The New York herald., 1877-12-08

greatest dfcuity IN removing the hundreds of huge
wrought stones which have fallen from the vault
The interior walls OF this treasury have never been
covered with brazen plates like the treasury Of Atreus
here and the treasury OF Minyas in Orchomenus; at
least see nowhere in the stones the holes Of the
nais by which the metal plates were fassencd
but avoid mentioning that on tho inner east
side OF the treasury there protrudes between the
stones fragment Of bronze plate which sticks SO
fast that II cannot be drawn ont therefore suppose
that fastened there when the treasury was built
II appears hardly possible that this could have nap
pened merely by accident. but on the other hand
find dlcut to believe that this bronze plate could
be remnant OF an ancient wall coating Of bronze
plates which not fastened TO The stones with
nails but attached in the joints between them,
because in this presume We ought 10 hnd rem
OF those plates in many places This treasury is
less sumptuous and appears TO be moro ancient than
the treasury OF Atreus here or the treasury OF Mnyas
at Orchomenus"
xMPERoR OF BRAzIL.
.sYcsterday and to-day" writes Dr. Schiiemann on
the 3oth Of October 1876 smy excavations have had
the honor OF being visited by His Majesty Dom Pedro
H., Emperor OF Brazil Coming from Corinih, HIS
Majesty rode direct up tho Acropolis and remained
for two hours In my excavations which be attentivey
examined and re-examined. The immense double
parallel circle of slanting slabs within which are Tho
three lines OF tomostoncs, and particularly the four
scuptured ones seems be OF paramount interest to
him, and he requested me 10 send him photographs Of
them to Caro-. The great Lions Gate, through
which the king OF men passed when no left for
the most glorious expedition of the heroic age; tho
wonderful threshold of this gate the large Cyclopean
house, the three Cyclopean water conduts, the
immense Cycopean circuit walls and all the
other monuments Of prehistoric times, seemed
also to be OF very great interest to HIS Majesty.
who wont thehce to the treasury which we have ex-
cavated. and afterward TO the Treasury Of Atreus,
where dinner served. The meal, in the mids, of
tho mysterious domc-like underground building noary
forty centuries old, seemed TO please Ills Majesty ex
ceedinciy. He afterward examired with tho deepest
interest," in the village Of Charvat, the large cocc-
ton OF prehistoric Mycenean antiquities produced by
my excavations, and he particularly admired tho
enormous OF differently shaped Hcradols, the
intaglios, the marvellous Mycenean pottery.
and the archaic sculptures His Majesty also
examined .attentively, IN and around Char
vati, tho ancient quarry whence all the
stones for the Cyclopean walls, the treasures and
o,her buildings have been extracted, and went thcnce
TO Argos and Nauplia His Majesty called hero again
to-day to see once more the Mycenean Museum and
the excavations and returned hence by Corinth and
Calamaki to Athens"
TIN FIRST sEPuLcHRE.
In December 1876. DR.. Schemann excavated his
first sepulchre, in which he found three bodies On
every one OF the three bodies he found five diadems
OF thin gold plate each nineteen and one-hai inches
long and four inches broad the middle, from which
it gradually dimnishes TO point at both ends Ihe
pointed ends have been broken of, but several Of
the other diadcms have such points there can BIO no
doubt that all had been fashioned in the same way.
All the diadoms pped with copper wires in order
to give them moro soiidty, and great many irag-
ments OF those copper wires were found All the Af
teen diadems show the very same ornamentation q
repousse work, consisting Of border OF two lines on
either side between which we gee row oftrebe
centric circles, which increase or dmnish IN size
cording to the breadth OF the diadem, the largest
circle being in the middle.
Full descriptions are gwen OF the different jewels
found, engraved reproductions Of which accompany
the text DR.. Schliemann does not attempt nytbing
more than plain statement OF his researches, which
in themselves remarkable that they need no
embellshing. The publishers have done all in their
power to mako the book attractive II Is published
simultaneously in London, and 10 dedicated to His
BRAZILIAN Majesty Dom Pedro.