Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-15
IT Will BE 4 TREAT.

II Will DE- n AhAAAls
The lecture by Professor u. NJ
Robinson, viii be an extraordinary
/ literary event which will also have
attractive social features. 1t will be
free to the public and is part of the
university extension work being done
f, by the School Of American Archaeol-
ogy.
There are hardly any new lands to
be discovered except underneath the
old lands, and Asia Minor offers a
boundless field for such research.
These buried civilizations do not rise
/ from the dead themselves. They have
4 to be dug up. This lecture, based
upon several trips In Asia Minor, at
/ tempts 70 play the part Of tho re-
4 porter Of recent excavations and to
show some views of buried cities In
1 Asia Minor which have been, or are
being, unearthed By systematic exca-
walton. The places considered are:
Loadicea, Hlerapohs, sardis, Berga-
mum, Smyrna, Ephesus, Priene and
Miletus, Many of these belong to the
seven churches of Asia Minor and
monuments illustrating the biblical
passage are shown and described.
After q glance at the ruins of Loa-
dicea, once the chief emporium of
Asia Minor, and at the wonderful
I dazzling white cascades Of Hierapolis,
almost as great a marvel as Niagara,
the lecture passes TO Sardis the city
Of Croesus, the Rockefeller Of anti
putty An account IS given Of the
American excavations which are be-
ling conducted by Professor Butler,
with the lecturer as the epigraphist,
The clearing Of the so-called Ionic
Temple Of Cybele, which an impOr-
tant inscription proves to be that OF
Artemis. the finding Of many graves,
with their contents are described.
Among the important discoveries arc
inscriptions in the Lydian language,
which no one as yet has been able
read
The history of Peramum and the
recent discoveries IN the gymnasium
and especially in a precinct Of De-
meter and Persephone are then
taken up. Views are shown Of the
excavations and OF several Interest,"
ing reconstructions Of the citadel with
its altar Of Satan.
On the way from Pergamum to
Ephesus, Smyrna, now the most inn
portant port Of Asia Minor, Is visit.
ed with the lantern. The situation and
history of Ephesus are described
Views are shown Of the recent Aus
itrian excavations and Of the great
temple Of Diana Of the Ephesians.
The theater and wonderful library of
CELSIUS, the Carnegie Of antiquity. are
the most interesting ruins Of Ephesus.
Then southwark to Priene the
Greek Pompei an Ionic city built
Ia the time of Alexander, with streets
running al right angles with one an
other. All the parts of Greek city
from temple to private house are
found here The thcater market
place, senate house, the gymnasium,
where the boys had the jack knife
habit 2,200 years ago, private houses,
etc, are all shown on the screen.
Southwark across the valley of the
Maeandcr from Priene is Miletus. the
. Venice Of antiquity, where the Ger
, mans under Wicgand have unearthed
the ancient city with many important
monuments The gigantic theater, the
finest ruin In all Asia Minor. rivals,
: II 1t does not even surpass, the Coli
} scum at Rome, A visit to this thea
ter by moonlight is described. The
{ senate house and It's reconstruction,
/ the baths Of Faustina, the beautiful
mosque, and the site Of the Mycenean
city are all discussed with illustra-
d tons.
About ten miles TO the south OF Mi
( letus is the temple of Didymaean
Apollo, the largest and most highly
decorated temple Of Asia Minor The
destruction OF the sixty houses and
, wind-mills which covered the temple
| is described, and views shown of the
present state Of the ruins. There
were seven steps In the sides and
twelve led up TO the main entrance,
which had a rOrtico In front Of three
: rows Of four columns besides the two
Z rows Of columns in the colonnade.
An enormous door with a threshold
weighing over thirty-two tons and
! side iambs weighing over thirty-two
| tons gave access to the front room.
| on either side was long passage
| way, which led directly down into
| the main room. From the front room
three beautiful doors with engaged
! Ionic columns on the inner side ops
Icned with a descent of over twenty
steps into the main room. 4 stair
ease leading 10 the roof Of the temple
with a maennder pattern on the cell
Ling. Is perfectly preserved; even tho
paint on the maeander pattern re-
Hmuin8
The lecture closes with some per-
lsonal "reminiscences about the Turks
+, land n consideration Of the value OF
: archaeology. These buried cities APP
peal because they show the lives OF
: men Of like passions as those OF to-
Idey. As archaeologists dug down into
the SOIL they dig back into the old
passions and customs and lives of men
who were much like those OF today
and from whom modern civilization
has been developed.
; Professor David Moore Robinson Is
an a. y, Of the University Of Chicago
1898; scholar in Greek, 1889; fell
{ low in Greek, 1S9S-0l, and Ph. d. In
b 1904. lie was az the American school
Of Classical Studies at Athens, 10O1-9
b fFellow of the school lg02-a. agsls-
tant professor OF Greek, Illinois col
, lege. 1906; associate and associate
= professor Johns Hopkins university
7 Ii905-l1. professor Greek. American
School Of Classical Studies ct Athens,
1909-l0, professor Of classical ar
: lchaeology and Greek geography
Johns Hopkins university, 1911. Ho
Travelled extensively and studied IN
museums in Spain, France. Germany
, England, Denmark, Sweden Russia.
, Italy, Greece, Egypt Turkey and Asia
Minor Has participated in eNcava-
tons at Corinth and Sardis. Has
nude explorations i'm Greece and es-
pecially IN Asia Minor. Author Of
. Ancient Sinope," inscriptions Of
, Sardis, and numerous pathological
, and archaeological articles and re-
views in the American Journal Of Ar
, chaeolOgv, the American Journal of
/ PhilologN, and in other periodicals. lie
is vice president of the Arrhaeoiogi
cal Institute OF America. and ASSOC
ciate editor of the Classical Weekly.