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August 18, 1939.

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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.

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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 objects is to be the subject of the most orching examination.

Nebely 1,500 years passed and the grave held its seret safe.

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

Amidships the excavators found evidence of a gabled wooden struc ture built to accommodate the burial dead man for his use and the 'objects placed alongside the

life.

the after

He emphasises that the highest importance is at

Though the tomb may not be that tached to the discovery be-

of Raedwald himself. It is almost cause this is the first time certain that the dead man betonged any ship burial, found into the family of the great East Anothers had been there before them--

Jian ruler, possibly his either Britain or Scandina-Tyth, or his brother, Eni.

father,

The rotid gold ornaments of his

They found, 100, evidence that

though without success. They Le-i lieve that in the late 16th century Dr. Jolin Dee, a famous ulchemist of

Gund on

of Queen then greedy for treasure.

Clear signs of his trial hole were observed this summer. A broken jug of the late 16th century Was of the hole, Tound at the bottom together with traces of a fire lit by his workinen.

via, had not been plundered. belt were so heavy that they could his day, stempled to on Elizabeth,

These riches of Anglo-Saxon have been nude only for a man of England uncovered by the ex-jucat physical strength. cavators include arms, chain A beautifully preserved silver mail. jewels, and clothing.

alver, no less than 3ft, neress, which only a powerful ZY: could carry, They mark discovery for more further suggests a mart of mighty important than the most sanguine stature. hopes of the archaeologists and scientists who have been eagerly The armour placed with him for awaiting news of the finds.

his journey over the Sen of the Dead They have brought across the cens elaborate and ornate. 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 equalled The discovery was made in the ority by the opening of the tomb of largest of three mounts, King Tut-ankh Amen in Egypt.

HIS ARMOUR

No body has been found. It is be-

VERI SEKUTUA

Hard rainstorm at Kiel, Germany, suggests in this picture That new German cruiser Luetzow is about to be launched on a sea of umbrellas. Grand Admiral Erjch Rueder represented Chan- cellor Miller at ceremonies.

lieved that the action of the sandvisor of bronze, cast to represent) would have destroyer it completely, nose, mouth, and moustaches.

But this ancient chief was buried

"The dome and sidepicces were en- with his full

of ausriched equipment

with elaborate interlaced and these remain

ornaments in silver and gold leaf, All are objects of the greatest

Ten feet under the earth the ex-beauty. There is a large iron sword, Unfortunately the fall of the KING RAED WALD

cavators found burled a prent, par- Its pommel and handgrip curiched burial chamber had broken both driven ship. 82ft. long, with a beam with gold and diamond cloisonne helmet and sword into many pleces. They almost certainly belonged to of 10r.

work and gold fllgree. a member of a ruling family in the Nearly 1.500 years ago sweating. little-known days of Anglo-Saxon straining men had hauled the great England.

craft from the river up the slopes. is posse. that this was the They dug for it a great grave, 10f1. grave of King Raedwald, nicknamed deep and 20ft wide. "Raedwald the Cautious" because They buried Beir prince with the he is believed to have followed Chr):- 'pagan ceremonies of the time; they tianity and Paganism at the same, filled in the mighty grave and left it: time.

to the care of the spirits and the A none scratched In Runic letters gods.

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It had been placed over another smaller dish

like a rose bowl. In the smaller dish were seven little turned wooden bottles with gilt rims.

Here there were also two smaller bronze hunging bowls, a small silver anger bowl, and a large leather bag like a shopping bag-inade of fine- grain leather dited with two large silver handles.

The sheath had completely de- Next came Die boss'of a wooden cayed, but it is thought that it may shield. The boss is made of brenze,

A mass of decayed cloth, linen, have been epvered with ivory. covered with interlased decorations leather, and nock-like material has was decorated with smaller pieces of and decorated with a large, enamel all been removed for expert treat. gold work and two Beautiful stud. The full benuty of this object{ ment. cloisonne øluds.

cannot be appreciated until it has been cleaned by experts.

IRON HELMET

Next came the remains of an hrun

helmet.

Cloth of several weaves could be distinguished-one having an elabo This shield itself, which was of rute fringe. The leather proves to It had s. bronze facepiece, wood, had perished. but claborato be the remains of shoes. The flock bronze mounts decorated with the may be the stuffing of the small heads of fantastic animals survive.

There were also an iron axe with long Iron handle and a much- decorated suit of chain mail.

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pillow.

It is an interesting fact that the great sliver dish was made in Con- stantinople round about the year

Other weapons consisted of A.D. 520. group of iron spears, slightly differ-]

ing in types and a bundle of angos The ordinary, channels of trade - type of iron throwing spear used probably provide the explanation, by the early Anglo-Saxons and though the exchange of rich gifts Franks.

was common among the great men of the time.

Iron

A great whetstone, enriched with four bearded human heads curved at The equipment of the grave was each end was placed with the chief-completed by a great

object tain to help him keep his weapons Three large bronze cauldrons, three which may be a lamp standard. sharp.

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

There was mtst have been attached tu nn

work in iron elaborate belt.

some ornate chain- which probably be- gold longed to an arrangement for hang-

ing cauldrons over the fire.

A great solid covered with clinsed and

First CumK Luckle

milleflore ornaments.

This is one of the finest pieces

ever

fourd in the British Isles. The Reich Radio Jokes

weight is remarkable.

Then came series 01 other buckles,strap ends, and decorative plaques, all carried out in solid gold, enriched with the finest 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

Then came

gold and garnet clolsomme purse frame with seven plaques of the same material and workmanship.

These are masterpieces of the jeweller's art, and show among other subjects a contemporary version of Daniri 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 coins of various Byzantine Emperors, and enable the excavators to date the find to up- proximately A.D. 000.

In the purse were also two small gold ingots. The purse Itself was otted with gold hinges for attach ment to a leather baldrle, and a gold closing

clasp.

Two large armlets'of the same type

About Britain

BERLIN. Anti-British and anti-Polish pro- paganda have now been extended to the vaudeville programmes bread- cast by the Reich Radio system.

A programme from Vienna recent- ly included the following doggerel "lyric," dealing with the insults to Brush subjects In China, and en- titled "John Bull in Tientsin":

"How pale the old chap went, that

poor old Mr. John,

When sentries stood before the

British Concess-i-on!

He ground what teeth he had, and

stripped right to the skin; That wasn't nice for him-bat hal-

in Tientsin.

The tohole Empire is naked-nude, |

like poor old honest John; He ceased to be a nighty dude, for

he had nothing on.

Boll big and little watched uglow

this novel kind of nudist show; What John caposed, to his distress,

was not alone his nakednces. Oh, what a lot was lost to him-- Not only there in Tientsin!" This programnie was relayed by

of workmanship and, of solid gold all Austrian broadcasting stations. were also found.

The weight of all these various objecte disposed about the person of [their wearer must have been

handicap to any but a man of un- usual height and strength.

Placed near the burial was a large bronze bowl Imported from Egypt, which contained another smaller bronze bowl, called, technically, a hanging bowl, enriched with escutch- cons of millefore work and scroll decorations..

This inner bowl contained other bronze objecta.

It

Another item Was a set of nine shallow silver bowls, obviously table service. These had been nested and placed inverted in the grave. | Although the two outermost bowla were badly decayed, the rest were almost as good as new and quite bright,

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These may have come from the land of the Franks. Under the bowls were two large silver spoons in per- fect condition.

must have

In another part of the grave were the remains of nine silver-mounted Drinking-horns which been used with the bowls. SILVER BOWL

In the middle of the burial cham- ber u gront alver dish 3ft in dia- meter, us heavy as a man

could comfortably lift, was found. This is In splendid preservation.

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