Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sunday 24 August 1924, page 3
TUT'S
How
EGYPT
Culture
Came
Gr(a£t,°n
nrst
to
,.Elli°t
Doctor
Australia
Smith,
the
of Medicine to
graduate
Sydney
University,
returned to
Sydney during the week
to
attend the
conference ,.n Adelaide for
the Advance
£Cnrll°v
C,CnCe'-and has bee' persuaded
n0cy earTy nextemont0hf
le'UrCS
ln
S^
from
°'C
and during
participate^
1?;
nine yTrs
to
.°PPort'n'ties
in
cl,^°logical
research.
lis f
a
As
As
result
result
he
has propounded
several
original theories regarding
the spread of
culture
and
civilisation.
a
residence
or
His researches
in
Egypt led him to
conclusion
that ::-;iisptiorc
had'
single origin.
He
holds that it is no
longer
jwssible
to
believe
its
that
peculiar features were
independent in
ventions.
In his lectures he
will de
velop this theme
and
show
how
the dis
of
coveries
Tutankhamen's
Tomb
has
in
of thi*
Supp0rt
H
theory.
He
will
show
how
the cul
ture
of the Egypt of Tutankhamen's
day
was
diffused
the
to
islands
of
the
Pacific
and
to
Northern Australia.
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