LONDON, October 3.—Howard Carter, the American Egyptologist, left for Luxor and the Valley of the Kings today to resume his excavations at the tomb of Tutankhamen. The scientist said he had not the slightest belief that any occult influence was responsible for the death of Earl Carnarvon, who succumbed to fever after discovering the tomb, and that he had no fears for himself in that direction.
“It is rather too much to ask me to believe that some spook is keeping watch and ward over the dead Pharaoh, ready to wreak vengeance on any one who goes too near,” Carter said.
At Trieste be will be joined by the American experts who are to assist him in the unsealing of Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus, and this task will be started soon after their arrival at Luxor. Mr. Carter expects this season’s work to last about four months. He reiterated his Intention of leaving the mummy of the Pharaoh in its present resting place.
“If we disturbed the body,” he said, “we would be no better than the tomb robbers of other days. All we shall do is to examine the body and the manner in which it was laid, and from our findings we shall probably be able to learn much about this young king of the Nile which is at present unknown. After our investigations are finished we shall leave Tutankhamen to his eternity.”
Evening Star, Washington, DC, October 3, 1923