CHAPTER VIII

A despised statue that realised £10,000—Some American discoveries—Finding treasure valued at £3,000,000—How chance led Professor Flinders Petrie to a long-lost city—His weird adventure with a mummy—The tablets of Tell-el-Amarna—Dramatic moments at the opening of Tutankhamen’s tomb—The mummy that vanished—How relics are preserved—Ancient ladies who painted their faces in modern fashion—A marvellous knife made of stone 91