Word: tombes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tomb Was Never Violated...
From the perfect condition of the block and the intact slate of the microscopically thin sheets of plaster of paris between them it is certain that the tomb was never broken into. Any other entrance into such a well-like structure is out of the question. For weeks the work went on of the question. For weeks the work went on of the clearing of the ponderous limestone blocks. The shaft grew deeper and deeper. All records for depth were broken. Temporary quarters for the workers were built the hole and barbed wire was put up to keep off prying...
After going down forty feet a little niche was found in the wall of the shaft. Within it was the head of a bull, roughly embalmed. From inscriptions relation to ancient burial customs it is believed that the royal occupant of the tomb may be shrouded in the skin of the bull itself far below...
...hole was made a little larger and the next day the workers of the Expedition went to the shaft with two powerful mirrors. One was lowered to the floor of the tomb by light lines and the other was focused to throw the light of the sun through the hole. When the inside mirror had been jiggled to the right position it reflected the sun's light from the first mirror to the interior of the tomb and the watchers far above got their first clear impression of what they had found...
Apparently the chamber was originally filled with wooden furniture. The 59 centuries which Professor Flinders Petrie believes to have past since the sealing of the tomb have caused the wood to fall into dust leaving only the golden brackets and ivory inlay intact...