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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 18, 1939.

FIRST FULL STORY OF THE ENGLISH

KING TUT'S TREASURE TOMB

Gems, Gold, Chain-Mail ---And Shopping Bag

SUTTON. HOO, SUFFOLK.

THE full story of what is now shown to be the greatest archaeological dis- covery of recent times is revealed in a typewritten statement from the peace- ful Suffolk town of Woodbridge,

It describes in detail the treasures-objects of gold and silver, many studded with diamonds and other precious stones found in the 1,400-years-old royal "funeral-ship" buried on a hilltop at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge.

The statement is drawn up by Mr. C. W. Phillips,

a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, who has been superintending the excavations for the Office of Works,

on the back of one of the golden most searching examination. objects is to be the subject of the

Nearly 1.500 years passed and the grave held its necret safe.

Now patient labour has uncovered it to tell a story that is likely to en rich our knowledge of the times and people beyond all hoping,

that

He emphasises that the

Amidships the excavators found highest importance is at

evalence of a gabled wooden struc- ture but to accommodate the burial: tached to the discovery be- Though the tomb may not be that and the bijects placed alongside the cause this is the first time certain that the dead man belonged They found; too, evidence

of Racdwald himself, it is almost dead man for his use in the after

life. any ship burial, found in the family of the test Fast Anothers and been there before them

tian ruler. possibly Its father. either Britain or Scandina-Tyto, or his brother. Eni.

though without success. They be via, had not been plundered.

The solid gold ornaments of his Heve that in the late 16th century These riches of Anglo-Saxon have been made only for a man of his day, attempted to open up the belt were so heavy that they could Dr. John Dee, a feous alchemist of England uncovered by the ex-cat physical strength.

round on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, envators include arma, chain A Beautifully

then greedy for treasure. salver, no less than 3ft, across, which onerved this summer,

Clear gns of a trial hole were, mail, jewels, and clothing.

unty powerful

A broken! They mark a discovery far more further suggests a man

Just of the Jale 16th century was! mighty found at the bottom of the hole, important than the most sanguine stature. hopes or

the archaeologists

HIS ARMOUR

Jogether with traces of a fire lit by scientists

his workmen. whu Jinve been eagerly The armour placed with him for awaiting news of the Ands.

They have brought across the ven- is elaborate und ornate.

his Journey over the Sea of the Dead turies a wealth of well-preserved! The full story reads like the pages articles of beauty and domestic use of

some ancient romance. such as probably has been equailed, The discovery was made in the only by the opening of the tomb of largest of three nounds. King Tut-ankh Amen in Egypt.

KING RAEDWALD

Jad

preserved sliver

could mar

of

VIRUS,

Hard rainstorm ut Kiel, Germany, suggests in this picture that new German cruiser Luetzow is about to be launched on a sea of umbrellas. Grand Admiral Erich Raeder represented Chan- eellar Hitler at ceremonies.

No body has been found. It is be- Heved that the action of the sandor visor of bronze, cast to represent would have destroyed! I completely,

ja nase, mouth, and monstaches. But this anelent chief, was buried | with his fufi equipment

of arms-Triched and these remain.

It had been placed over another maller dish like a rose bowl. In the smaller dish

were seven little The dome and sidepieces were en-turned wooden bottles with gilt rims.

with claborate Interlaced

Unfortunately

the fall of

bronze banging bowls, a small silver like a shopping bog-made of fine- anger bowl, and a large leather bag grain leather hitted with two large silver handles.

All are objects of the greatest ornaments in silver and gold leaf, Here there were also two smaller Ten feet under the earth the ex-beauty: There is a large Iron sword, cavators found buried a great, oar its pommel and handgrip enriched burial chamber had broken both the driven ship, 82ft. long, with a beam with gold and diamonds, violsonne hehnet and sword into many pieces. of 18rt.

work and gold Allgree.

The cayed, but it is thought that it may shield. The boss is made of bronze, sheath had completely de- Next came the boss of a wooden have been covered with ivory. It covered with interlaced decorations leather, and flock-like material hos; A mass of decayed cloth, linen, was decorated with smaller pieces of and decorated with a large enamel all been removed for expert trent gold work and two beautiful stud. The full benuty of his objectment. cloisonne studs.

cannot be appreciated until it has been cleaned by experts. IRON HELMET

Cloth of several weaves could be distinguished-one having an elabo- Next came he remains of un ironi

This shield itself, which was of rate fringe. The leather proves to helmet. It had a bronze faceplece, bronze mounts decorated with the may be the

wood, had perished, but elaborate be the remains of shoes. The flock stuffing of the small heads of fantastic animals survive. pillow.

There were also an hron axe with Home iron huncle and 41 much-|

decorated suit of chain mail.

They almost certainly belonged to a member of a ruling family in the Nearly 1,000 years ago sweating, little-known days of Anglo-Saxon straining men had hauled the great England.

jcraft from the river up the slopes, It is possible, that this was the They dug for it a great grave, 10ft.

of King Roedwald, nicknamed deep and 20ft wide. Redwald the Cautious" because They buried their prince with the he is believed to have followed Chri- pagan ceremonies of the time; they tianity and Paganism at the same Bled in the mighty grave and left it time.

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Other weapons consisted gruup of iron spears, slightly differ-

It is an interesting fact that the great silver dish was made in Con- stantinople round about the year A.D. 520.

ing in types and a bundle of angons The ordinary channels of trade - type of iron throwing spear used probably provide the explanation. by The carly Anglo-Saxons and though tho exchango ut rich gifts Franks.

was common among the great men of the time.

A great whetstone, enriched with four bearded human heads carved at The equipment of the grave was each end was placed with the chief- completed by a great Iron object tain to help him keep his weapons Three large bronze cauldrons, three which may be lamp standard. shurp.

In the region where the body is decorative iron-work and fitted with wooden buckets strengthened with assumed to have laid was found a ring handles of iron were also found. remarkable treasure of objects which nust have been affached to

There was some ornate chal- an work In iron elaborate belt.

which probably be- First

longed to an arrangement for hang- a great solid gold ing cauldrons over the fire, buckle covered with chinsed and milleflare ornaments.

cume

This is one of the Anest pieces i

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weight is remarkable.

Then

etme a serles of other buckles, strap ends, and decorative plaques, all carried out in solid gold, enriched with the nest cloisonne work, incorporating garnets and gold Aligree.

There were also two exquisite pyramid-shaped objects of the same work, which had obviously been at- tached to a leather strap.

PURSE FRAME

vame

Then

a gold and garnet eloisonne purse frame with seven plaques of the same material and workianship.

These are masterpieces of the Jeweller's art, and show among other subjects a contemporary version of Daniel in the lion's den.

In the purse were 40 gold coins of the Merovingian Franks, the con-. temporary rulers of Northern France and Belgium. These are barbarous, copies of the colns of various Byzantine Emperors, and enable the excavators to date the And to ap- proximately A.D. 000.

in the purse were also two small gold ingots. The purse Itself was fitted with gold hinges for attach- ment to a leather baldrie, and n gold closing clasp.

Two large armlets of the same type

About Britain

BERLIN. Anti-British and anti-Pollsh pre- to the vaudeville programmes bread- paganda have now been extended cast by the Relch Rudio system.

A programme from Vienna recent- ly included the following doggerel "lyric," dealing with the insults to British subjects In China, titled "John Bull

and en. Tientsin":

"How pale the old chap went, that

poor old Mr. Jolu.

When sentries stood before the

British Concess-i-oni

He ground what teeth he had, and

stripped right to the skin; That wasn't flee for him-há! ha!-

if Tientsin.

The whole Empire is naked-nude,

like poor old honest John;

fla ceased to be a mighty dude, for

he had nothing on. Both Ute and tile watched uglow, this novel kind of nudist show; What John exposed, to his distress,

was not alone his nakedness. Oh, what a lot was lost to him- Not only there in Tleutsl

This programme was relayed by

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were also found,

The weight of all these various objects disposed about the person of their wearer must have been a handicap to any but a man of un- usual height and strength.

Flaced near the burial was a large bronze bow! Imported from Egypt, which contained another smaller bronze bowl, colled, technically, a hanging bowl, enriched with escutch- cong af millellort work and scroll decorations.

TO ALL

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Another item was a set of nine thot

shallow sliver bowls, obviously a table service. These had been nested thirsty. and placed Inverted In the grave. Although the two outermost bowls were badly decayed, the rest were ulmost as good us new and quite bright.

from the

These may have come land of the Franks. Under the bowls were two large sliver spoons in' per- feet condition.

In another part of the grave were the remains of nine silver-mounted drinking-horns which must been used with the bowls.

SILVER BOWL

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In the middle the burlal cham- ber a great silver dish 3ft. In dia- meter, as heavy as a man .could comfortably lift, was found. This is In splendid preservation,

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