Show ancient jewels some of the most remarkable egyptian jewelry ever discovered has recently been unearthed the date as signed Is as remote as but the workmanship in gold and jewels Is marvelous in exploring the tomb ol 01 king zer it was found that the tomi had been entered for robbery at som remote period and that the plunderer en had broken off the arm of the queen and hidden it in a crevice in wall perhaps on being discovered 01 alarmed and had not returned to re move it on taking off the wrappings prot petrie found four magnificent bracelets of gold with amethyst turquoise and in varied and elegant adjustments the gold work was pe culi arly fine and delicate though the metal was soft and pure apparently with no hardening alloy the were beautiful and very strikingly and peculiarly arranged several amethyst beads of the rich est and deepest purple about a ter of an inch in diameter are in the possession of edward ayer of chica go he obtained them from Dash egypt they being from the treasure in the tomb of princess merit dauab ter of II 11 of the twelfth dynasty |