Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-22
life AND WORKS OF
ANCIENT PEOPLE.
p,of. Carroll Of National UnIver.
sIty at Washington Visits
|. D. S. U.
70 ORGANIZE LOCAL BRANCH.
.,os From Archaeology Of Eastern
x.,,ons and References 10 the
Ruins of Central America.

This morning at the Latter-daS
so,r,s' university, IN Barratt hall, Prot.
,ucbep Carroll of the National unl-
crafty at Washington, d. C.. address
no students and teachers on the
.nh,ect of archaeology. President Pau
,r,roduced the professor as man en-
r.ged IN the study Of ancient things
20 Tho doings Of ancient peoples. Tho
.ro,sssor EXPRESSED his pleasure In
r,ssting with the students, and proceed
"A 10 entertain them by explaining the
r,,pre and scope OF the study of arch
..oosy It's province and domain as q
s,udv as we'll as its practical Import
snce as work. He told how, years
sro in Germany. a lad named Henry
schlIemann, at the age of years
formed a resolve to visit the site OF
ancient Troy and TO redscover the city.
Va had been stirred 10 this glorious
emhltion BY study OF the story Of
TROY which he knew by heart, and he
was further aided In his aspirations by
little sweetheart named Nina, whc
encouraged him with the promise that
when they grew up and had plenty of
money they should marry, and togeth-
or 20 70 seek and find the remains of
ancient Troy II did not turn out pre-
clsely that way, for Nina married an
other but Schliemann went 10 Athens
and there fell in love with Greek girl,
who could recite from Homer the poems
Of the siege of Troy. They set out to
discover the mysteries of the ancient
city. In this labor the explorer was
finally successful and what had been
10 most people only an improbable
myth is now known 10 be, IN its essen
tIal elements, a reality; for the re-
mains Of the city are there as describe
ed BY Homer, and the life of this an
Client world acquires a new meaning and
interest by reason of the labors Of this
archaeologlst. Thence this same ex-
plorer went TO lind the tomb of Aga
nemnon In the city of Mycenae. After
a time he found a circular structure re.
sembling the ruins of temple then
tombs, and finally the remains Of bodies
with gold masks. vessels, pottery and
gold dishes Everything at one OF these
tombs Indicated that he had unearthed
the tomb Of Agamemnon. and he tele-
SltpNtu lNt hlllk VI 'rltftt tildt nc HdH
discovered the remains OF his great pre-
decessor So, too, Mr. Evans. a recent
explorer on the island of Crete. has
proved to US the truth OF the ancient
story Of the labyrinth Of Minas with its
tabled monster. TO which seven maidens
and seven youths were sacrificed an
n.ally,
After touching upon the story of how
Madne, one of the maidens, fell in love
with Theseus. the kings son, and gave
him the key TO the labyrinth, by which
he could escape, and how the hero went
In and slew the monster, the professor
stated that tho remains Of this an
clent labyrinth have actually been dis
covered, and thus have the old stories
basis IN actual fact and today
around us here IN Central America, lie
runs Just as interesting. Here are
great and numerous temples with
sculpture and paintings devoted to the
religion Of an ancient people, who lived
perhaps. In the first century Of our era
And In Utah and Colorado the remains
Of the dwellings and works OF a people
VINO lived still earlier, are found.
Should we not like TO know something
of the meaning of these remnants of an
ancient race? A branch of the Archeo-
logical society VIII be organized In
Utah and the professor hoped II would
receive the support of all those inter
ested In such lines Of inquiry.
President Paul then stated that at his
recommendation Prof Mills az this IN
situtlon would be a member OF this or
Sanitation and expressed the belief
that The future would yet reveal to US
me meaning of the evidences about us
of chose ancient races of whom at pres
ent, owing TO our ignorance Of their
written language, We know almost
nothing Such studies, moreover. he
sal1 VIII have peculiar interest 10 us
as people, owing to their probable
bearing upon the record called the
Book of Mormon"
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