Show nN W THIS is anon toen t OLD The bust figured In the accompany ing In Illustration h is I said to be that of ot his hla majesty lying King Harem Horem Heb lIeb the date of ot whose birth Is IR given as 1433 1 U B C and who consequently reigned In Egypt more mOIe than years als ago It does docs not often occur that features remain so eo well preserved after atter having been on a bust so long but they were werey ere y p ti tiis ilI is t f t I Ir r I IA e eI I III II I I i Y YI ill Ill Ii III f fi I I i l I IW I W y 1 probably carved from the extremely extreme hard and durable stone for which Egypt Is famous This particular bust but i was hidden away auay In an obscure corner of at the temple of ot III HI where It war wn wn found only a few months ago ngo Mr Maspero the famous Egyptologist J Identified It ns nil that of King Horem Heb but there are lira those who are irreverent Ir Irreverent reverent enough to allege that It may hoe have beer been the work of or some somo modern maker of or antiquities who Mho deposited It ItIn Itin In the temple to acquire on nn appearance of age al since these enterprising artists not only produce to order statues and amulets but pretty prett good Imitations of ot mummies |