The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-28

| discovering them Is a simple one. Mar
! row trenches are dug along the whole
side OF these rocks down 10 virgin soil.
| AS soon as the picks strike worked
! earth the dromos leading 10 the tomb
/ is found.
OF the results OF this seasons exca-
vations at the stoa Dr.. Waldstein
| writes:
As / am now writing the building Is
quite clear. II Is a beautiful stoa via
walls ofmost perfect Greek masonry OF
/ which four and even five layers are
standing. all sound. Within there are
I nine Doric pillars. All the pillar bases
are in stu: three have the lower drums
while one has two drums. the remain
| ing ones, together with the capital. in
good preservation. having fallen. There
are well-worked pilasters. one TO each
! alternate pillar. The stoa Ia abou;
/ forty-fye metres long by about thir-
| teen metres wide. IL faces toward Ar
| gos and a continuous flight of steps
| leads up to il. The temple above il
| must have fallen in before this stOa
was destroyed as. especially in the
western half, we found large durms Of
the columns from the temple. which
had crashed through the roof. The
flooring was there, in parts. Uttered
with fragments of marble from roof
tiles and metopes. Among them were
several pieces OF sculptured metopes,
fragments OF arms. legs, torsos. and
bodies. all from the high relief OF the
metopes. and two well-preserved heads
Zone quite perfect, with portions Of
three others. This stoa Is. perhaps, the
best preserved Of all the buildings we
have found. and is certainly one OF the
most imposing i know in Greece.
On the west OF the stOa DR.. Wali-
stein found traces OF huge staircase
covering the whole slope leading up TO
the great platform Of the temple. form
ing n magnificent approach 10 the sane
tuary. He adds in this connection that
the facings and Musings Of certain
parts OF the structure in different d.
rectiOus correspond 20 the change from
the Mycenaean period. 10 the Argiye
supremacy.
In further excavations DR.. waldstein
notes the discovery Of walls OF the Ny
cenaean period. together with graves
vases. and small objects Outside Of
the boundaries OF the temple he has
found buildings Of the Roman period.
including an extensive and complete
system OF Roman baths.
OF the heads excavated DR. Wald-
stein says that they correspond with
those already found. They are work
ed in a vigorous manner. and are still
Of such careful execution that he
hardly believes even those of the
Parthenon can rival them IN this re-
spect" One head OF a youth with "A
helmet Is In perfect preservation. and
even the tip Of the nose remains. He
regards the sculptures as among the
most important specimens OF the art OF
the fifth century Il. g. Altogether
abauot seventy-six baskets fun OF
vases. terra-cottas. brOnzes. etc, have
been collected, and number OF Egy-p-
tian objects. including scarabe. brought
out On these Dr. Waldstein hopes
the French EgyptoiOgist al Athens can
throw some light. There are several In
scriptions. some Of the Roman period:
but in this respect the most important
find, perhaps, OF :he whole excavation
Is plague. about eight inches square.
with an inscription IN the earliest Ar
give characters.
Dr. Waidstein closes MS letter with
an urgent appeal for the thorough and
graphic publication % the results of
the labor for four seasons at Argos.
and says,
As look down from the upper plat
form Of the old H9ncric sanctuary
over the eEcavated walls ~ the nfth-
century temple and buildings beyond
70 the Roman baths. All rising clear
out of the ground. and look over the
fertile Argive plain. pregnant with
great historic memories. and realize
that this - A national work ~ tire
youngest of the worlds CIVILIZED states.
! am hllet with deep gratitude that 7
should have been allowed 20 BE an
agent IN the c0usgmmztion ot tbs
noble work
A letter received by Professor cev-
rnour last Friday from Professor r y
Richardson describes the work az
Erstris- TezId@s almost completing
.he excavation % the orchestra % the
newly found theatsr. Professor Rich
ardson has laid hare large 5uIlding
IN one room % which stood tne tubs 81
the "cffy laundry" found last year I.
appears 70 hare been ETuna zffi-r
with floors q various kinds q pave
r1suts and another To- q smaller tubs
In this building we're found three
heads. one az very fne one % an
arrhzlstic BEARDED Di9ngsos. almost
the counterpart % one "a Athens. an
other. representing the best ar az AT.
probably % :he fourth century. the
right side n a v0-5zu.s hsas. attn ore
ere and the forehead intact TIE
fnds include. th-ee Inscriptions. ~ -
fly lines. probably an honorary d.
cree ~ the frst century z. G, two 81
yer coins. one probably % ~ y e
hearing an archaic had. prosz by a
Zeus - Hs-akieN. and on the revere 4
fri-snes also stamped ties. two terra
cottss. ara a fragment - 4 Tasa With
q mana Er-ntsf uSoa - Predecessor