New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-14

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ouilts ana stretched upon hard wooden settle was
soon profoundly asleep
The following morning General di Cesnola under
took the recovery of the objects winch had Deeh
purloned bv the peasants. The manner In which
he finally succeeded is amusing instance OF dlpiO-
macy combined with deception:
They knew that had the power Of taking those things
from them 10y force chose 20 use II, ana tiey NeIT
therefore very glad when they found mat lhsltau,
offered them liberal sum for the acquisition oi e"cu
object though az first they rather doubtful OF my
good faItb, and It required good deal OF tact ana man
Cuvrmg 90 find ont where All the pieces That had bccn
distracted were. and who lad them. Having been Pr
Nacly informed which Of the peasants retained the M,
sing objects. and having obtained pretty accuIat,
description 81 them. sent for these men, ana rtS0le
60 tic following he siatagem % got the articles 'htV
my possession / had wing upon CHAR a N0,une -,
Llyards "NmcVeh," ana selecting page upon "lc
WAS an engraving as nearly rcscmbug nc o'c, iHrW
tho man had concealed az could ind to,0 MN vi,
This book book OF diyuutiun, and That py u Vou
discover either ornot hc h'd secfet,d any on we ''
uQuitios. Ibeu boldly turning 10 INC eh5taN,rc' a.
pointed out 10 him, ana deinanod IT. lmmelS'e r.
tuuOn, but With tc promise N good Dachshe' "a uo
piled with at once. The amazed ano COW cieu lce 80
would clap his hand hs head or use some ot9er t
OF Gston.ahmcnt, calling ou;, "Fau9El nou; w ~
Blessed NrsinD BE- has book teihhg MN tNet ts
and shortly after A' missing 0yec. WVuId nc ~, r.
ing. Go MOI believe M Liyard ever Imagined lna' ~
discoveries I'D Uneven would be used III sIul /" No. ~,
mode for discovering antiquities IN cyprus! IN us "a!
got possession ol everything that Aad Dech 4ouhu WIN
ont much annoyance.
This first trcasure-troye at GOlgos amounted to
thirty-two statues all more OF less mutlated, be:
sides a great quantity of fragments They betrayed
new character of art the faces were apparent!
those of the early CypriOte race yet the WoIkhlah
ship, no less than the enblems, were either Lgyp
tan or AssyTian, or a combination of the two. MOI
one of them exhibited in any degree the influence
Of Greek art Their dress consisted either OF
long robe falling to the feet; or OF n short tune
reaching only to the knee. The arms sometimes
hung rigidly at tie sides Of the body. or the right
one was folded across the breast generally holding
a lotus-nower. The three most interesting specl-
mems were a statue IN the Egyptian style, when mas
been coniectuTed to he that OF the Phar0ah, Ihoth
mes ILL., q priest Of Venus, holding dove III one
hand and a cup in the other; and colossal statue
Of Hercules, with q pedestal containing a oas-
relief representing the hero capturing the cattle OF
Geryon But all Of these objects here, and free
to our examination why should we describe them
when every city readr OF TIE TRIBUNE, and every
country reader who visits the city, is aoe 10 s'uuy
the originals
Having exhausted this deposit Of ancient sculp-
tnre General Iii CesnOa selected another spot for
digging and most fortunately, with correct i'll
stiuct He soon came upon the remains Of stone
wall which he followed until the foundations of
temple 60 feet in length by feet in breadth, were
uncovered. Within il were the bases Of fifteen col
umns which had supported the roof, and around 1t
ne discovered the remains of seventytwO pedestaIs
Of statues many of which were afterwards found
near them in a less mutllated state. Except
the temple at Paphos, che dimensions of which were
asccrtaincd by General di CesnOla to have been 22l
by 81 feet the sacred edces in Cyprus appear IN
usually small. 81 am convinced" he says, that q
great number Of temples built in Cyprus previous to
Hellenic influence in'the island, were very simple in
their architecture. built exclusively OF sun-dled
bricks and then thckly plaStered within and with
out Ike the houses built there az the present day.
The absence Of columns, together with the finding
OF two stone capitals within the temple walls, sug-
ecsied as an explanation that the columns had been
constructed Of wood The statues discovered
around this temple were astonishing in number and
variety Of character; the whole number found at
Golqos amounted TO 22G! They were Of all sizes.
from statuettes to colossal figures; in terra-cota
aud limestone; aud a very remarkable circumstance
was that they arranged in groups, according to
the art or nationality they represented the Egyp-
tan BY themselves, the Assyran in like manner,
aud the Greek and GriecoRoman equally separated.
| How difficult was the work of elimination may he
| learned from the explorers account Of the manner i'll
which the large ASsvrian statue. now in our Metro
| pOlitan Museum, recovered:
particularly remarked the grouping Of the statues
those with cOuca mead dresses were found side by side
while those showing strong EN ptlan tendency were
grouped together one oi tieSe statues from nus greater
attracted NV attention. ts outline could he seen
and il appeared 10 De intact. amer cOui per
ceive that II was bearded hgure Win long robe
cannot explain how tantalzng II was TO be able TO see
these positive evidences Of fine sculptures lying there
while knowing the patient industry and length OF days
necessary before they could be got free from the soil
When ;He profile Of tbs statute became visible, there
feet OF ceened earth To be removed from
lis back and each blow Of the plckaxe made me slVer
even III tndt NOS climate a. th0ukht lhdt lne rover
DcidtOu "l the pO"s alont ulSh hDuFt M1ut TVinise
To 8 statue OF unusual interest aDJ value amused
myself for several days III The interim with wet sponge
and knife Ia removing the ci'5ty e@llh around tlt
head aud from time time made some new and delight
tal discovery first THAI It's HAIR aud beard We're beaut
fully ouricd after the Assyran fashion then that the
cgIS when vet by the application OF inc spnnge showed
traces OF RED color then an anondShapgq eye became
feature which was to give character to the
would that be found uniuured Alas II was too much
the ordinary tate OF ancient statues To De deprived OF this
essential feature hope for DeterfOrtune ia this
but worked on slowly and win increasing recautiOn,
replacing the knife by piece OF soft wood. ana applying
the sponge freely. Finally the appeared all s
perfection; but lie anxiety 10 lind the rest OF the head
| Intact Increased. I'd intensified my fears ana hoIcs
Thus abOred for days. gradually developing feature
after another, until the whole magnificent head was laid
bare, and found unmarried by scratch. II had a
| pointed hca1dress apparently representing knitted
work or leather, and On ing In Knot. -Four men were
blsly work extracting statue, and counted upon
seeing three days standing erect in its majesty
At last IT entirely uucOE cred and found ia admra
bio As With many Of the others the head
found 10 be detached but this small matter since
Of time 1t could be firmly replaced Tho whole
statue nearly seven feet in height TDe dress " some
heavy material reached the feet and entirely concealed
the 1Or Ike those III the Assyrian bisreefs found by
L1yard. with the exception OF the arms, which are bare
and hang by the sides. The feet also bare and
stand ia line Round tue bottom 81 the robe faut
traces red OTnaWentatOn only visible being Wettc
OF ali the statues discovered, were 50 purely As
! syrian in character as this.
| BY Easter day, 1870. the explorations at Gogos
| were completed, and most of the statues had been
transported, with great labor, TO the conauPS resi-
| dence at Larnaca. But the Turkish authorities as
usual interferred 10 prevent their shipment alleg
ing that the fiInan only gave permission TO Dig bat
not to send away. The matter was reported to Con
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the island received telegram from the Ottoman
C,v.r,,usu4 d;rectpp him nat tn allow the Amor