His dark eyes glistening with excitement, Egypt's young King Farouk sped last week to the Nile Delta. There, on the site of ancient Tanis, Professor Pierre Montet of Strasbourg had discovered the tomb of Psousennes I, second King of the 21st Dynasty (TIME, March 4). Last week, with Farouk watching, the professor opened Psousennes' silver mummy case.
The mummy's head was sheathed in a mask of pure gold. In the case were gold chest ornaments, necklaces, 21 bracelets inscribed with family records, six beautifully carved scarabs strung on a gold wire, gold finger and toe cases, like those on the mummy of...
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