Show I ANCIENT TOMB B BIS IS DISCOVERED Believed to Be That of Jl n. n Learned Arch Arch- J te t Scientist 7 CA O Eo t t 11 By ByThe R The Associated Associated Ass pressO Pres Press Press' Discover Disco ery of a tomb estimated to Co be bo fifty lift centuries old oJ dating dag da g back to the d dynasty orthe or of the ancient Phar Ih r. r hs waa announced Thursday The Tho say sa it may ml bo the earliest c. tomb ever eyer fount found in Egypt The find was made by Cecil Firth has been conducting excavations in behalf of the an an- antiquities department of the Egyptian tian gov go eminent nt nl a n village near Oar 1 the tho ruins r of Mom Mem Tear Near ear Is time the the famous step pyramid believed belle to be the oldest of the Egyptian pyramids Tho The tomb is said to lo contain many Unique features feature It is In the tho boundary b I r wall surrounding I the step pyramid and discovered S only alter after a II long Ions Ion and and tortuous search owing to time tho th extensive c pre cautious cautions taken by the builder build t to conceal it It is I thought thought but but not yet cl es established es- es that that it Ib is I the tomb bt Imhotep architect to King Loser who built the tho step pyramid Imhotep Im- Im Imhotep Imhotep was greatly revered levered by the lh being considered ono one o of 01 the tho wisest st of o men mn and of the science e of oC medicine time the lh law and other branches of oC learn learn- ing Other theories about the Identity of oC the tomb are arc that It may have hare born bon u d temporarily for Loser himself during the build build- building building ing inS of the tho step stel Pyramid or that it may ma be the time tomb of oC i a fiu queen en n. n A deep stairway of ot a hundred steps leads down ol n to lo the tomb through an obscure tunnel In him the rock Branch tunnels and stale stair waya 38 lead to a series serl of under under- underground ground round rooms the walls of which once onee were ere tiled blue-tiled like the time rooms In lit tho the stop step The Time rooms still bear bar ar tho the remains of 01 interesting limestone and decorations of ot Its period including s the portrait of Ming King Kin In one tunnel twelve tl cent alabaster wine Jars were co |