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Show Tools Egyptians Used. Stone implements and Rousehoid tools, estimated to be 40,000 years old, forming part of a collection owned by Meremptah, son and successor to Rameses the Great, 1,300 years before Christ, have been unearthed in the J prehistoric monarch's palace at Mem- iphis. ancient capital of Egypt. Advices telling of these import discoveries dis-coveries have reached the university museum in Philadelphia from Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, leader of the Eck-ley Eck-ley B. Coxe, Jr., expedition to -Egypt, j In a full report, Doctor Fisher de-i de-i scribes wandering through the spa-t spa-t cious halls of the great palace that for centuries lay buried in ancient Memphis. Mem-phis. Gold ornaments, scarabs, ves-sels ves-sels of various kinds and vases were found intact, just as they must have been when the lords of those days departed. de-parted. Many of the relics found, says Doctor Fisher, date back to the stone age. Traces of a fire that must have ravished the palace are found on every side, according to the archeologist. Exchange. |