Show keen search for egyptian relics university of pennsylvania Is sharing in antiquary research with four parties philadelphia pe pa the university of pennsylvanian Pennsyl egyptian expedition which has been delving into burled buried history it at the entrance of the valley of the kings where the tomb ot of tutankhamen tut ankh amen was wag recently found is preparing to move to a cooler climate to continue searching chang tor for bits of information relating to the activities tivi ties of men in past ages the university Is now conducting four expeditions one Is in the valley of the kings another at memphis falch was the oldest capital of egypt it I third in palestine and another in where in connection with the lie expedition of the british museum an ancient temple believed to to have have ileen been built years yeara before the birth of christ was discovered announcement no co of the finding of this temple was waa recently made inscriptions were found showing that king chad nezzar repaired the place during his reign in the sixth century B C Q excavation work continuous the university has arranged the work of her excavators excava tors so that when the hot weather season comes in one place they move to another assuring almost continuous effort the work now coming to a close Is at thebes in an area adjoining the concession of lord Corn carnarvon arvon during the two seasons of digging at thebes several tombs have been discovered constructed in the same aly as that of ct tut tat ankh amen amea but all of them open and looted the objects found in each were not of interest to robbers such as jara inscriptions and papyri in the last named class of objects a really notable discovery was made at the close of last season when two sealed pottery cylinders were found within the entrance chamber of a tomb which contained rolls of papyri these were in a perfect state of preservation er on the outside of each roll was a document written in ancient greek and upon examination the papyri proved to be demotic documents dating from B 0 to B C they are mostly contracts contract sand and contain the business transactions of family during the period of years which they covered these papyri are now being translated in the ual versify museum all of the tombs discovered on the museums concession were of officials of the government of thebes who wished to be burled buried near the kings and whose tombs are therefore found in close proximity to the royal resting places at the same time thet that the university ity museum Is working this concession at thebes it to Is also excavating at memphis 14 miles above cairo where the museum expedition discovered several years ago the royal palace of in an extensive structure covering a large area and inclosing numerous courts the floors of this temple are found 25 feet below the surface of the ground the lower walls and sometimes doorways and parts of columns are found str standing anding tut catherin law one of the interesting discoveries cinde at this place Is the head bead of a life size statue of akhnaton the fa ther in law of tutankhamen tut ankh amen the fe features Eturea are exquisitely modeled and the sensitive face Is rendered in a wonderfully lifelike manner the throne room of the palace especially the dais shows chows rich and elaborate use of color the ornaments and hieroglyphic in b h on the columns and the stonework surrounding the doorways tre are inlaid with beautiful pale fayence faience fa yence surrounding the throne room are dressing rooms retiring rooms and a bathroom which originally had bad running water excavation here la is still in progress and its completion Is expected to throw much light on the domestic and official life of the Phera memphis was the capital of egypt from the earliest times down to about YOM 2000 B 0 then the pharaohs Phara Phar aolis moved their capital south to thebes which arose to great splendor herodotus referred to the hundred gates of thebes this city remained the capital until alexander tile the great founded the new capital at alexandria except tor for that brief interval when akhnaton built this new capital at tell el adarna in order that he might start everything every ming in egypt afresh religion art architecture and government his ella interesting experiment lasted for about a generation era tion or until tutankhamen tut ankh amen restored the old religion reversed the polley policy of father in law changed his bis name from tut ankh aton to tut ankh amen amell as a symbol of his reversion and went back to thebes as an the seat of his government ern ment who la is regarded by most authorities as the pharaoh of the exodus reigned 1225 B C or about years before tutankhamen tut ankh A amen en |