The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-07-29

Nile. while scroll work and ornament
a ION on every hand is Distinctly
Egyptian. Il is hinted however, that
even more specific proof that he San
Juan pyri nids wSre built by Egyptian
mas come i4.o possession CT the Mex
lean Government but i is being held
back for compilation ard veriflcafion,
and ASSURED Il MS l. not now true,
such reyela-i, rs are expected within
a very short time.
While the ryDup is spoken Of as the
San Juan pyram- d. only Two of them
are a. rac5ir-g ex raordlnary attention.
MThe are cle pyramids OF i,he Moon
and the Sun, tie A-cer much the lar
ger CT The TWO.
Each of .hese il has new bean
found IS co1tructed OF five gigantic
layers OF Disable blocks, cemsnted to-
g ner. Tee pyramid of the sun
covers more than four cen acres OF
ground. Present excavations have
shown It's base TO be 761 by 721 feet,
and rs lmls have ncr ye. been de-
fined BY the soldiers who are employ
ID at the work by the goveTnmene.
Half a mile south of the pyramid OF
the San is the pyramid of the Moon.
b. Is much smaller than the former,
measuring 511 by 426 feet at the base.
On the 0Up of eloh OF the pyramids
are the ruins OF temples. On the py-
ramid Of the Sun a. one time was 81
gantic statue Of the sun, with faces OF
solid gold. which reflected the days
of that luninary, but it was rolled
Off BY Ehe Spaniards during the days
Of the conquest and now repOseS IN
the Museum Of Mexico.
Rising out on a practically level
plain the Pyramid of the Sun reach
es a height OF almcsr 200 feet the Py-
ramid OF the Neon being net SO sall
Between che TWO runs the Canine
de- los NIuSrtes"-.he pam of he dead.
Although The two pyramids are only
about half a mile apart, the winding
course of the path covers a distance
Of more chan Owo miles.
Evidently he path Of the dead gets
its name from the sacrificial pro-
cesslon which wend5d their way from
one pyramid 10 the other in the an
Client days, when sacrifices 10 rhe
sun and the moon we've Offered by The
priests OF the TodtOry than they.
Al that period, too. the pyramids
of San Juan are now proven 10 have
been che center OF large population
engaged in agricultural pursuits The
ruins of the ancient civilization here
have long attracted artiquariars from
Ihe far ends of the earth, and excava- !
lions among them have been going en-
for years. but 1t is only comparatively
recently that the vesJigators have
attacked the grea, pyramids themsel-
YES.
While the work OF the Mexican
Government has been carried on with
such secrecy that 1t is impossible TO
state jux& when q, was begun, an in
teres'ing evidence OF how recent II
really is may be found i'm MEXICO"
a notable book by C. Reginald Enoch,
F. r. G. s.. author of several books
on Cerlnal and South America.
"Memco" was published only last
year, but in Mr.. Enoch, referring
to the EauJuau pyramids says hat
Cortez and his Spaniards. defeated and
fleeing. passed near the great earth"
pyramids OF the Sun ond the Moon.
but even at that ctme." ne says,
they were-as they are to-tay-mere
mounds OF earth. in which the pyraani
al form has been partly ubiiterated
by a,he action Of time"
Since that time, as has been resa-
led above excavations have shown that
he pyramids are not "mare mounds Of