The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
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Hieroglyphics Recently Discovered on
Foundation Stones of Pyramids
of San Juan Teotihuacan
May Solve Mystery.

Mexico City, Feb. l7.-Heroglyphics
recently discovered on the foundation
stones of the pyramids of San Juan
Teotihuacan, q miles northeast of
Mexico City, may solve the problem
which has perplexed historians and
psychologists for centuries as to the
true origin of the Mexican nation.
These strange carvings are said by
some authorities to be Chinese, thus
tending to bear out the old tradition
that in the dim past wandering tribes
from China crossed to a new continent,
settled within the present boundaries of
Mexico and became the progenitors of
the race which now dominates this re.
public.
So interesting are the recent discoy.
cries that the bureau of anthropology
has been instructed to conduct vigor-
Gus research and in this connection
Fong Tsiang kuang, charge d'affaires
of the Chinese legation in Mexico,
visited he pyramids and stated that
the hieroglyphics We're similar in many
respects to certain symbols now in use
by the Chinese. lie declared the words
sun" city and eve were clearly
depicted Mexican anthropologists who
have interested themselves in the dis
covery have declined to pass final judg
ment until further excavations are
made and more evidence obtained
The pyramids OF San Juan Teotihua
can. as well as those in Cholula, in the
state of Puebla, are among the oldest
marks of primitive habitation to be
found in the republic. They stand as
colossal monuments to peoples whose
history was as obscure TO the conquer
ing Spauiards in the 10th century as
to present day historians. Because of
their general construction, some au-
thorities believe they are the handi-
work Of the Egyptians, who in some
mysterious manner crossed the seas
and denoted their places of permanent
habtation with these stone and cement
structures which are even larger than
the more famous pyramids of Egypt.
The little village of San Juan Teoti
huacan. which in the Aztec language
meant City of the Gods, was in the
early days of the Aztec history the
scene of extraordinary religious cere
AiNiiSSs 4 ht wv ~ N'AAhtaSi INV ANN'
Gated to the sun, the other to the
moon, are known to have been the
tombs in which hundreds Of tribal dig
nitariCs were buried and excavators
have exhumed wrought stone contain
ing human bones, obsidian knives, terra
Gotta heads with broad faces and fiat
noses, fragments of rare pottery and
great numbers of arrow heads. One of
the most recent and most valuable dis
coveries was a jadeite mask of some
past monarch with the brow covered
with the diadem known to early Mex
lean history, The pyramid TO the sun
measures 76lx72l feet at the base and
is 2l6 feet high: the enc to the moon
is 5llx426 feet at the base and is Isl
feet high They both contain numer
Gus chambers and their several stories
are complete temples in themselves but
by winding stairs.
The inscriptions having Chinese char
aeteristics were discovered through ex
cavatng in the ruins of what has gen
orally been known as La Ciudsdela
1.-THE citadel but which, according to
recent reports Of investigators, are
what is left Of a pyramid larger and
perhaps, older than the two pyramids
to the sun and the moon