Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-01-18
lost GlIY IS FOUND.
Believed to Have Been Built by
Chinese in Mexico.
Three Towns Were Erected on the
Same Site by Three Civilizations
Prior to the Aztecs--Monoolian
image 10 Discovered.


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City OF Mexico.--A sensation has
been created In British scientific cir
cles by advices received from Sir
Martin Conway. Prof. william Niven
and Senior Ramon Mena OF the dlscov-
cry Of absolute Mongolian remains
only couple OF hours walk from the
City OF Mexico. thereby confirming
the hypothesis that has long been
held that the most ancient civiliza'
tion OF Mexico and Peru preceding
that of the Toltecs and the Aztecs
was of Mongolian origin. says a cor
respondent.
Close TO and partly beneath the
ruins of the ancient city OF Tootihua.
can. about nineteen miles northeast
of The City OF Mexico. the scientists
uncovered the still more ancient city
of Otumba, which nourished with a
wondrous civilization centuries before
the Aztecs or Toltecs rose to power,
possibly even before Babylon and
Nineyeh swayed the destinies OF west
ern Asia
With the financial assistance of the
Mexican government the expedition
began the removal OF six-foot layer
of earth. representing the dust and
detritus of more than twenty CEN
turies. This soon brought into view
many evidences OF vast and popu-
lous city of very high order OF civ,
ilization Chief among these was q
great pyramid 1t is 700 feet square
at the base and its apex is 1877 feet
high. while many OF the giant blocks
OF stone In its massive walls must
have required extraordinary engineer
ing skill to handle. This pyramid
also has its riddle, for the axis OF the
main gallery is coincidental with the
magnetic meridian.
The workmanship IL OF high or
der the figures being boldly drawn
and carefully colored
Then came the greatest discovery
of all While excavating near the
base of the great pyramid Professor
Niven unearthed the remains Of yet a
third civilization beneath the ruins OF
ancient Otumba, making three great
cities Of lost and forgotten races.
built one above the other.
In what appears to have been a
tomb OF the lowest city. whose age SO
far defies calculation. Professor Niven
found the clay image of9a Chinamani
with oblique eye Sits. padded coat.
flowing trousers and slippers Only
the queue was lacking to make a com,
plete portrait of mandarin OF the
recently defunct Chinese empire u
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 friable In the center. The
outer surface of the clay. however, is
of granite hardness and 1t is only
with the greatest difficulty that 1t can
be clipped with a hammer
This Chinese image" writes Pro
fessor Niven. was not made by the
Aztecs. II is much older and proves
that the ancient people OF Mexico
were familiar with the Mongol type.
{ "It should be borne In mind that
this image was not a god or an idol,
but an rnament--perhaps a portrait
done In clay by some prehistoric
sculptor
The age OF the figure is difhcult to
determine without further data Cir.
cumstances. however. warrant the
rough guess that about 5000 years
ago Chinese navigators crossed the
Pacific in their primitive iunks and
discovered America thousands OF
years before Columbus was born
Settling there. they built city. and
in a grave OF one OF their number,
many years after clay image Of the
man was buried with him.
This great city fell into ruins
perhaps through CONQUEST but the
image lay safe The ruins Of this first
city were covered with earth and
there arose through the centuries an.
other splendid and mysterious city
This. too, fell into ruins. and upon II
was raised third metropolis OF some
| forgotten race OF men At last the
third city crumbled into dust. but un.
derneath them all the Chinaman's
image still lay safe and undisturbed
until little group OF searchers in the
cause OF science In this wonderful
twentieth century OF ours have
brought It to light. and perhaps
through It we may now solve the
enigma OF the new worlds beginning