TAA i.3.9.5

                                                    <Lecture by Henry Bunker

                                                                       Prob. in 1925.>

                  Scientific Aspects of the Egyptian Discoveries

          I think I should preface my remarks this evening by

confessing openly that I am not an archaeologist, and furthermore

that I have never been to Luxor. Nevertheless, I intend to deal

primarily with the subject, high – the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb, –

not from the point of view of the archaeologist, but in the light

of certain scientific sidelights on the discovery.

          The tomb has aroused such world wide interest, however,

that I think I am justified in including my remarks on the

subject for a brief account of whom Tutankhemen’s^sic was; why the dis-

covery is so important, a description of the tomb, and finally

the scientific points with which I have personally been connected.

          I very much regret that I cannot illustrate my remarks

with lantern slides such as those which illustrated Mr. Carter’s

lecture in London last September, but that I am afraid, is im-

possible.

          Tutankhamen “The living image of Amen”, was the 10th

of the twelve kings of the 18th. Dynasty, which reigned in Egypt

roughly from 1550 to 1300 B.C., – some 3400 years ago. This the

18th. was the greatest dynasty of the Pharoahs^sic, in the whole long

succession from Menes, of the 1st Dynasty who ruled 6400 years ago,

to Queen Cleopatra, 40 years before Christ. In all this long line,

the 18th. Dynasty was the greatest. At no other time was the

power of Egypt so great, and this power is reflected in the glory

of the wonderful temples and tombs they built, in their art, and

in the greatest treasures they accumulated. All the Pharoahs^sic of

this Dynasty wore the double crown of a United Egypt, – the red

crown of the North and the white crown of the South. The capital