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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MAY 2,

1936.

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EGYPT'S OLDEST TOMB IDENTIFIED: 2,000 YEARS BEFORE "TUT”

covered buried within an intoel Egypt's most ancient tomb,

room in the grave. discovered by a young English

Sacrificial offerings of flint knives Egyptologist, has been identi- of fine workmanship and food recep fied as that of the Grand Vizler tacles for the Grand Vizler's woul (or Premier, as we should say to-day) of King Den, of the First Dynasty about 3200

B.C.

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It is thus about 2,000 years o rlier than the famous tomb at Luxor of King Tutankhamen, who ascended the throne in 1358 B.C.

were also found.

DIGGING UP HISTORY

Mr. Emery a working from dawn till sunset, and is bringing most Im- portant evidence almost hourly to the light of day.

He is director under the Egyptian of the Department of Antiquities archaeological survey of Nubis, and has already made many important discoveries, including an unsuspected civilisation-the last chapter of an- The discovery was made at i cient Egyptian history-about the Sakkara. 10 miles south of fifth or sixth century after Christ.

And now he has delved down to Cairo, by Mr. W. B. Emery, of find evidence of the first chapter. Liverpool, who, although only 33, has already important Egyptian finds to his credit.

Several wine jars, bearing the din. King's seal, and name

Living Organism

were

Exists 165. Years

In Adobe Bricks

is

San Luis Obispo, Cal., Apr. 25. Primitive life that has survived 165. years insiile adobe clay bricks being found in the walls of the an- clent San Luis Obispo Mission.

mission.

MEMPHIS NECROPOLIS

Professor S. R. K. Glanville, the authority on Egyptian archacology at University College, sald:

"The Importance of the discovery at Sakkara is that while most of the kings and noblemen of the First Dynasty were buried In Lower Egypt a. tomb of this importance should have been found in Northern Egypt. "Sakkara was more or lass the necropolis of the old capital Egypt-Memphis-and therefore the results of Mr. Emery's discovery should be very important.

of

"How does one know that a tomb dates back to the First Dynasty? This is ascertainét! by the type of objects found inside, the pottery,

also Are

rows of

The life is in the form of micro-ornaments and the state of the mum. scopla

first the spores, probably

In the newly-discovered tomb there -organism.cver to exist on earth. The

bricks, which hold the live spores, appears to be an assortment of every- day utensils, probably placed there were laid in the walls in 1722 when for the benet of the soul of the Father Junipero Serra founded the dead person, which, it was believed,

Dr. Ira

D. Bartle, of San Luis would return to live near the body. They

haif- Obispo, made the discovery, which buried finely-shaped jars, looking as attracted the Interest of Dr. Charles though they had been used for stores. Lipman of the University of Call-A bundle of arrows was also dis.

It is defialte, Dr. Bartle sald, that

tomb is cut from solid rock the spores remained in a state of and has a depth of about 30 feet. suspended animation for more than a century and a half, and then began to grow again when exposed to foods after the bricks were opened.-United Press.

fornia.

covered.

The

A sloping passageway leads to the entrance. Both the entrance to the passage and that to the tomb proper aro guarded by huge slabs of rock, which serve as a kind of portcullis.

MAGIC TRICKS WILL

S....

AWE SAVAGES

EXPEDITION TO ECUADORA

New York, Apr. 28 Magic tricks will take the place of guns to protect an Ecuadorian jungle expedition now being organized by Andre Roosevelt, cousin of the President, and Cyril Von Baumann, wealthy explorer. They will sail March 27.

"Fighting those savages with "When we went to land on a river modern weapons would be fatal," bank Inhabited by hostile savages, Roosevelt said to-night in an in- we will toss a grenade ashore. The torview. There are too many explosion and fire will clear a spot tives. But once we are ashore, their of them and they are too close. in the brush as well as terrify the na They may be five or six feet from curiosity will overcome them. First you in the jungle before you know the children will come near, then the

tho men,

Then we they are there and they have a women and lastly, nasty Habit of using blow guns do tricks.

"One of the best is to boil water with poisoned darta.

without fire and another is to drop. "Trickery, which creates respectful awa is the only efficacious means of chemicals into water which galtes a blue blaze of metallic sodium, wolecting onca seit. We will carry palmed and tossed into water with a chemicals which barn in water handful of dirt and suitable 'incanta aleight of hand tricks and other magi-

tions? oils water and always my cal, illusions.

stifios savagos. They fall down in Roosevelt and Von Baumam spet submission to us." from didence. Each has done con exploring in uncivilized globe and they've already of the thoir tricks on aborigines, They plan to tramp 1,200 miles territory through the least civilized

paris trial

will go.

After ove is inspired and friend- ship won with gifts, the explorers coment the relationship with simple

matches. Parlour, tricks with handkerchiefs and Each of the men now weigh around loso

un the South American continent. No 200 pounds. They expect to other white men heir own expenses. month trek. They expect to wear out around 40 pounds cach on the sight- will pay

a the collections and observation four pairs of boots onch.

traverso

will be made and photographs taken. Roosevelt, bald, red-faced and with They have evidence of ancient Incaan Oxford accent, was a movie pre- ruins in the jungles, never visited by duction manager years ago. He dis-

1. to : white men, and plan

covered Corrine Griffith. In recent. jungles whore over the language of

of years he spent five years on the the

savages is unknown.

aland of Bali, where he made nativa They will carry firearms to shoot pictures which. he exhibited in game, and hand grenades, but will de America Von Bouniaan, , who wears a pend on marquerading as gods van Dyke beard and a breech-clout through their magle tricks to protect instead of conventional underwear, Is themselves.

a veteran Jungle explorer who does It for the kick.

Roosevelt explained this ways:

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