The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-09

was the great climax Of NJ. de Morgan's
discovery.
When the explorer began his work up
on the site of his greatest achievement
his intentions were simply 70 examine
into and obtain the history of the an
cient city Of Susa that he saw before
his eyes He looked upon the pile OF
stone and he knew that somewhere with
| in the ruins were stories that would add
to the knowledge Of the world. SO he
| commenced to dig.
What he expected to find was moth
| ing as compared to that which he un-
earthed far below the surface. from
depth of from thirteen to forty feet he
came upon the ruins of another city,
the Susa Of nearly 700 Z. c.
Stil deeper NJ. de Morgan carried his
explorations and at last, at a further
depth of nearly forty feet. he unearthed
siill another city. a prehistoric Susa Of
which modern Psychologists knew moth
ing beyond that which tradition had
taught them. In unearthing these three
cities. one on top of the other. therefore
the French explorer opened up a chan
mel Of investigation that will keep many
scientists busy for many years To come.
The antiquity of Susa is enough to take
ones breath away. The antiquities Of
Rome and Athens pale into insignihcance
before IT, In Susa there is nothing more
modern than the days of Alexander the
Great who lived about twenty-three hun
dred years ago, but even the stones that
tell the stories Of those days are very
modern as compared with the prehis
toric Susa that has now been discovered.
The Susa Of the sons of Shem was not
called Susa. IL was known as Anzan.
Cyrus the Great called himself the King
of Anzan and few students have ever
known what he meant, simply because
the city of Anzan did not appear in the
lcxicons and the encyclopedias. Now this
great French student has discovered that
'Anzan was the capital OF the country
occupied by the children Of Shom, the
son Of Noah. and that 10000 r. c. IS a
reasonable date to place for its estab-
lishment
The Susa that appears upon the sur
fsce-the Susa that has long been known
was not difficult TO examine. The ruins
were those OF the Graeco-Persian period.
the time when Alexander the Great con-
quered Persia and brought Greek civil
ization 10 the country.
Below this city. however. were the
ruins of one stu greater the Susa of
the Achaemenian reign. the dynasty that
was founded by King Achaemenes,
reached its glory under Cyrus the Great
and found It's ruin when poor <erXes
Codomannus was conquered by Alexan-
der This was a golden period in the
history of Susa. but IL was less glorious
than that OF the city OF Anzan for there
was 70 be found the highest civilization
Of the time
When the Achaemenians appeared they
drove out the Aryan race. No man was
allowed TO remain In the city that had
been made the home OF his people for
so many thousands of years and the
newcomers built their palaces over the
ruins OF the more ancient city. That
was twenty-six centuries ago but the
children Of Shem. scattered as they were
were not subjected to slavery. They
went into every part of the earth bear
Ing with them their civilization and
strength IT character. and TO day 1t Is
that blood that rules the world.
The excavations OF N. de Morgan
have established the feet that thu peo-
pIs who LIVED n the most sacient nf