One of the supreme moments in the history of man's
achievement must surely have been when Lord Carnarvon and Mr. Carter entered the Inner Chamber of Tutank- hamen's tomb. There could have been no greater reward for years of patient endeavour and self-sacrifice in the search for enlightenment than the miracle of finding intact the tomb of an Egyptian King after three thousand years, during which the hunt for treasure has been unin- terrupted. While reading Lord Carnarvon's description in the Times of the preparations for entering the tomb, we can feel with him the breathless suspense before the seals were broken. And we can sympathize in his tremendous impatience to overcome the last trivial obstacles to the attainment of knowledge and evidence such as had never before been dreamed of of the glories of Pharaonic civilization.
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