The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-21
TIC SEA ISLANDS.
OF 9 Civilization Of Re-
mote Antiquity.
Ruins Found In Places Inhao-
This Day by Tattoood Saw
"A Great Field for Lovers
of Archaeology.

OF Archaeology.
/, science, which has brought to
ID Troy, revealed tho place OF
.bylon, untombed the mummy
, raoh of Moses, and constructed
Z of a history for the Aztecs
, ound-builders, stands baffled
! mysterious ruins OF the Pa
Stands, writes o correspondent
,ago News.
otherwise known as Strong Is
he Caroline archipelago, with
renee of fifty miles, is covered
live ruins Of n remote date.
the outlines of Notifications,
luilt of stones ten feet long,
ed on six sides, OF q geologi-
ton not met with on the is
IN Island, known also as
larger than Kusaie, possesses
ms, but much larger. In one
Q remains o wall 800 feet long
thigh, forming court.
aster Island, on tho eastern
u Polynesia, has no running
trees, nothing to attract In
Yet this island is peopled
!sians Of tho fair type, such
ID far away IL the Society ISL
is covered with remains of q
G civilization of which every
that of stone has persisted.
outhwest end of the island
o be found the ruins of nearly
stone houses, built in rcgu-
nd facing the sea. Tho walls
buses are fivc feet thick and
4 feet high, built of layers of
) and lined inside with fiat
ternally tho houses measure
~ feet long by thirteen feet
they arc rooted over with
.rlapping like tiles. The in
are painted in three colors-
k and white-with figures of
mystic beasts and faces, and
cal figures. In one of these
rs found curious stone statue,
1t high, and weighing about
I, which is now in the British
a-cliffs near this ancient settle
carved into grotesQue shapes
TO the paintings on the walls,
Eoast is marked with hundreds
strange sculptures.
on each hcadland of the island
nm enormous stone platform,
hewn blocks of great size fitted
without cement. They are
sloping ground, presenting on
lard side Il Wallace twenty or
vet high and two or three hun
: long, and on tho landward side
about three feet in height ris-
! Ieveled terrace.
these platforms are stone pedes-
CHI have supported images, and
broken figures remain. On one
/ fifteon images were found. in
ging from three to thirty-flvo
height. They are OF human
apresenting tho upper part Of
, only, with arms and hands
the sides. The heads arc cut
low OF crowns being placed on
hioh crowns seem to have beck
vt Of the same material as the
but Of red tufa. This has BEEN
an extinct crater within o few
the houses, and on tho brink Of
cr largo number of crowns
nd, finished and. ready for re-
fore some strange fate depeo-
island Of these ancient wor-
lages themselves arc made Of
l, which is only found at quite
crater ut tho other end OF tho
AT this cratcr-called Otouli- z
re several finished and part =
images. just rs they were l.
workmen. The head OF
measures twenty feet fl
be Of the geek to
The faces of the inns
.il-deHned features, with
oad noses, expanded nos A.5
neral disdainful cxpressio,
ed, from the appearance 0 W
cts, that obsidian oyebal] 50
ITO be inserted. Tho es
/ fally carved. and arc
{ are also. in different
s. 4, wooden tablets Cove
carvings and g 4!rr
: which no ala
pro