A newly-discovered mummy and its three-ton sarcophagus were stolen from their resting place by brazen tomb robbers last Saturday (Jan. 10).  The mummy had been discovered just three days earlier by the Clive Expedition.  According to expedition spokesman Martin Winfield, a previously unknown chamber in the Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza proved to be the burial chamber of an unknown Egyptian queen.  No hieroglyphs identified the body, but the rich funerary trappings indicated that this was the resting place of a great ruler.  The only item removed from the tomb was an ornate gold coffer containing papyrus scrolls.  Unfortunately the scrolls proved to be illegible due to improper sealing. Mr. Winfield refused to speculate as to the mummy's identity, although sources close to the expedition believe it might have been that of the legendary Queen Nitocris.

According to our reporter, the theft was accomplished using unknown means of great sophistication.  The dust in the corridors leading to the chamber was undisturbed except by the identifiable footsteps of the expedition members and antiquity authorities, and there were no signs of roller marks or of wear at inclines and elevations along the corridor where winches would have needed bracing.

The two Egyptian policemen assigned to guard the mummy are also missing.  Inspector Hussein Ibrahim of the Cairo police has vowed to find them and the missing mummy.
 

                                                                                                                                                          - CAIRO BULLETIN, Jan. 12, 1925