The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

fh. V. S,, ..e west side of the town. Tb;s r,e ,,tial thed with cat rnumrnies. ar,nv ae oaaas of oeen incase1 in cat-shane,I some os nood 700, and bronze. phctograpbed ..rd 4,I ene csf-bowls from Tial,,an.o,, ana 1neir heads are l.fe-,iisa aea'e'n 1eErd Skeletons of 11ar,,. on.oas lnese cat-2ots lie thin,-s tbs as, ,,s.rsh,. s,I1ens or Tiaifaanacu may hay. Worsnipped llamas in eonnoctio- ,,.., nas ' 5aguar, which has head i.,, "i.n the some or the heads are as bip as ns, eas. . i.sts, the vases being covered w,+h . s"o Ike these of leopard or jaeuar StSas 9poas esses show the heads of the condor tba st.as Nuiture eagle of the high Andes
 among the implements are snoons o, terra cotta and of bone There arc ln,,.ss oi oone' some of which are sharn. and a,so arrow points of oosidian. There ara aiso bone rings, and bone needles of sa,ious kinds There are stone pines Er,r ou' or rock as hard as quartz. i'." the peooie were able to driI tha unknown. metal ls
 sh or these finds have come from e'u 'hat mere were two pots beside each fo,,rd he soil above where they were lound IS sand. and Dr. Buchtein sa,s this Indicates that the city of Tiabuaras'. was TOT long time covered with water ana that this was the cause of tba wo,,' uerlui preservation of the articles Amonr e4e aiscoveries Is large number of skei- sa.4. ss VI HuInan beings. The bones were scattered about. and the jawbones wera olten yard away from the sk,,Ils to "hien they belonged. While in tba n,,,~ scum saw 90 or 40 perfect skulls. which were practically the same as w,tbin . ie" years after the leath of their own sr,,,, ow more than 5000 years ago. Those DIX ,,, huils are different from any now known lhey are of enormous size and thev in. a'cate te race of giants. They slope back Hohi the eyes almost to the crown re- ,i,ihuihg one of the .lathead Indians of ..oI.n America. The iawbones are heavy. ana the teeth, after their rest of s0 cen, turies' are still almost perfect. If seemed strange to look at the grining molars and to peer into the eyeless sockets of tbesa men of 5000 years ago.
 Dr. Buchtein says that he found the lLost or the pottery lear the skeletons sliu s'.,,ii ina. tnere were two pots beside each shquii or man or woman and one pot only beside the skull of a child.
 ne SKULLS Of the women had nlataa or gold upon their foreheads There are Hahy or tho plates in the museum. They are of pure gold, but as thin as paper. ;r,, n. en h peaIs the image of man, show ing that the weaker sex worshipped tbe stronger 5000 years before the advent of tac militant suffragette The features of the image are beautifully marked. thev LOOK as though the gold leaf had been rcuhceo or pressed upon die made Tor the purpose. They were probablv fastened to the skulls by strings
 
 1T. taking With MT. Manuel Vincenta Lo.Niah who IS now collecting the ex- nlpit this country will have at the San rfahcisco exposition, 1 have learned that n'ahy or these ancient objects will be taken to the United States and sbown tnere. pr. Bolivian oays that he is in correspondence with the University of fsl. as to it's sending scientific ex peoitlon here to investigate the ancient civ,hsation of Tfahuanacu and certain otne" archaeological wonders of the Bo- llv,an plateau. Dr. Buchtein says that nahy other parts of Bolivia have evil dences of prehistoric races, and that ff,a museum gill gladly welcome for-igners who wish to investigate them He thinks however that what IS found should in museum of La Paz. -- ~.-
 me museum has many objects out siue those l have described If ba. huee stone figures from Tiahuanacn ohe mead that stands of the floor of the court Is more than yard bieb and It's eyes are as big around as dirnar piate. The figure is Assyrian in fife carving. The doctor thinks it repre sents the head of a Warrior
 Amons the most interesting feature. oi .he museum is large collection Of nummies, recently discovered moi fr from the line of the Arica-J.a pav r.,, road. which last year vas first osanaa to tfaffie. They come from near Gala co'o, station about 15 miles from r,a road. They are supposed to be the mum mes or the Chulpas. who lived before me .iihe or the lncas Each mummy Is inclosed in basket or bag of finer With window in its side out of wbicb sucks the head of the mummy. The material of the bag appears to be a pineabble fiber. and it Is firm ana strong, notwithstanding its great age. rhe threads are evenly twisted and each bag is woven to the exact size ana shape of the mummy within
 The mummies were buried in A sjt- ting posture, with their legs so dou- Died that the heels kicked the thiebs ana the knees met the chin The arms We're clasped back of the neck I saw scores or these rnummies and upon my asking the doctor to be allowed to make some photographs, he aided ma Tn carrying several out int othe court. Ihe one that most tenderly handled was that of young woman. She was al least 1900 years old but, although sue hau lost her flesh, her bones were sound and her teeth were as white as snow and in a far better state than isS own carried her out of the darkness and sat her down gently on the steps beside me. in the full light or the sun. then laid my hand ca- ressinsly upon her head. and as tha doctor photographed us I repeated the solio~A. of the hero In Tennyson's vision or Sin as he dances the tango with his skeleton partner:
 ou are bones, and what of thato
 Every face. however full.
 Padded round with flesh and fat.
 Is but modelled on skull
 Death is king. and vivat Rex,
 Treads measure on the stones
 Madam-If I know your sex
 From the fashion of your bones
 No. I canont praise the fire
 In your eye-nor yet your lip;
 All the more do ! admire
 Joints of cunning workmanship"
 The inhabitants about the region of Tiahuanacu are Amaras, the race that includes most of the red men of Bolivia It is different from the Inca and is sup ncsed to be much older. It is by no means certain. however that the Aylna- ras were the original inhabitants of the country. and am told that the shape of their skulls proves that they were not so.
 The Aymaras have their own stories IS to their origin. One of these Is that the first people upon earth became so