The Worthington advance., 1881-03-03

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| SCHLlENANN'S DISCOVERIES.
The Wonderful Findings Of the Indefatigahle
Explorer, Leading Back to Unknown Ages.
The account of DR.. Schliemann' s dis
coveries in the hill of Hissarlik reads
like chapter of romance, and the
whole story of his excavation is SO
bewilderingly strange that it has
hardly yet sunk into the common
apprehension as Il series Of veritable
archaeological facts surprising in inter
! est even the ruins of Pompeii and
| Nineveh. The interchangeable little
German doctor, aided by his patient
and enthusiastic wife, has opened up
hitherto unknown epochs in pre-his-
toric civilization, and furnished data
for several generations Of antiquarians
to work upon and quarrel over. lie
has uncovered not only Troy, the city
| of Pri;lm and the scene of IIomer's i'm
mortal song, but he has unearthed
five other citics-two below aud three
above it-malling six cities, s,perim
posed one upon another. The first
city. built upon the black soil Of the
plain, lies fifty-thrrc feet below the
present surface. no traces of fire were
found in the walls and other debris Of
the original city. and it cannot be
determined whether it's inhabitants
quietly abandoned it and moved away,
or were driven off by invading enc
mics. Above the ruins of this city
rests stratum several feet in thick.
ness. Astounding in the debris of a see.
ond city, the difference of whose in.
| habitants in race. manners and civ.
iliZation is attestcd by the architect
urc and pottery. Both are entirely dis
tinct from anything found in the low
est stratum. The first city was built
of small, uncut stones; the second OF
| heavy masonry, with massive found;.-
tiOns.
Above the second city lie ruins OF
the third. The great llium, a brick built
city. whose cracked and blackened
walls and vitritied masses of pottery
lying here and there in heaps. tell the
story Of the contlagration that de-
stroycl it. The bricks are invariably
mixed with straw, and the stones useC
in pavement and foundation work ART
Of a reddish color, entirely different
from the large blocks of white lime
stone that mark the ruins Of the cit,
next beneath it. The most remark
| able or the houses brought to light il
this burnt city Is Il large mansio,
which DR.. Schliemann believes t.
have been the palace Of Prian. because
it is the largest dwelling discovered
and near it were found nine treasure
deposits. Just in front or it AL ope,
area or plaza. where it is supposed
public aSsemblayes were held. Th,
largest treasure was found packed to
gcther i'll q,la,lrangular mass on thu
great wall close to the royal mansion
and DR.. Srhlieman $ theory is that
the treasure packed in a woo.ler
che>t-the key to which was found
though the chest itself had rotted t,
uuSt-Was hcing carried away to :
place of safety. in the attack on tlt
city. and those who bore it We're fore
ed to abandon it. to look after there
own safety. and Immediately after.
wards the chest was buried beneath
the tlunllin" walls and held fast il
the place where it rested for thirt,
centuries.
III the ruins of the city were found
grain. partly cllarrcu hv heat. vegeta
bic remains. and bones of the stag
hare. boar. sheep and goat. in immense
quantities. Many human skeletons
were found some with helmets o.,
their heals. showing that they had per
iShed in defense Of the assaulted city.
The ruins of Troy lie about thirty
three feet below the surface. Above
them is the stratum Of the fourth city.
| Indicating that some parts of the Tro
JAN city survived the contiagration and
were incorporated in it's successor
The fourth city, however, reveals
stone implements not found in the
strata below the pottery is coarse
and rude, the walls are light and tho
material used is not brick hut small
stones. Six feet above this are the
ruins Of the fifth city, whose houses
were built of wood and clay. neither
bricks nor stone being used, showing
a remarkable social decadence from
the high and elaborate civilization OF
the 'irojans. of the sixth city. who's,
ruins lie near the surface, DR.. Schlie.
mann found no vestiges but pottery
which differs entirely from all that
WAS discovered in the strata Of tic
prehistoric cities below. DR.. Schlic
mann s opinion is that this last city
is the remains Of a Lydian settlement
Of about the fifth century before the
Christian era. The first city. built OIL
the black soil tifty-;hrcr feet below
the present surface. he dates back tt
$1,000 j. G., leaving a range of about
1000 years for the rise. development
and fall Of the six successive cietieS
that once stood OH the hill Of HiSsar lik