, 1877-02-01

Dr.. achffcmnnn ou His Supposed Discovery
nj the Tomb Of tho King Of Kings.

nt the Tomb Of Tho King Of Kings.
fnudon Tfmts.
DR.. Henry echllcmann, writing 10 rs Under
date MyrcnT, Dec. g. DISCUSSES tile ground, for
Identifying the sepulchrcs hc has cxeavatetl
with tbs tombs OF Aga1rcinnon ntiA Casfansara.
ecfitel the ,c great scpuicrcs anil tfeasarc. con-
tanc'i u tlems NIL now going To- ditcnH. tho qHcs-
N. I Tsshss s + l, C,,Gs 10 sn s es
to III; ,E;ur}{ms,,or. and 70 'ns!r eunpanio.n.: :,
many eminent scholars, bern regarded as j myth.
nc otvin II The lasc!a iiat in ali antiquity thc
"ndoubted historical f.et. and as tuei,
i # 1ausse. is 'esfs T oy B. 'nf s FFsst 'ao sH0y Il,
even retained the memory 81 many details II that
war which hayo been omitted hy Homer. For my
war; my firm faith In Homer and In thu tradition
I'll M faith am indebted for the discovery of
uneolorcd pottery, with Impressed Or engraved
a. soss.:sa s as a s n: @ x'r oy sss sqs ID
ruins of Nycenr. tie date of which thoasht I
which tank in the AesopoiI. il, feGrnary. 1s74: I
therefore believed that Homer had only, known BY
IN IN p"s:n poe ii. :,ds; sse Ind y efsa ed
that, fur fayora received, he put In hr contcmpo.
rnrie. a; sctor. II s great tfagedy But nsyer
Ss soa sRs 81 S5 's ,asss. As:
cae.ant.fa. and their followers had been t1caches.
nf,nsly nrcred either a. dinner b, Egisthu': as
q il The 6aih By c,tennestra, !. the later trarc
poets t1f:scl'., Agaa,einnon. .l,l:.a Enripid..
a. u sad y h 'ss's ss s II f e
II; a!s'%s + I'll IL: II fa ''sa \ \: f2S
we'll. THUR IN srescc" H.. p s,;t; otflicd Yml:
III ee Ktps't eSe
wnrdtg kc'.en und Erinncrnnrcn." H.. a78: Who
az had n,stadcEt'ood the statement or Iausunias.
eng eng thought thst 70 meant tie murdered pcreuns
hn3 tren buried In the lover town.
My fran faith In the traditions made me under.
take lny las excavations in thu Acrorols., and led
.nen.c tFcnsnretr.. Althnnst / found III these
tfs m tsfAn.en P9in, q y!e% yery h!Sh
hnnt!" made po.tcry and no trace Of gatt Of iron
Further, writing was known In Troy. fur fund
there a nuutaer uf short Greek Inscriptions,
N ny E:E roy 'ns'sp' saa It. cY!9S Yssn. sA'5s;: r. ] :5
whereas We hare tho cc'Ialnty row, that tic
nnnaoet ", nknown n Mycenr Lad i essa
endsasorinEi 10 invent sonlc new osnamentatIon,
would }oyfully havs asa!led tcm.ci Of the nov
sy sd H. t'anEs essaste1s tn taer
whlGl the i!nnieaic rhar.olrs and the tradiion of
lie AyrenraH tomb. refer. there was a. set 10
on warllkc or pIratlcal expeditions. 1hns ,l,rre
may have been scFy high civilization at Myccnr,
1 H' 4 "a yefk L so, "s sn wg III IT. @ fn n e
!!.an ]. ooo ycaf. before sny alphaheI w. known
jse.lon 10 ndm' that II tle 'a sraaitSn s' whie H
assigns tho tata.bs In the Acrorol!s to
Agamcmnpn and hEs companions. who on t.r,r. re-
tlJtc1nnestfn or her plFatJ1Uuf .EEkthnx HqY ts
petfeetly correct and faithful am onu,,d to ad
III {n+ 70 70 much the a W 1ye hs esra
s'.nb bud becu burnt simultaneously. The calc!ncd
pebbles below raeh OF them the marks Of the lire
ton.b the nn!lsturbet. btase Of thr ashes uul t.c
eharred wood On and. around the bodies, give lin
thc most uami'takable ptonir IN thia respect.
AZ! the cose proximity VI The bodies to each other.
j. l. quite, inpo'sfb1a that three Of even Aso
aya, eda o Ia's linn seen IT, ,, e
tomb. The ia.ntl.y Of the molo Of BURIAL The
perfect similarity OF all the tumbs, their very c!o.c
three or i've Iiryul pcrannnscs OF lln,nru.urabIe
wealth. who had i'td natural death " long inter.
shHoi tine, shos4 hsvr been hu,l.ltcd t"svthsr In
tho ,anc toan ard. Ana!Iy. the great resemblance
OF all the ornaments. which show cxacly tho ha,ne
Style Of art und tho ranlc epachall tlcsc faets
10 many ps1o;s tbat all the swe'vs men "n.! three
women ln.,l been murdered simultaneously mud
burnt at tue aane time. The veracity Of the tra1l
ton srcns further 10 he CONDEMNED by the tlrrpycn-
halilhntn of The w!!ulc Ars,ltd, have always
shown tor these ans 'nal,soeams., The funeral
Covered VIII yes u a, "''sn an .cy ,c
with layer Of pebbles, IN which tin tarth wns
usa tH!o%n ~. y onss Io tls eircln..tanee arc we
quantity VI wnotl and the comparatively go0l pes
srsal1on of III" ,o4les, fur In n'tuncu wesp lhe
hes aet so.ca 1f Ie a on .sssta! ;ss ;
breast, paes, even much nf tbs Gesh hal remain.
e.l Tue site of saeh 'on,h ~.@ marked by tomb.
r.anes had bccH tsectrd ~. the new cvc. but pre-.
c!*rly On thg spot "htre the ancient ,nenpr!als ay
thu atv btdes, instcnL II now l1IHb+tuncs. u sac.
rsaetal altar n almost circular toru! W. built.
aAvet. rrlnltisrly been dcc1sascl wsla u largo
monument. FROM which canr the trte ton.t'stupcs
extracted aua ercrtca IN the 1irw Icyr!.
At hfst th"asht thAt every pnx nf the large
sans o. tie eirealar dnablo PARALLEL row wa
case. There are no real tu',hs either htiween the
two parallel s9"s or IN either ~'lr ot thrt. except
oil Il lc,vf with tho double circle, tWclyc quaL-
Fansvlar Fec.strn Of irregular size, computed
9f lairSc slabs md resembling sspulchrtr.
with huI., h"isl rv,nat a:.t L'nek Ut nuInal.. Al
werc buried III tho i've spuichres, but rs,ien,ly q
y much !atrr prl!nd. though undoubtedly long be-
foreihe capture Vt Aytcunn by tl,u Arsilts. cur
c'Hsc tLls from the irregular Aul fartlc-u ;srch.
ttcfu1e Vt t!r Cyetppcan wall which suI,pa1ts tn
dnale parallel ro@ In TIC lo"yr part Of .ht tcs"p
oils uHa from tho nuEIa'st 0f slabs Of 1nerc al
cient monuments 1t cuntaMs. AZ further psUuf,
iuay ntHt!nn taat het~cen The stonrA Ut this
wall. ~ we'll ~ l@lwert the twD double circular
rows u slao. and In tLe tonIh..h )e4 rcccssc., /
try. and ~ trace uf that ancient hand Insuc
thtnk u thrfefarc highly probable tha, thr t1ec
ttun of the circular double row ug sabs comedies
with lhe rt.oWui uf the tomb. tuncA ua tour fotis
and ihc csertiun of tllc sa.rLcial aor ~ lho hfli
lo'nb and that this renewal nas uceaslu,e4 by tho
,.nt'e,lse enthl.Ia.M "hlel1 thu Nhap'oai.ts, who
"rns f!oM house tn hruau chaEtlu. the llohlerlc
hymns. EouAtd atnons the people !or the hcrms uf
ti!r ll!a. and lAu hlyssty. Very likely tlc while
sltIeu thin shr circular double row was u,estrl
!ntoa gsrlsn. where the :;Iurlons acts pf the King
u ktnTS. As3naehlnon. anI Ats companions we're
The Hlule Actupuis j. covered with remnants
Of cyclolran Euasv walls. | found III lsare
whatever n any pre,hi*t"rle laiadln: within ll.a
satrrd precincts II the great eircIc. But,
uccTlhr!ets. the aecurlu1 cuusIn,lr
nnI in the course q! t.me this Mew toulosloEr. -
we'll ~ thy 1aMblc tircs,lIr row Ut e1abs wuse
buried and disappeared. Mf.!!e Tho sEt. uf Ihr
tomb. Eeua!ntd AlMuys fresh III the uen.ery VI the