TUTANKAMEN’S TOMB.
WORK OF EXCAVATION.
SOME INTERESTING DISCOVERIES.
(Austnlian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received November 26, 10.5 a.m. CAIRO, November 25,
The Sun special correspondent at * Luxor says that between the first and second shrines of Tutankhamen’s tomb Mr Carter found a number of beautiful symbolical alabaster calcite vases, mounted with silyer and gold, royal staves, mace, sceptre, a golden bow, an enormous linen pall decorated with 'innumerable gold rosettes, all most beautiful works of art. The interior of the outer shrine is completely gilt-covered, with numerous religious tests. On the front of the second shrine is a frieze bearing a-,... great winged solar disc. On the panels of the door are representations of Tutanekhamen worshipping before Isis. The scenes depicted are in incised relief, overlaid with gold of the finest workmanship.
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Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15853, 26 November 1923, Page 5
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