| Show revelation in his noble essay on dante car lyle says bays coleridge remarks v very ery pertinently somewhere that wherever you find a sentence musically worded of ft true rhythm and melody in the in part parl the hieroglyphics on tha walls have not been read the catafalque has not been opened there may mar be other chambers incidentally the archaeological value of the objects examined to date Is estimated at lord carnarvon thought the total m might I 1 run to OL it la is the greatest archaeological find in all the years of egyptian exploration true it Is that the ancient pharaohs Phara oba did lots of cur chursin sin g they thay posted many a curse on stone and tablet in public building and temple these curses however were mainly directed against those who should fall to carry out the pharaohs Phara will in respect to those buildings and temples As to their tombs the the pharaohs Phara relied upon the care with which they were hidden and the skill with which entrance was blocked rather than upon curses upon possible disturbers disturb ers ot of their last sleep the use of poison in ancient egypt was an old story be no record of the poisoning of funerary furniture nevertheless superstitious egyptians express tear fear for the safety of the immediate family of the dead man his widow his son lord portchester Port chester who succeeds him his countess Is an american woman formerly miss catherino catherine T wendell of new york his hl daughter lady evelyn herb herbert ert they also think it quite within the possibilities that all who participated in the opening of the catafalque chamber are ara in danger at the actual opening of the champ chain tier ber there were present several amer leans of note howard carter pro fessor charles breasted of the university of chicago director wenlock of the egyptian expedition of the met museum of art new york and curator lythgoe lord carnarvon of course was there and lady evelyn herbert among the others were sir william garstin and dr allan 13 gardiner british egyptologist at the public opening of the chamber three days later others present included tho the dowager sultana malak of egypt morton howell american minister to egypt and his wife queen of the belgians and prince leopold viscount and allenby some of the more superstitious of the egyptians assume that the curse burgo will even fall upon nil all received from lord carnarvon gifts of objects from the tomb this hit la Is said to include lady elizabeth bowes lyon fiancee of the duke of york lord carnarvon was born in 1800 1868 and succeeded his bis father in 1800 lie ile was educated at cambridge and married in 1895 almina wombwell a chesterfield ter field and a goddaughter god daughter of one of the ile he was wag very rich owned about acres and had bad a racing stable ho he was a collector of books and prints and a noted photographer words there Is something deep and good in the meaning too for body and soul word ond and idea go strangely together here as elsewhere it Is only when the heart of him Is rapt into true passion of melody and the very tones of him according to Cole ridges remark become musical by the greatness depth rind and music oi his thoughts that we eft ghe gh e him the right to rhyme and sins sing that we call him blib a poet and listen to him as the tha heroic of speakers whose speech Is I 1 song sone |
