Vol.15.p.110

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Tuesday, December 29, 1925.
Day of rest for men.

I was presented to the King Fuad I, this morning at 11 a.m. by the American minister Dr. Morton Howell. His Majesty was very kind and gave me half an hour. I thanked him for his interest in my history of Ethiopia and presented him with a copy of Kerma. We talked about the "new tomb", our excavations in the Sudan and at Giza, the great Cairo Museum, the tricks of dealers in antiquities. I carefully refrained from saying anything about the general archaeological situation in Egypt or anything which could have even an indirect bearing on that question. I also had some minutes conversation with the Grand Chamberlain and with Hassanein Bey.

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Wednesday, December 30, 1925
37th day of work.

Workmen:
Quftis: 95
(3 men to hospital)

Work on:
(1) Avenue G 3
(2) Street G 7000 S (south)
(3) Pyramid G I-c, chamber

Cars emptied:
Line IV to 8:00 am: 62, 8:30 - noon: 154, 1:00 to 4:30 pm: 183
Total 399

About 60 men were employed on this work. In Pyramid G I-c chamber 23 men were passing up broken stone, and 12 men were assisting Wheeler and Dunham.

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