He begun work again in the winter
before last In the tombs at«Lahun,
where In 1014 he had unearthed a won
derful collection of jewelry which is
now in New Xork, for the reason
given above. List winter the sebodf
; ,excavated a cemetery in the western
desert, seventy miles south of Cairo.
A rich harvest of objects belonging
to the early dynasties, particularly
tho sixth Rnd ninth was obtained.
A large number of tombs of the lat
ter dynasty—which are entered by long
stairways descending In the open des
ert to rock chambers—were opened,
and a great many treasures that had
escaped the thieves and despoilers of
past centuries were found. Oldest of
all v\‘as the body of a girl who lived
(the experts say), about 8,000 years
ago. The dry desert sand has ex
traordinary preservative properties,
and this and other prehistoric bodies
ware In wonderful preservation. J
The mass of the exhibition is formed
of things that were buried with the
dead. Among these Is a beautiful
“magic” Jar of transparent alubaster
found In the tomb of a daughter of
Kjng Senuzert II. It has an inscrip
tion saying thnt If she puts her hand '
Into It she can draw out anything on j
earth or in the water that she wants.
Some articles of copper are a • very
rare find, and one of the finest things
is a stone cup carved In imitation of a
lotus flower—a piece of most delicate
workmanship.
Among the works of art there is a
fine ebony statue of the sixth dynasty.
