Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-03-12
PREHISTORIC CRY
Discovery IN Mexico OF Ruins Of Th,.
City Below Two Others.

scientific circles by advices received 80
Sir Martin Conway, Prof. William NJ
and Senior Ramon Mena, OF the t,iscova..
OF absolute Monaghan remains or,.s
couple OF hours walk from the Civ :,
Mexico, thereby confirming the hypo,hs.,.
that has long been held that the n,o.s
ancient civilization % Mexico and pa,,
preceding that OF the Toltecs and ~
Aztecs, Was of Monaghan origin.
Close to and partly beneath the ruins =,
the ancient city OF Tootihuacan, abon,
nineteen miles northeast OF the Civ :,
Mexico the scientists uncovered the ann
more ancient city OF Otumbia. which
fiourished with a wondrous ciyilizo,;o-
centuries before the Aztecs or Toltecs ro.,
to power possibly even before Babylon ana
Nineveh swayed the destinies of weste,r
Asia.
With the tinsnciai assistance Of m.
MexIcsn government, tue expedinon
begsn the Removal OF six-ioot layer n,
earth, representing the dust and detritp.
OF more than twenty centuries. This soon
brought into view many evidences OF yss,
and popuious city OF q very high order n,
civilization. Chief among these was !.
great pyramid. 1t is 100 feet square at tho
base, and its apex is 1877 feet high. wbi,s
many OF the giant blocks of 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 magnetic meridian.
Near the pyramid was found another re.
markable building called the Casapintsds.
or painted house. On the ground floor are
are six rooms, with smoot hly- polished
floors OF white cement. The walls, which
are composed OF clay mixed with frap.
ments of stone, are thickest at the bsse
and slope slightly upward. They are also
smoothly finished with thin coating Of
plaster, which is painted Indian red. On
these walls are paintings representing
human beings in elaborate garments and
head-dresses. The coiors used in the
paintings are green, red, pink and orange
brown. The workmanship is ola high
order. the figures being boldly drawn and
carefully colored.
Then came the greatest discovery of all.
While excavating near the base OF the
great pyramid, Prof. Siven unearthed
the remains of yet a third civilization
beneath the ruins of ancient Otumba.
making three great cities OF lost and
forgotten race, but one above the other.
In what appears to have been a tomb Of
the lowest city, whose age so far dehes
calculation, Prof. Niven found the clay
Image OF a Ch.naman, with oblique eye
Sits, padded coat, flowing trousers, and
slippers. Only the queue was lacking to
make complete portrait of a mandarin
of the recently defunct Chinese EN- Dire.
1t should be remembered, however, that
the Chinese did not adopt the queue until
after they had been conquered by the
Tartar hordes from the north.
The image is about seven inches in
length, and where the arms are broken
the edges OF the clay show red, and friatle
in the centre. The outer surface of the
clay, however, is OF granite hardness, and
ii is only with the greatest difficulty that
il can be Clipped with hammer. In the
ears are huge rings, and on the head is
ahHt NaP WIN " "a AAsc
centre, precisely like that worn by the
modern mandarin. The coat, which is
loose and OF the type still worn by the
older Chinese. is fastened with a frog and
button, and on the breast is a circular
plate, evidently once covered with a thin
layer OF beaten gold but worn bare by
contact with the earth for unknown
centuries.
This Chinese image" writes Prof.
Niven, twas not made by tue Aztecs. IL
is much Older, and proves that the snci-
cient peoples OF Mexico were familiar
with the Mongol type. 1t was found in
ruins OF two other ancient civilizations,
thirty feet and three inches below the
surface. The room, which was thirty feet
square and built OF concrete walls, was
proba bly, tomb.
ION q raised cement platform in the centre
lay the skull and bones OF a man OF not
more than five feet in height. His arms
were very long, reaching almost to the
knees, while his skull Was of a decidedly
Mongol type. Around his neck had been
a string OF green jade beads-another link
in the Chinese theory, for real jade has
never been found in Mexico in the natural
state.
"Beside the skeleton was a string oil os'
pieces OF shell. With this money lay the
greatest find OF all--the little Chinsman.
IL is the first OF the kind ever found ID
Mexico, though Mongol types are found
in sufficient numbers among the American
and Mexican Indians TO argue an Asiatlc
origin. Near the platform was flower
vase about fifteen inches high, that had
evidently been filled with xochite, the
sacred yellow flower of all those ancient
races OF Mexico.
at should be borne in mind that TINS
image was not God or an idol, but an
ornament, perhaps portrait done in clay
by some prehistoric sculptor.
"The age of the. figure is difficult 10
determine without further data. Circum-