Professor Kirsopp Lake, who is leading an expedition excavating the ancient Egyptian temple Hathor, was seriously injured when he was bumped by a camel during a caravan journey to Serabit it was learned at Harvard yesterday.
With the true fervour of a scientist, Professor Lake refused to half after the accident, and insisted on continuing to the top of the mountain, where the excavation work is proceeding. He remained three days, supervising the beginning of the work. At the end of that time, a lacerated kidney and internal hemorrhage, became so serious that he was rushed to a mining camp and later taken to a Jerusalem hospital.
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