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		The Sun God's Treasurer << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame.   Click to ZOOM IN >>   Click to ZOOM IN >>   Click to ZOOM IN >> Where's the Mummy? Photograph by Kenneth Garrett Cut into a cliff, a new tomb discovered in the ancient Egyptian cemetery of Saqqara presents French archaeologist Alain Zivie with a mystery: the fate of the man who prepared this as his final resting place in about 1340 B.C. Zivie searches the painted reliefs for clues in one of the rooms, where a modern jack shores up the fragile limestone of the ceiling. Deeper in the tomb, at the end of a downward sloping passage, lies the unfinished burial chamber, apparently never used. Camera: Nikon F5 Film Type: Fujichrome Tungsten 64 Lens: Nikkor Zoom, 28-70mm f/2.8 Speed and F-Stop: one second @ f/16 Weather Conditions: Underground Time of Day: Midday Lighting Techniques: Tungsten lights

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