Word: sarcophaguses
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...staff have removed large quantities of highly decorated treasures, many of which are on exhibition in Cairo. Aided by 10,000 candlepower lights in the tomb, telephones and all the paraphernalia of civilization and modern archeological science, they are patiently removing and restoring the canopies and accessories surrounding the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh. But the casket itself will probably not be opened this year, nor will two other chambers crammed with rare objects. It is quite probable that the tomb may be found to contain the mummies of two Egyptian kings, for the outer door has two cartouches...
...Beisan (Old Testament Beth-Shean) the University of Pennsylvania expedition found a sarcophagus inscribed with the name of Phalion, uncle of Herod the Great. Further monuments of the period of Egyptian domination under Rameses II and Seti I give the first corroboration from Egyptian sources of the fact that the Hebrews were at one time enslaved in Egypt, and built cities for Rameses...
Springfield. Britain's War Premier visited the shrine of America's Civil War President. Upon the sarcophagus he laid a wreath bearing an inscription: "A humble and reverent homage to the memory of one of the world's greatest...
...late Lord Carnarvon of the tomb of TutankhAmen, resumed exploration Oct. 1 in the Valley of the Kings, Luxor. Less than one-fourth of the relics in the tomb have been taken out. The program for this season contemplates the removal of the canopies and shrine surrounding the sarcophagus, and the opening of the coffin itself, which is expected to reveal the mummy in all his regal robes and jewels. The body will not be removed from its ancestral shrine, but will be examined " to satisfy the claims of science." X-ray photographs will be taken to help determine...
...Canvas Icon from the Monastery of St. Sabras Assistant Director Hawes, Museum of Fine Arts Examples of Ancient Jewelry in Boston and Providence, S. B. Luce '09 Some Unpublished Sience Paintings, G. H. Edgell '09 The Original of the Spanish Retable, W. W. S. Cook, Princeton University Another Sidamara Sarcophagus, John Shapley, Brown University Saturday, April 7 Fogg Art Museum at 10 A. M. Color Analysis as a Way to Develop Personal Choice in Color Grouping, C. H. Riedell, Smith College The Use of Autochrome Slides as Illustrations for Lectures. Holmes Smith, Washington University Certain Thoughts upon the College...