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

several places, evidently by treSsure-seekeIs VINO
had din, IN certain depth and found nothing. lie
determined to initiate them, but IN a nuch moro
tborouqh manner. and was rewarded by finding, al
the deptb of twenty-seyen feet, q gallery he"h III
the native rock. One end Of IT showed the rehdins
of stone steps which had apparently col9'uni' "'''
with the temple above; the other ceased AZ " uo'i
way closed by stone slab the rehlo'n
discIoso5 vonlted chamber, filed nearly to the
,,of Nth fine earth. which had percolated from
e:ove After taking ont 5000 baskets Oh earth an
oreyipo apneared in the further wall, leading INTO
another and similar chamber. The explorer de-
sco,dd into the frs, chamber for the purpose OF eA
a,p,piuo if and while carcleSsly p0kng into ihe re-
manning earth with his foOt-rule, struck something
hard which turned out to be bracelet win seVera
other objects in gold Tying in heap. Inc oN"''I'"
ton WAS tbcnceiorth conducted with the greatest
care: i'm week or two third, and theh i""I'n'
cLo,,b,r -,as discovered. aud whole month was
consumed in simply removing the loose earth rom
ALI Of Them 10 within eighteen inches OF lho ho"i'
In tbe Iowct stratum the treasures OF the omb' are
always found.
There could be 30 doubt. now that these were the
secret treasure-yaults of the Temple OF Cuf'"ul'
1be,, ,ysr emf aroupd two sides of paralleogran,
measuring 90 by 40 feet The manner IN wmen tne
rare golden objects were scattered upon the doors
the city was taken-probably in the seventh CEN
trrv r C-tbe priests surprised had barely time
IN secure the most precious articles leaving All
tho rost 10 be given to the world, with thousand
fold value, 300 years later. The first chamber
contained almost exclusively gold and jewels; the
second silver and the third and fourth bronze cop
per and terIa-cOtta- Among the HIST ooJecls eA-
humed were two armlels OF massive gold, weighing
four pounds. and bearing the inscription, IN
Cvnriote characters: Eteyandros, King Of Pa
phosp II is remarkable fact that the name OF tnls
monarch in the Assyrian form, lthuander' hing
# Paphos7 occurs in list Of Cyprote kings VINO
brought tribute to Esarhaddon King OF ASsyIla' ID
the wear b. c. G72-as translated by Nj George
! Smith from Nineylte cylinder.
Onr utv now possesses this wonderful treasure
and il is easier to commend our readers To examine
: il for themselves than to attempt detailed de-
scription of its character There are tnousahus Vi
articles not one of which but has distinct archfeo
! logical interest Golden bracelets goblets, neck
loces rings. buttons and pms dadems and laurel
crowns OF leaf gold, precisely like those found ny
| DR. ScLlieuann. in the tombs at Mycenic silver
| cups. fagons. bowls and dishes; bronze caldrohs
pots. candelabra, sword-blades, lance-heads ana
ornaments: vases and implements OF all Kinds iof
Use or ornament; Babylonian cylinders one OF
which is declared by Mr.. Sayce, the eminent scholar
| 70 he of an age between the years 2OO0 and 3ooo
! B. C-such are some Of the chief spolls OF Curlum'
Some of the intaglios surpasS, as specimens OF the
earliest Greek gem engraving, anything of the KIND
previously known. But the value of General Oh
Cesnoas contributions to Our knowledge OF ancient
! art and civilization cannot yet be estimated Inc
valuable appendices to his work. by Mr.. {. W. king
and Mr. A. ;. Murray lthe latter specially devoted 10
ceramic arh, merely touch upon the prominent fea-
| lures OF his collections they cannot yet deal WITH
! the historical questions which it presents.
With the excavations at Curium, Cesnoa's work
| in Cyprus came to an end Ten years OF artuous
labor lay behind HIM, but he had reaped such re-
ward as no previous archpOlogist, working alone and
with such restricted means, has ever achieved. HIS
discoveries not only throw entirely new light
upon many centuries of Cyprote civilization, but
| they also Illustrate that OF Egypt, PhGncla, AS
syria and Greece. He has restored, II not the "h"e
vet a great portion of the missing link between
the first and the last Of these great forces in human
history One would scarcely guess, from his modest.
uuassumng narrative, the inestimable yalue OF his
entire collection OF ancient relics. The book should
| be read in connection with the illustrations fur
| gishcd by the objects themselves; and now first,
will our people begin to suspect how much they
! have aequiredi 1t is not Cyprus alone. but the
| whole ancient world, with which we stand face
| 10 face when we look upon the Cesnols Collection.