The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-02

I; WAS in company with DR.. Buchtein
! tina; went through the museum and
/ examined the objects he has just dug
from the ground The collection is
| large. covering many tables 8nh filling
! several rooms. II consists OF pottery
OF all sizes, from vases of three or -four
| gallons down To the little cups the
! sil" Of half an cgEshel. Some OF the
! objects ar" almost Etruscan in their
| decoration other pieces have hero
/ "lNphirs that make one think of Chi
/ ncSc or japanese characters Much of
! In" tcrrH Gotta iS as fine rs porcelain,
| and. when tapped upon. II gives forth
/ the same sound. The bowls arc OF the
! color of terra Gotta, and there are
| beautifully shaped cups. each of which
, would mold one or two quarts. The
| collection altogether numbers thou
| s;tuds of pieces. and il has all been cX-
"avatod in the past two or three
/ months.
Or Ruchtcin believes that tho pot
tcry Of his latest excavations dates
back To 5000 years ago. or to more
I than 5000 wears before Christ II lie
[ Us correct. lac has found the oldest roe
/ ords of civilization now In existence.
7 lie tells me lie does not think that Tia
I hUanacu was the work of the rcd race.
ana that lie believes that it dates far
| back of thar time ia q white race who
/ inhabited this part of the Andes Ia
this belief he is not alone. y scientific
] traveller who recently passed through
mere has brought forth the idea th;,t
the Bolivian plateau was once settled
by The ancient phocniciaus This man
/ claims that the gold ct Dphir came
FROM III" Andes. lie says the Iiible
states that il took three wears for The
ships TO make the journey 10 the
/ mines and this is borne ont bN ! Kings
Z *. ~ II. the NAVIGATION Uf those an
I cicut times u would certainly have.
taken as much as three wears for q
/ shin 1" have passed ont of the Mcdi-
! tcriaucan through the Strait OF Gil
/ hraltai and across the Atlantic ocean
I to the west coast of this continent and
/ buck The verso referred TO says they
brought back gold ana also almue
! trees and ivory. apes, ana pcacocks."
/ There is no ivory iu South .Nmerica
( and thc pea cock comes from india. As
/ To apes There are plenty ot monkeys
I iu the l"wiands of this continent. but
I as Co. Tine almuc tree. know II not
The excavations of lar. Buchtciu in
viudc many finds of Implements OF
stou" 'ud also SOME of gold copper and
! bronze The aust belong 10 the stone
age, and The latter are said to date
before the times of the iucas. As to
the lottery. I saw mich that seemed
10 indicate am Ecyptian origin. Many
OF the cups and bowls have the shape
of cat They made me think Of Bu-
''S''S' inc Famous seat OF Inc worship
OF the cai in the days Of the rharaohs.
TINS ancient ''iy WAS situated IN the
| Land "I GoshcN. not "a. from where
! H"gaZlE now stands. ana right ou the
route ihc ~ puaus took wlcu they
came down mt" Egypt for corn. iu
hhsis had many eat -odd"sses aud its
'hiei goddess was 20 eat -hcadod woman.
II had q eel cemetery. situated "n tho
west side oi t'io town This Was
crHumod Win cat dummies, MANY OF
which had been incascd in est shape
cascs of wood 3nd bronze. { photo
"raphcd some "f ,nc eat bowls from
TthuaHacu. ana ,h'ir heUds are Iif.-
like