New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08

suspected that they might he those mentioned by
! Pajsarias But his labor was already sufficiently
loNdIlcu ny inc lhui'H'"lc Oh ouJcOiS' IA 'o'i
! glass ooafe bronze aud even wood which were
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! brought to light from day 20 day ana an VI Nu''n
| unuistakoblr be1oncod IN tho earliest pcriol Of
u""',''"N"o.9 u'''ih.N ~ ''io Gu -
Nreek clNulEuol' AZ INC tpu 81 ''iop''' i'-"
Pedro of Brazil suddenly made his appearance, cx-
/ aminod the aqorq dined in the Treasury Of Atrous
and then rode over the hills to Cornth leaving the
explorer in very happy frame of mind. The work
was zealously continued through the month of No
vembcr: excavations under one OF the tomh-siones
revealed layer Of black ashes, among when were
! found number OF golden buttons, with objects OF
| ivory bone and metal. This was very cncouragmgi
and Dr. Schhcmann therefore ne once turned MS ~
| tention 10 the second tomb. We must let MIN ten
! tho result:
A. depth OF nnccn fect below me cyel o. e Of he
o, lWs4'a n.y. f1Td n when began tho exc ly'tions
reached layer pebbles ploE VINCE i ' ~ fbrao
tnes o" t J mn win ne head turned 20 Tho cast
ami the feet TO the wei. Ii,y VIZ , D If
% stone. on which they were living, ard they had
evidently been burned simultaneously m tne Vr.y stln5
p2eS WCl' o,,j tbln AMI of fle wood which had
partially entirely consumed thr 81 ~ wen rs ne
Color 81 ye ON Inc stone walls which AZ mo bot
tom of the scpuchre lined an the four sdcscan leave
no donh, whaeyer on r Po T ay G' inct fnncr,
Piles Tho wall which Il, the bottom Of the tomb lined
is iour soeS; cenSIslta g' pV'N ,e AZ bir al n
IN thci me small stones with which the bottom Of
the sepulchre was strewn can ~ 10Y 9Ih'9n' nave @ mo
,,,s rhesc could not Lavs been large ard nad cyi-
don't, been intended 70 consume mere, 9 clothes ana
because he homes ana even Ire skulls iad been pre-
served hut these latter had suffered 50 much from the
moisture ''"' u'l' W. '''D ,''''' 'o '
Nith eacH Oh lhc lII'e u'" "s io""u n'0 ""-
doms OF ulh S'iu lla'c-i'''eH III '''i' " ''Ao ''''
teen crosses OF anfcl ieaFes' eath aooul - lh'cS
long This was quite sufficient to indicate the rank
and Importance OF the deceased. we nave not space
to enumcratc all the other objects found with their
remains. The third tomb also contained three per-
sous, who. from the character OF the bones and Oh
the golden ornaments all OF which bore evident
signs Of The fire and smoke to which they had been
exposed on the funeral piles, we're evidently women
Precisely % in the second tomb the bodies had been
burned simultaneously. The ornaments found with
them. of which the most were large thick circular
platcs OF gold with exquisite patterns in repousst
! work. amounted to 7O1 i'm number. The best Of
them are given in the illustrations and they are Of
/ astonishing variety and beauty. Five dadems of
cold several crosses Of golden leaves and some Curl
ous objects IN rock-crystal, were also found with
! those three bodies.
! Encouraged by this great success. Dr. Schliemaun
rosovcl IN cvcovotc The whole interior space Of The
| ooora Ata deptb Of twenty feet below the former
s,rfaco lac found an almost c;rcIlar mass of Cgco-
r,,, masonry, 4 feet in height by about & feet in
5,,,,t,r !. v,ae indisou+aLIv primitive altar for
fotl rit.. and ar,rnd # were FRAGMENTS Of NOT
! ,o.,. ,,,l l,;,es Of ol.idiop Dic,inr further ne
tI tIot tts ,lt,, st,oI preriscl, over the centre
r.,,otI,. to,,, within vyi,cb On LAYER Of neb-
I1o. 1,o fond tbc boiies &c Eve mon. The ashes
and ,n,,l,s Of fra showed that tboy had all been
I.,,,,oJ at tlo s,,nc ti,,e and as DIR. Sebliemafn
|
rEo now 81 tbo discovery Immediately reached
! ,t1,s ,l tl remains we're see, by thousands of
! ,.o,l. d,riro, the fouoyyino DAYS. For the first
! ,,o, ei,., t1,o r,u Of ,f,cs,a-tl,at Is in 23Al
'-'Ho '.Ii, w '', .,rni,oI and ,Io,r,toI,
yeaTs-the AcropoHs was earr!'oheu' anu the "''icH-
fires kept burning all night on the high Cyclopean
walls. were visible all over the plain Of Argos An
cent history and poetry were revived to protect the
precious relics from depreciation by the country peo
pie
We cannot attempt to give description OF the
ir treasures fouud i'm this fourth tomb Dr.
a.. ,.'i''''7 -
and Illustrations IN , lirIiroI selection Of the mora
-i..t Ia ,r.... At .-. ,.r,r -.4,,r;o and many
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oil en'iioiy Ns" ee'.s- am ",H'Ds .H.,n
arc ''o"1' '"'-.'' '- %
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o'-o am ""['' az, I'l' 4'i"s
thing, DT. ~cliiemaln returned 30 the tomb he had
/ first oupued the excavation whereof he hal been
compelled 70 abandon on account oI ll9 h'NHlt pe-
/ come filled with water. lie found that the three
maze oou'eS II coH'"IHeu "I' IN 'c'" nv" Va i'is
| proportions, but they had been torcibY squeezed
into sepuIchre ONLY five and half feet i'm length
! ' ~ i.e 49,, g. - ,,.,, al,,,.,a1 60
| covered with a massive golden mask his skull
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