The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-04-08

Reproduced by clever Portuguese stone
cutters in the pedestal q the monument
now in process OF construction - Sha
memory OF Sarineuto Also. rude ssoaa
images exist such as representation Il
domestic animals much Ike the attempts
OF ambitious schcclboy@, 50 TIA, ia n
case there Is some doubt as 90 @hctaeF
the design was meant for a non1sSeript
dog or an abEormaEy isnks pts cas
deliberately carved stcne. 81 hugs Gin es-
sions mas The unusual fortune % sewing
as "a crux Tor archaeoioSts,s and q nli-
grating in 8 totally unprecedented uiass-
rer This Is the celebrated Psdra Ter
mosa- Ii Is a grcst slab % daFk ref
stone. about nine. feet hy I'VE. and usofs
then one foot Ia thickness. OF which tha
upper. tolerahly smooth surface T. eat
into curious patterns Of Ions PARALLEL
grooves radlstinS patterns oGGG- O. q.
groove radiatiug from holes bored
through or nearly through tho whole
mass. the under surface being let n The
rough From the positions OF these keies
and grooves u has been somewhat hastily
conjeotured that the ePGFa FofFnesa IA 10
original situation was placed hofixoEt@siy
and served IS A sacrificing altar tor hum
az victims; according 70 this hypotes-
sis,the holes were resting places Tor N2Ti-
Gus parts OF the wretch's frame while Re
groves were cutters for colicctins ths
flow from vein OF arteries opened az vail
Gus points OF the body IL decs not seem
10 have occurred 20 the authors ~ tbs
exclamation that a more accurate corre-
spondence in these designs with the aver
/ age proportions OF the human fTnnas
might lend support 10 their conccptioo~.
What this stone was meant for. nobody
has any real knowiedge It's changes -
habitat have certainly been exceptional
For centuries Il lay on the top 81 the hiii.
as old Portuguese authorities. ignorant
/ OF the other ruins testify uaul ar en-
/ terprising parish priest. some generations
/ ago induced the ros. 20 transport II q
/ the small chapel % Saint stephen. rs4r
/ the bottom OF the hhl. where Il again r.
4 malned undistErbed for some time saf-
mento however. with true archaeological
/ zeal. had II again taken up the hni az
enormous expense. end placed In one -
the reconstructed bulldings, but the con-
slant Clippings Of natives and tourists
Induced the final removal 20 the museum
AZ Guinaraes. where any one may exam
Inc and fheorizs over IL under me eye 81
n stern custodian.
Much the most interesting problem that
offers itself for solution wnea one -
among these ruins.
sitting az the doorwaya q a daT ioss
ago"
Is their antiquity, ard the cegnate a'Ie7-
ton Of the race 81 the huiidsrs on both
these points archaeoiogists. Portuguese"
1 or other. have written abundantiy. with
the usual amount 81 more or Jess 10 ap-
crate criticism OF divergent siaNs. COM
r1unicafed 90 the Royal Academy - SCI
! eu~es AZ Lisbon ~ the Marquis de sesxs
Holsteim IN 1875 is by no means decisive.
/ for a. that tire Investigation had not
set dlscIhssd The variety ~ nanufac-
turcd objects sufficient 20 furnish sound
chronological inducfIonE n The faiiaEins
/ year somewhat discurslFe pamphlet ~
ginaao Rodr FerFsiTa. olerto. sought %
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