Show WOMAN CROWNED A KING Believed to Be Greatest Female in History of Orient London Globe lobe One of the greatest works of archaeological logical exploration of recent years yes Is that hat which the Egyptian exploration und fund has bas been for more than ten years engaged upon the clearing cearing and partial restoration of ol the great geat temple of Amen and Hathor at near Thebes Tebes There were two temples at t the older the funeral temple emple of King III II of the Ue twelfth dynasty about B C 2500 the latter alter later the splendid fane lane erected by the great Queen about B C 1500 This latter temple Is the one ono on which so much time and money have been bee expended The outlay onta has not been wasted for fOl we have restored to tous tous tous us the memorials of the life and deeds of f one of the most remarkable women the he Orient has ever produced The daughter of I by his beautiful wife wire Queen Aahmes she was early associated with her father and andon ad adon andon on the walls wals of the birth chamber of or orthe the he temple we see the scenes represent representIng Ing ng her birth as a divine Incarnation of her father All An monarchs of the great Theban dynasties were s I supposed to be children of Amen On 11 another wall wan Is depicted the ceremony of her coronation as a king for lor sho she as assumed assumed assumed male attire attre even a false beard and used all al the kingly titles tUes In her In One very important series seis of or sculptures sculptures tures is that which represents the re return return return turn of the great geat naval expedition which she sent to the ing ng land of Punt probably nd which under Nashi her admiral the Raleigh of the period rod returns laden with rich treasures and strange ani animals animals animals mals birds and plants The new vol volume volume volume ume on the exploration which has Just jus been Issued by the exploration fund contains some very ver interesting mat matter matter matter ter for it relates to the shrine of and a d the tor court all al of or which were richly decorated with sculptures The shrine which consisted of two to rooms was entered by a lofty lofy granite doorway and on either side of the door are representations of theman the man queen wearing the crowns of or upper and lower Egypt A specially interesting scene Beene here represents the te queen being brought before Amen and the god Thoth or Hermes acts as priest and Introduces her with a curious address She salutes thee she speaks to thee She cools thee the with tUh water wate she gives thee incense The double is sails satis satisfied sats fled fied fed when she fumigates thee with wih the eye of thy own body her incense incense O 0 Amen lord of the thrones of ot the two lands land when thou in thy abode where thy beauties beautes are worshipped grant her life Ite strength and happi happiness happIness ness Such is the threshold prayer The shrine no doubt contained the two sa sacred sacre sacred cred cre boats of the morning and even evening eel evening ing boats In which he sailed saied across the sky In the Inner and dark dak shrine chamber was the splendid shrine of ot ebony In which the statue satue of the god gd was kept In Egypt unlike other lands except t Greece the names of artists of great geat tt are known and handed hande down downIn In regard to this great geat temple we know that the architect was wa a man n j named who in addition additon to hi his Is I artistic abilities ab 1 tes was a minister o or of state chancellor chancelor and bearer of the ie royal seal He it I was who built buit this Is I and many other temples for his royal roya ro al mistress The work of decoration was wa given to a man maIl named the tho IG record of whose life Ufe is found on a stela stein la discovered discovered by tho Marquis of North Northampton Northampton Northampton i ampton |