Word: carter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Through the light-splotched, angular passages of TutankhAmen's 3,300-year-old tomb at Luxor, Egypt, went Howard Carter and his troupe of delvers to make their ultimate uncovering in the burial chamber of the king, so gorgeously gilded after his youthful death. A great box of translucent alabaster had not been opened...
...great sledge. The sledge was covered with a pall of silver; it had silver handles. The silver gleamed dully. Above, on the alabaster casket shone much gold- a dado, four seals and hasps. Explorer Carter's men inched up the lid, moved it most carefully to the floor. The box was open for the first time since TutankhAmen's priests made their incantations over it, since they set his soul on the path towards Amenti, the Region of the West where Osiris waited with his 42 judges to approve its virtue and permit its passage to the Egyptian...
...giving the University a course in contemporary United States politics. Already two public lectures have been given under its auspices; and how comes the announcement that three United States Senators and a former Cabinet member have accepted speaking appointments. Among this list of speakers, appropriately enough, is Senator Carter Class of Virginia, who was the "nominee" of the mock convention...
...Howard Carter has finished clearing the fourth chamber of King TutankhAmen's tomb near Luxor, Egypt. The results were disappointing. He announced last week that no papyri, mural writing, engravings or paintings were found. A hole had been smashed in the doorway of the fourth chamber and its contents were in confusion, hinting that some ancient thieves had been at work. Be that as it may, Mr. Carter discovered much that would quicken the pulse of any archaeologist: a bed, probably belonging to King Tut's Queen, supported by strange elongated lions bristling with beaten gold; several large...
...Carter 3L. and J. C. Toaz 3L, representing the Sanford Club, won over C. G. Heimerdinger 3L, and M. E. Purnell 3L, representing the Bryce-Powell Club. The winning club was the respondent in the case upholding the defense...