The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-17

, the tract They have cut down ma
hogany and other trees. and are now
digging up monuments SO gigantic
that they remind one Of the mighty
statues Of the upper Nile.
Thirteen mighty Monunents.
Before I describe the city itself. let
me tell YOU something about these
mighty monuments. There are thirteen
Of them which have been already un-
covered. although some are still sunk
en- deep in the earth. These ere 81
xantic monoIiths. OF sandstone. solid
blocks from 20 to 30 feet high. some
Of which must weigh many tons. These
great figures stand right in the jungle
One. for instance. is supposed to De
thirty-six feet in length. IT rises
twenty feet above the ground. ana II Is
said to extend at least twelve feet De
low It. 1t leans like the Tower OF Pisa
but It was probably straight when II
was erected
Another monument is twenty-four
feet in height and four feet in dia-
meter; and . third mammoth stone
which photographed, was thirty-tnree
feet in circumference. All OF these
monuments are covered with carvings,
and the Psychologists have TRANSLATED
some OF the writings upon them Thes
believe them to have been msde along
about 500 years after Christ. ana IN
that case they would be over l'Z''
years old.
Reeo.sar1etinG . Csvtit.atsee.
It 10 difficult to reconstruct a civih-
ration when one has nothing but stones
to tell the story. So far the srcnecio-
g1sts have not gotten much beyond tne
translation Of the dates. and they are
not absolutely sure OF them TneS
lieve the monuments to be iargeiy re-
li9ious, ana that the city OF Quirfsua
was Q temple city and the place OF
worship Of many people
Il can only give you the note winch
I have made Of the monuments as they
stood before me What they mean.
Won must lgure out for yourself Here.
for instance. 10 a great stone column
which rises eight feet out OF the csrtn
and extends many feet below the sur
face. II 10 about ten feet wide ana
one side IL covered with carving. oh
one side 10 q woman's figure l take
INV tape measure and Ind that the facc
IN about - foot thick II Is eS'dentiy
that OF q queen. for the head has
crown, and In the lsdys ears arc plugs.
which remind me Of the women OF
Burma. who wear great plugs In tner
ears
TIE lady who sat a. . model for
This engraving may have been
,eavsn princes. and she was prom
sa,lv vain Many ear plugs made OF
1aAe hsxe beeu sound among the
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