The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1894-08-09
RICH FIELD FOR EXPLORERS.
The Ruins Of Two Great Prehistoric CItics
EOund In Central Asia.

shc sums OF Two trent IrehtstOric tities
Fonnd In Central Asia.
In central and eastern Asia there
lies an uneNplorcd region full OF inter.
est, and to the archmologist especially,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. A great
traveller md clever writer, the Russian
Gen. prjcvalsl,y, speaking OF the oasis
of Tchcrtchcn, situated in the great
table lands hcnmed in by the there I'M
broken wall OF the Himalayas, says
that close 10 il nre the ruins OF two
great cities, the oldest OF which, ac-
cording 10 local tradition, was de.
stroycd three thousand years ago, and
The other by the Mongolians in the
tenth century OF our era The en-
placement of the two cities is now COW
cred, owing TO the shifting sands and
desert winds, with strange and hetero.
genoous roles, broken china, kitchen
utensils and human bones. The ma
tives often lud copper and gold coins,
ingots, diamonds and turquoises, and,
what IL most remarkable, broken glass.
Collins OF some undccaying wood or
material are there also, within which
beautifully preserved embalmcd bodies
are found. The male mummies are all
enormously tall, powerfully built men,
with long, wavy hair. A vault was
found with twelve dead men sitting in
IT. Another time in u seperatc coffin
young girl was found by us. Her eyes
were closed with golden disks and the
jaws held lirm by n golden eirclet run
ming from under the chin across the
top OF the head. Clad in n narrow
wooden garment, her bosom was COW
cred with golden stars, her feet being
iaft naked. To this the lecturer adds
that all along the way ON the River
fchcrtehen they heard legends about
twcnty-threo towns hurled years ago
by the sands 90 the desert, The same
tradition exists on tile Lob-nor and in
the oasis OF kcrva.
Nine. Blavatsky, who was in the
earlier part Of her life Il great and in
dcfatigablo traveller, covering more
ground IN q given time than is usually
accomplished by even those OF the
sterner ana more enduring sex, bears
witness also 10 those ancient ruins,
which She oponl y aveTsprc prehistoric;
the pages OF her works also make fire..
quent refcreuc, 81 other ruins Of an
cioat character scattered throughout
the desert rcgiols Of Central Asia. She
hints too al buried crypts and under
ground vaults In the desert of Cobb,
mparticulur, ia which are stored many
Of tae preserved records of the ages.
lie"cf,r tl,s may be, the ruins de-
sclbcd enc certainly in place awaiting
the organized efforts OF science to re-
cover for The world O long-forgotten
page Ia the history OF the peoples of the
globe, OR, aa In tho case of Troy,
private enterprise may step in and,
containing The Investigations begun
by The Russian traveller, read this rid
die Of bygone civilization Alright.
Forbade him to sub nit.
One OF the most painful trials of
ko1suth's exile was his inability To be
present nt the deathbed of his mother
She lvcd in poverty in BRUSSELS, and
,hc expressed desire TO see her son
once more before she died, The Rel
giuu government of That day would
not Trart hia request 10 visit her un-
lrts hc consented 20 DO accompanied
wherever ho went 10y an officer OF po-
lito lie might have consented to this
degrading condition, says ono biog-
rnphcr, for her sake, but no sooner did
HIS mother hear OF II than she forbade
him 10 come 90 her. and she expired In
the last days OF 1859, blessing him with
her dying breath.