Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-19
4 loMa-BuRIEp PALACE.
Evidence that Heasr Described on
~ what He saw-Aneiess war
riora.

DR.. schliemann writes from Maysese /:
ITO the south Of the circular parallel
double row Of sspulchrcs my excavations
have brought 10 light . vast cyclepean
house, which. 90 far a. 10 has been uneov-
cred, contains 1--WE chambers interested by
four corridors Of four feet breadth. The
walls still contain here and there their
clay coating. which. however. shows no
where . trace Of painting. The walls are
from two 10 four and ons-half feet thick.
and enc and the same wall 10 In ssno
places six 10 eight inches thicker than In
others. The largest room 10 eighteen and
onc-hAlf feet long by thirteen aud one-half
feet broad. aud its east side 10 cut cut In
the rock to . depth Of sixteen inches. As
we'll below this As below tho adjoining
room. Q deep cistern 10 cut out In the rock;
the water 10 conducted int 10 BY . cyclo-
pean water conduit. which Leads down
from the hill. Although there are no
windows in the house. and although the
scanty daylight through the doors must
have been still aiminishsd by the CYCLIC
pean circuit wall. which IL only separated
from the west side Of the house by . four
foot-brsad corridor. yet this seems TO have
been the royal palace, because no building
in q better Style Of architecture has been
found yet In the ~acropolis. Certainly his
| Royal Majesty WAS not comfortably Lodged
in such Q houss. bat. comfort being un-
known, Il was unmissed. On the other
hand, the objects discovered In this house
prove that the family which occupied II
had prstsnsisns 10 luxury.
In enc Of the chambers. al . depth OF
tv~snty-thres feet below the surface, was
found q ingsr-ring cut out Of Q splendid
white suyx. with = seal. on which was In
sised two animals without horns. In See
ing Ire incisien and thinking that IL ~
longs 10 an antiquity BY eenturies pre-
coding Hsnsr. We are ready to believe that
all ths works Of art mentioned by Homer
the wonderful shield Of Achilles, the
dog and the hare In Ulysses mantle-clasp,
Nsstor's goblet, etc., all existed at his
time, aud that no merely describes what
he saw with his own eyes. There arc fur
thar found in the c~yclopsan house psrfor-
atcd CONVEX pieces Of agate OF serpsntine.
deriving from necklaces Of al In
cised spiral fermentation Of horses or deers.
There was also found . formstons Of Jas
per. showing on all six sides most fantastic
types for casting geld or silver ornaments;
Ii had also . type fer casting these fire.
quently found curious eonical objects Of q
black CLASSY substance. with spiral lines
and Q psrforation on each side for suspen-
sisu with . string. Further On soms beau.
tiful axes Of green stone, many whorls Of
blue stone. and . great many splendid
torra-csttas. Of which the large vases with
two or three handles. the ends Of which
have beea modelled into the shape OF
crocsdilss. deserve particular attention.
The vases are covered with representa-
tons Of warriors Of . dark red color on q
light ysllsw dead ground. wearing coats
Of mall. girdls belts, sandals and either
shaggy helmets. with stings or pricks like
the sting Of q porcupine. or helmets with
long crcsts. From the front side Of q hel.
met always protruasd an object In form Of
q horn. The warriors are invariably
armed with large round shields, the lever
part Of which Is Away cut In form of
crescent ; also with lances. all OF which
We zoe the object described In enc Of my
previous letter.. Ons Of the men. whe IL
unarmed. lifts his hand and seems to com.
mand another is in the act Of throwing .
lance. The men have always the same
perfectly archaic type. very long Asiatic
faces. particularly long noses. and long As
syriAn beard. The inside Of these vases IL
painted red.-LeHdoa Times.