Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1916 — TOOLS USED BY EGYPTIANS [ARTICLE]

TOOLS USED BY EGYPTIANS

Unearthed by a Scientist and Said to Be More Than 40,000 Years Old. Philadelphia, Pa.—Stone Implements and household tools, estimated to be 40,000 years old, forming part of a collection owned by Meremptah, son and successor to Raineses the Great, 1,300 years before Christ, have been unearthed In the prehistoric monarch’s palace at Memphis, ancient capital of Egypt. Advices telling of these Important discoveries have reached the University museum here from Dr. Charles S. Fisher, lender of the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., expedition to Egypt. In a full report, Doctor Fisher, describes wandering through the spacious halls of the great palace that for centuries lay buried In ancient Memphis. Gold ornaments, scarabs, vessels of various kinds and vases were found intact, just as they must have been when the lords of those days departed. Many of the relics found, says Doctor Fisher, date back to the Stone Age. Traces of a fire that must have ravished the palace are found on every side, according to the archeologist.