Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-12-02 | Page 31 | Getting Close to King Tut

I I e EHING CLOSE n TO TOUNG KING TUT Science to Determine Age and Health of Ancient Monarch T Eg Pt Dec 1 I 1 CD The he e g cater part of today's 11 work 1 I in I the tomb of ot woe was I to removing the partition I II I I wall nIl AA between the chamber ante and I II Ithe I the he mortuary room containing the I r I reat at shrine a series berles of ot shells hells a under which the pharoah's thel It is believed belle ed to lie I J 1 Carter head of cC the tx ex- ex exI 5 personally remo removed ed the I I S some gome of them so large that I ole 10 was v IS as a sufficient burden for foi Inman ft I I Iman man Ran and they were carried out In baskets ba by the tho nath e work work- I wallback rs and llad dumped b beyond ond the wall ark of the tomb About halt half of th he wall wal 1111 on Oil either side rido of the open open- ling ing opening rig pr made by the pierc Into In ing piercing rig of ot the sealed 8 aled door le mS In- In In I to the 0 mortuary chamber was re- re re removed leasta mo moved eel and nd there will be bo at least re-I re I a full days day's or work before the tile wall all Is fully dismantled an and n 0 I I pace cleared cared to allow the I begin begin- I of ot tile the delicate operation of aking down the outer shrine wiLli X RAY It Is t I understood that the he e-ca- e eca- eca excavators al ale aie e nt thit tt latest ce Ice s of ot science which they In- In in und to employ will III enable them to 0 ascel asce taiti the th greatest oc- oc degree greo gree ree of precision tho the personal ails de-ails de- de deau au of tho the appearance age and health of ShoUld his I il mummy Actually bo be found Mr Carte I ha has hM arranged with Ith Sir Arch Reed need oT 07 the Ro Roil 11 So- So So of or Medicine to carry out a 0 pedal radiographic examination Of the he mummy In collaboration With Dr r Derry of ot the ho hoi i- i it of t f Cairo reputed to be bo the tho n mu t living expert on mum muD mils nies oty 0 TELL TEL AGn AGIL E of the juncture of erlain bones hones will enable the tho pha- pha pha 01 at the time of the death to 0 lio ie established within a car eai or two and onel it is expected the thera ra I should throw light on the the hEnry or that was l ac ne actually the lounge lounge- brother of ot the king hoso v pictorIal show how e and other physical I constituted tN J tlc which may ha have hate e fan family or merI merily Individual resemblance Among those hold ing holding IsI ng this theory of ot relationship Is i I III r Iii the eminent Ger Ger- German German man nan Ec Jg now in CaIro I ho ho Is recognized as an on in lie He conducted the th I Irman of Qt that I I po at El Tell Dr Di Derry who has had bad ex ep- ep lonal exceptional in Vo what hat might I Iye ye med the tIie medical history of ol r leto will be n le leI I to to adduce a 1 rea theory as a I to asto 0 th the cause of I ath One Ono opinion I Is Ic that he be wa 1 kill pel nv ov his successor A Ay It Is h I I under tod that the tho orIts 1 which I is 11 th or o r Its kini kin will not be brought out oui t until Iho tho mummy Is actually found to SOME SOMI E T The rho weather remains overcast is iq unusual for this region The Flie sun Bun sent ent don clown last night amId amic to pring banks of clouds and I throughout the night lightning lashes outlined at nt als the trim grim sIlhouette of tho the hlll hills sur- sur surround surrounding sur round rounding InK the tho royal loews ot ota ota 1 washout between betseen Luxor and Ar uan cutting off all rail rall railway way 0 ay communication until nI the excavators excavator view the un- un un anxiously ettlel 1 weather eather ly Iy and all preparations have been I mad inde to o block the entrance of the tomb Ith sand s nd ba bags bosa rs in the tho un- un Un un c that the valley Is IH flooded by a 0 st such as asi 11 ie e not lot unknown here ome f-ome ome excitement was caused among the Iho workers by the slay InS ing Iny of a poisonous snake found rr the party party's stores The Tho J I was 4 Ha s feet in length