr Dow Covington, an American archaeologist, set out in search of "a cay of burnished copper." The existence of sileli a city had' been more or less ob. euiviy rumoured, but has now been pn.ved to be mythical. The ocj.i ilii ion asserts, however, that there undoubtedly are certain structures, according to corroborative testimony of the Sennssi, westward of the Siwa Oasis. They were tillable to make a search for these structures, as they had given the Egyptian Government a signet! promise not to proceed westward of Siwa, which is sixteen days' camel ride west of Cairo.

Thev arrived at an unmapped oasis, Tobog'ba (latitude 29.0, longitude 26.40, approximate), three days east of Siwa. where they found large expanses of salt marshes.

The temples of the ''King's Treasure" and Jupiter Amnion were visited at Siwa, and it was ascertained that no serious excavations had been effected there. The expedition are of opinion that a systematic, excavation of both these temples would prove of great interest. The attitude of the Senussi was afc nil times of a most friendly character. The Senussi Mainour (headsman) of Gara actually accompanied them to Tobogba, and preceded them into Siwa. The. expedition will make a fresh, attempt to investigate the "burnished copper" story in the near future. — Router. * i