TAA i.3.2.2

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          At the request of Dr. Howard Carter, I undertook 
the examination of a number of specimens from the tomb of 
Tut-Ankh-Amen, with a view to their identification botanically,
The specimens include samples of seeds, fruits and leaves, 
and pieces of wood, and it was found that, considering the 
age of the material, the preservation was remarkably good, 
except for damage to a certain proportion of the seeds and 
fruits by small beetles, the dead bodies of which were found 
among some of the samples.

          The fruits, seeds, etc., with few exceptions, have 
been named specifically.

          Of the woods represented, there are eight kinds, 
and, in addition, there is one bark. All t/<T>hese were examined 
microscopically, the fruits, seeds, etc., being examined in 
the same way, when this was found to be necessary.

          In the case of one specimen of wood (a portion of 
a walking-stick), no definite conclusion has been reached, 
so far, as to the identity of the wood. One wood has been 
named specifically as Zizyphus Spina-Christi, but in the 
remaining six woods there are difficulties in the way of 
precise identification, since, in each case, two or more 
species have wood of practically identical character, and 
of the same type of structure as the specimen to be named.

          The examination of the material was carried out in

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