New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-27
DIR. sCHLIEM4YE's DISCOVERIES.

| writes as follows under date OF Dec. 9:
You VIII have full account OF tho treasures found IN
the tobs MycenR Dr. Schlieuann can Leave
the mouth Of the rich mine which he has opened and
change the picknx for the pen. The excitement al
Mycena great Hundreds OF people present when
| the rUckeut tombs opened and the treasures
brought to light one after the other The Greek Govern
men thought 1t necessary TO order the Governor OF
the Province to be present. and the Governor has re-
quird the presence of two officials from Athens
All this causes trouble and delay, and Dr. schliemann
has easy task with his navyes, and photographers,
and officials, and governors-all buzzlng about his
trenches No doubt he may he considered at the present
moment the luckiest in Europe; but IL should not
be forgotten how much In this glorious discovery s due
to his tact, amounting almost TO dyinaton TO his per-
severenee and 10 his generosity give few extracts
from his last letter to me, dated Mycene, Nov. %:
You will soon receive more complete report but, In
the mean time foretaste OF what u 10 come NAY ~
agreeable In the same tomb Of which wrote 70 you IN
my last letter. have just discovered what take to be
the skeleton Of woman Judging from tne small eeIn
and the female ornaments with which tne bones were
There besides pendants of precious stones tred,
hundreds OF large and small leaves OF gold every ono
entirely covered with spiral ornaments and circles
When, after having dug out mountains OF EARTH began
10 the stones and rubbish OF the lower layer,
golden hOrs Large double handled cup of gold with
pigeon each handle twho does not think OF Nestors
cup ~ three cups with only handle and an enormous
of pure gold, richly Ornanened found about 700
gold buttons very large and sPenddiy engtaVed 0 an
first nstook for belt nine silver vases one or more OF
was found before hardly ohehrd Of the tomb had been
emDtied. The bones which found are IKE the bones OF
giants of extraordinary size, and the teeth very large
There were close to Them large heaps Of anCcs and
swords OF brOuze. Many swords showed tue fcaus OF
wooden handles, Ornamcntcd with innumeraDle gQla
pins The handle Of one sword was entirely OF gold
There no end Of smaller objects all OF gold whleh h9
the royal deceased For instance, with pigeon
his head. beahorse, lion, man whose physiog-
nOmy resembles the Mcdusa watch PeIseus Kills on one
of he
Hero is epoch OF art fully recovered which was hlt
erto hardly known except by the three iezes in the
British Museum The tomb il the tomb which the radi-
ton the ancents assigned to AgamemnOn, to Cassa-
dra, To Eurymedon, and their companions 1 cay no
more at present
We also quote the following very interesting de-
tails from DIR. Schliemann letters to The Times,
from Mycene. The last of them was written just
before his greatest discoveries were made and
therefore the most exciting portion Of the narrative
il still TO come
In tine AcrOpois have entirely cleared out the pas
sage south of the Lions Gate and brought light the
enormous threshold the latter, which consists OF Is
feet long broad very hard cacareous block Tie
ruts caused by chariot wheels Of which oil gudebooks
spea exist in the Imagination OF enthusiastic travellers
only but not In reality Tue different monuments which
have brought to light in close proximity to the Lions
Gate the immense double parallel row of closely
Joined Slabs the gigantic sepulhcrs, &c, have since
very remote antiquity barred the access OF eharots to
the AerOpOls doubt the Is small straight, parallel
burrows which are cut all along the threshold have
been mistaken for rus Ot charots The opening OF the
gateway widens from the top downward; 1t is 1929
feet HIGH and the width OF The door is 93 feet ut the top
Intel the inch deep holes for the hinges, and la the
two uprglts which i coveTs are four gisdrapgI a
and foot broad qnndrangnlar mole IN tae mia ,i
o. cate s"' ioincd The threshold further shows on
its east side foot broad, aTtiheiay cut,
straight aoT ana On we's s 5s o saape TS
the rush OF which must have been great,
tho threshold being lower tnaa the rock o. t te RSS
which faces the north il long Artificial hole OF pec-
liar FORM wheh IN some way OF O,HGr must geg Dte s
connected with tue gate Tor cuttng oi perIecIy ths
form exists in the large Hat stone IA the midst OF
n triangular slab OF gray caoareOIs store 10 feet high,
~ feet long ami feet thick, upon the face OF which
ib0uet TO be lions standing on their long stretched hind
legs aud resting with their ore paws on either side OF
an altar IN the ilst OF which Is column, which be-
comes broader toward the top, and has capital Orna,
meuted with four circles Enclosed between Two horizontal
nl,eta This Ornamcnt8On Is peculiar 10 Mycens Inc
general belief that the heads OF the TWO animals are
broken on Is wrong for on close examination ma that
they were out Of tie same stone together win
the animals, but that they were made separately ana
fastened them with bolts most probably they were
OF bronze aud gled. Tue straight ana the bOrings
IN the necks OF the animals can leave no doubt that hsy
were put IN separately oW 10 ,o row u a .ng
must have bccu facing the spectator.
At few yards nom the second gate have brought 70
light very curious cyclopean water conduit leading into
OF tho two long and marrow cyclOpean reservoirs
which had at first thought 10 be corridors There Is
another cyclOpcan water conduit and another cistcrn
Immediately south OF them. Both these water cOndus
have doubtless brought the water from the copous
fonntain called Persea" by Pausauias, which Is not
he Crroneously mentions IA the AcTOpOs ITSELF but at
distance half mile east of IT, Its name seems to be
derived from Pcrseu the founder OF Mycen9. In clear
INK the 1920 feet masses OF rubbish which OBJ
sructed the passage OF The gate found welreseryed
bronze sea!ingrng on which engraved two young
women o! marvellous beauty which seems stl 10 be in
st close together but their heads turned in opposite
directions he anatomy is well observed There were
besides found largo number OF Junoldos IN COW or
hornedfcmale FORM and COW IDOL showing, on light
yellow dead color, number OF dark red signs, which
may be letters; also large quantities OF melted lead;
further very primitive golden ealrlg consisting OF
quadranGuar golden wire twice turned round The same
form OF earrings also in the first of the four prehs
tOre cities at Troy, with tue only dihereuce that the
wire there round There also found here on the
virgin soil great many fragments OF handmade vases,
having either inside aud outside plain luSrous black
red light green color, with black spiral orna-
mcns At only ak feet behind the cyclopean wall, on
the east side OF the passage have Drought 70 hgnt an
In continuing the excavation the north side OF the
large eyclOpcan house, brought light two more cham
spenddly messed, perforated round agaes Of neck
lace, the one representing eowhead with very long
on their hind legs and turning their heads toward
spectator, Just like the two animals on the sculpture
on the agate II engraved man with Phryglan cap and
young with uncovered head. The third agate
which appears with great velocity although It's
head turned backward There were also found juno
idols OF o form-e. o., perfectly Hat COW with only
one big hind leg and two forelegs female idol with
very compressed birds face and with Phrygtan cap,
idol with all the characteristics OF woman but with two
long cow-horns There was likewise FOUND terracotta
have much larger idols than those hitherto found
There further found number OF small terrlcOtta
tripods form OF armchars cradles, In two instances
even cradles with "a child them all are guycOl0red
and must have served offerings; further, two perfor
atod paraeOppeds OF yaregated color inches long.
the use Of which cannot explain Among the findings
may further mention comb OF bone and six perforated
round fat Transparent white pieces OF stone OF neck
lace dOOr-buton OF aabaser and large fragment OF
bas-reef representing man with line, probably
Bride Ia tho hand he doubt represented stand
ing on chariot and resembles very much the man who
holds horns or tho fantastic animal IN one OF the bas
reiiefs bed In first letter from here.
TIE LATE CENTRAL RAILROAD DISASTER.