The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-09
FIND OLD TINE
CITY IN MEXICO
CITY ALMOST FIVE THOUSAND
YEARS OLD DISCOVERED IN
MEXICO.

LoHuon, Det, y. - sensation ha!
been created in British scientifi,
circles by advices received from
Sir Martin Colway, Prof. William
Niven and Senor Ramon Mena oi
the discovery of absolute Mongoliar
remains only couple of hours
walk from the city of Mexico, thereby
confirming the hypothesis tlat. has
long been held that the most GU
cient civilization of Mexico and Peru
preceding that of the Toltecs and the
Aztecs was of Mongoian origin.
Close to and partly beneath the
ruins of the ancient city of Teotihua-
can, about nineteen miles northeast
CT the city OF Mexico, the scientists
uncovered the still more ancient city
OF Otumbia, which flourished with a
Wondrous civilization centuries before
the Aztecs or Toltecs rose to power,
POSSIBLY before even Babylon and
Ninevah swayed the destines of
Western Asia.
With the financial assistance of
the Mexican government the expedi-
tion began the removal of a siX-foot
layer of earth, representing the dust
and detrtus of more than twenty cen.
turies. This soon brought into view
many evidences of vast and populous
city of very high order of civiliza-
ton. Chief among these was a great
pyramid, 1t is 700 feet square at the
base, and its apex is 1877 feet high,
while many of the giant blocks ~
stone in its massive walls must have
required extraordinary engineering
skill to handle. This pyramid also
has its riddle, for the axis Of the main
gallery is coincidental with the mag
netic meridian.
Near the pyramid was found anoth
er remarkable building, called the
Casa Pintada,' or painted house. On
the ground floor are six rooms, with
smoothly polished floors of white ce-
ment. The wall, which are composed
cf clay mixed with fragments of stone
the thickeSt at the base and slope
slightly upward. They are also smooth
~ finished with thin coating of
plaster which is painted Indian red.
On these walls are paintings repre-
senting human beings in elaborate
garments and head dresses. Tie col
ors used in the paintings are green,
red, pink and Grange brown. The
orkmanship is Of a high order the
figures being boldly drawn and care
fully covered.
Then came the greatest discovery
of all While excavating near the base
Of the great pyramid Prof. Niven
found the clay image of Chinaman.
with oblique eye slits, padded coat.
flowing trousers, and slippers. Only
the queue was lacking to make
complete portrait of a mandarin of
the recently deflnct Chinese empire.
it should be remembered, however,
that the Chinese did not adopt the
qreue until after they had been con
Quered by the Tartar hordes from |
he north.
The image is about seven inches
in length, and where the arms are
broken the edges of the clay show red
friable in the center. The outer sur
face of the clay, however is of gran
tie hardness, and it is only with the
greatest difficulty that it can he
'hipped with a hammer. In the ears
ire huge rings. and on the head IS
skull cap with a small button in the
enter precisely like that worn by
he modern Mandarin. The coat,
which is loose and of the type still
worm by the older Chinese, is fasten.
d with frog and button, and on
be breast is a circular plate evident
v once covered with thin layer Of
eaten gold, but worn bare by con-
act with the earth for unknown CEN
lries. 6
This Chinese image writes Prof. s
'iven, was not madt by the Aztecs. !
is much older, and proves that the T
ncient peoples of Mexico We're fa- 7
iliar with the Mongol type. It was G
'und in tomb or bedchamber be- ?
aath the ruins of two other ancient 6
valuations, thirty feet and three
ches below the surface. The room. A