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When the "soul ship" of Pharaoh Cheops was found last year, buried at the foot of his mighty pyramid, the find was announced to the world with the greatest possible hullabaloo. This week, at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Egyptologist Walter Bryan Emery quietly told about finding a similar ship at least 400 years older. It dates from the First Dynasty, 5,000 years ago, when civilization was new in the valley of the Nile...
...ship was found last month, in a brick tomb of its own, near the pyramids in the necropolis at Sakkara. It is less than half as long as the ship of Cheops (whose pyramid is also the biggest), and its wood is badly decayed. But it has all the main features of later soul ships. On its deck is a cabin to shelter the soul of the dead Pharaoh. Pottery vessels hold food and drink for his royal feasts, and plates and eating utensils are ready for his use. The ship's keel is accurately pointed parallel...
Known as the "Build Your Wealth Campaign," it is similar to the pyramid-letter fad which overtook the University student body four years ago. The present craze also works on the chain letter technique...
...bears out the well-known Hollywood saying: "You don't have to be good if you're lucky." The picture went into production late in 1953, was completed before Archaeologist Kamal el Malakh hit the headlines with his surprise discovery of the solar boats beside Cheops' pyramid (TIME, June 7). Released now, the film should ride the wave of publicity a fairish distance before it hits box-office bottom...
...Egyptian archaeological discoveries [TIME, June 7, 14]: I [must] correct a wrong impression . . . concerning an alleged "feud" among the archaeologists here [over] the recent discovery of the funerary solar boats south of the great pyramid. This [find] must be followed by further excavation and archaeological investigation which could only be, planned and carried out by a team. For this reason I issued a ministerial order nominating a committee including some of our leading archaeologists. The responsibility is too great to be left in the hands of one individual, and it is unfortunate that the young engineer, Kamil el Mallakh, should...