The New York herald., 1876-12-24

DR.. SCHLInMANN'S DISCOVERIES.

LONDON, Dec. :. 1876.
The Lc;pzlg correspondent OF the London Times.
wiring under date OF December gives the following
particulars about Or. schlicmann.-
DR.. ScnIicmann So busy in clearing the tombs on
the Acropoiis OF Iycen.r and carefully arranging
the treasures which he has brought 10 ishi thni nc
has no time al present 10 wre ful account oi nis
discoveries. '.It wond require more than week."
be writes 10 prepare even superficial description
OF he treasures collected" +" IL Is perhaps not
generally known that the excavations OF Myccna
carried at The sole expense OF DR.. Schlemann;
wniie everyihn: that Is found oy MIN goes TO the
Greek government, 10 oe deposited IN national
museum 4 ancient art At Athens. d.. Schlicnann has
been accompanied during the progress oi his r.ccnt
excavations by Mrs. schiiemanh aad sone Greek
scholars.
ln a letter dated November 10 Dr. schlieinann
wriies:-
'sln depth OF ~ metres ia5 iceil yesterday
brought 10 light three enormous tonbs all cut
in the rock, which will have to cmptied tins week
How great The veneraon of the people oi Mycen@ was
all these scpuchrcs cannot DO better shown than w
the nnc'erl tombsoncs which found ieet 70 ieet
below those o, which wrote 10 you before. Whom tho
primitive btones had tor been hidden by 'he
accunIaions of rubbish their site nevertheless
accurately remembered by tradi,on that the new
nicarmrnts (Which probably OF the thirteenth
century h. T. were erected exactly ON the spot
Al. She pottery found within metres 6ta ieet above
those rock cui ombs is made hy hand lustrons black
inside and out or light green or red, with rude black
or dark rod characterization OF circles and spiral hnes
..MrcgN.E, Nov 81, ls'6
"a beg leave TO send you drawing of gold cup and
a gold diadein as well OF bronze lance found To-
day the tomb marked BY the bas.rciic oi the two
OF splendid hand made pottery comes to light aud
vast number o obsidan knives. | am Just going TO
open a seiuichre az enormous proportions ~ ~ GER
tain height above there stands cyclopcan ARTIFICIAL
altar / expect to dnd treasures beUsath II
sMyc.N.x, Nov. ~
.sThere are now In all tombs. In the Smallest OF
them | found yesterday tue bones oi inan aud a
woman, covered by AT least kilogrammcs OF orna-
mems Of pure gold with the most wonderful archaic
Impressed ornaments. Even the smallest leaf Is COY.
cred with them. To-day enptcd Tie tomb and still
gathered there more than 6-l0ihs OF ki.oyrammr oi
beautifully ornamentcd gold leaves; also many ear.
rings ana ornaments representing an altar with two
birds One earring represents Hercules Staying
The hon. There were found two scep.
tres with wonderfully chisecd crystal
handles, many large gold and bronze vessels had
hardly touched the second .omb when found beau
tfuy oruanencd gold cup anu four large bronze yes.
sells This TOMB IS the largest, and will probably yield
much mere treasure.
IL have the rmest conviction that these are tho
tombs which, Pa1sanins writes, belong, accord
ing 20 tho accredited tradition, To Artcus Aeamcmnon.
Cassandra, Eurymcdun &c. But how different s the
civilization which this treasure reveals from that OF
Troy l write in the midst OF the greatest turmoil. "