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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19,
1038.
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Believed Found
KING WHO RULED FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO
AN enormous tomb-believed to be that of Menes, the first King of the First Dynasty, has been discovered at North Sakkara by Mr. Walter Emery, telegraphed Reuter from Cairo.
The tomb contains a huge collection of pottery and stone vases bearing the royal seal of Menes, who hitherto was believed to have been buried at Abydos, in Upper Egypt.
Menes' tomb has been sought after by many Egyptologists. Sir Flinders Petrie, Emeritus Professor at University College, Lon- don, claimed to have dis-
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mastabas (early tombs).
The walls of the subterra- nean rooms bear traces of the origin of wallpaper in the shape of mud plaster on which are stuck reed mats. Traces of colour still remain in the mats.
There have also been dis- covered a large variety of excel- cently preserved seals inscribed
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are fragments of furniture, in- cluding the traditional ivory bulls legs and parts of ‘a wooden bed similar in design to that of the famous Fourth Dynasty bed of Queen Hetc- pheres,
This tomb is bigger than that discovered by Sir Flinders Petric at Abydos.
In the five subterranean tomb with black ink. These are a chambers hundreds of clay seal-most valuable addition to the ings bearing the name "Aha" written material of the First have been discovered. "Aha" is Dynasty, which was hitherto identified by Egyptologists with very limited. King Menes, who lived 5,000 PART OF WOODEN
King Menes was worshipped | years
by subsequent Pharaohs and by There was also a fine and the Greeks as a god, willing to commit himself until
Sakkara is in the Nile Valley, he has further proof, which extensive collection of vases of will probably be forthcoming entirely new shapes and ex-40 miles south of Cairo. It is when he uncovers the intact quisite workmanship, as well as the site of a number of ancient subsidiary graves. of the ser-beautiful pottery, on which are Pyramids, and tombs, including vants, likely to be situated depicted hunting scenes, show-the Step Pyramid of King Zeser round the central tomb.
ing gazelles, lions and other of the Third Dynasty, which hitherto has been regarded as These graves are at present animals. covered by small Third Dynasty As well as paletics there the oldest in Egypt.
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