On 29 April 2017, I along with an Egyptology group of current and former students traveled to Atchison, KS, at the invitation of the Active Lodge #158 AF & AM to tour their Egyptian Room. The lodge was built in 1915–predating the Tutmania of the early 1920s, but there is no information available about the architect, workmen, or design decisions. They believe the Egyptian motifs were included in honor of the Shriners who made large financial contributions to the lodge. The raised relief seems to be made of polychrome plaster.
Several Egyptian-style architectural motifs are present: the pylon-shaped doorway, cavetto cornice, torus molding, and winged sun disk. There are many hieroglyphs throughout the room, some of which form words but many others are unintelligible.
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Figure on the left wearing the crown of Lower Egypt and the figure on the right wearing Amun’s feathered crown