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...condition in which the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II was found is typical of the vandalism inflicted on Egyptian antiquities not only by local grave robbers but also by the early English and French plunderers who called themselves archaeologists. Don't look for the face missing from the statue of Osiris in the rubble of the room where the statue stands. It was probably stolen a hundred years ago. CHARLES E. HOGAN Hazelwood, Missouri...
SECRETS OF THE LOST TOMB...
...prospect of more, revealing information to come out of the lower reaches of Tomb 5, where the new discoveries have been made, is no doubt very exciting, but one cannot help wondering whether this will merely add to our already considerable store of facts about ancient Egyptian life or will finally lead to a better understanding of the chronology of events in that ancient past. DICK GAGEL Peterculter, Scotland...
Before that happens, though, there is still an enormous amount of work to do in Tomb 5. Archaeologists still haven't resolved many basic questions -- when the tomb was built, for example, and over what period of time it was used. Some answers could pop up as the excavations progress. Says Kitchen: "Let's hope the tomb yields a whole lot of new bodies. Then the medicos can get to work on them and find out what these princes were like, whether they had toothaches, how long they lived...
Weeks' team, meanwhile, plans to return to Tomb 5 for the month of July. Their goal is to get far enough inside to explore the staircases and lower level. Weeks estimates that it will take at least five years to study and map the entire tomb, protect the decorations, install climate controls and electricity and shore up the precarious sections. Says Abdel Halim Nur el Din, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities: "We're in no hurry to open this tomb to the public. We already have 10 or 12 that they can visit." It is more...