Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-07-09

tween the Roman wall undsr Cato
and the Roman wall under Claudius
IL likely to break out In Latin. He
has mastered the language Of the
Gauiois and, having no one To talk
IT to. translates the inscriptions on
'aiiic vases. Saguez has a remark
able collection Of ancient coins.
though he wants an American gold
dollar for stickpin. 1t is an act
OF vandalism to make a st!ckp!n
out OF an ancient coin" he said.
Otherwise this adolescent savant Is
just waiting around until his APP
pointmcnt TO an archaeological mis-
sion " Syria or Africa IL confirmed !.
Ny l!fc Is consecreated to an
tlauity." Sagucz said when l called on
him in his private museum. We shall
go 10 the temple. but remember -
he added. holding up warning nn-
ger. the proprietor Is terrible"
Saguez shadows the old temple. he
IS there night and day--when the
proprietor is not around. We walked
around the corner To the Rue de
BeauVhis, TO what appeared 10 he an
ordinary building operation Stone
masons, carpenters and iaborers were
at work After being treasured that
the proprietor was not on the ground,
man and they gathered around him
In little group.
Although this young man thinks
only In epochs. his reason is not e1-
actly prehistoric. 1t appears that
SaSuez has generously tipped the
"orkmen with the coin OF the renlm
which TO IA numismatis; and antigua
rian II. after all. only vulgar stun
made out 81 base metal! Al tho
wor Smen do not share tn. arche-
oloSists View OF modern coin, they.
dig ana Erovel under walls FOR any
fragment that might he Roman and
II ~ question who they WORK for
SasueE or the proprietor Certainly
these workmen spend LARGE portion
OF their day in the interest OF archie
oioGy Al this point Saguez uttered
great truth 1T Will b. n lon.
time before this building is finished. +"
he explained. One lsborer indicated
small pile of objects over in n
corner. This was the findings of the
morning. j, consisted mostly Of frag-
mcnts OF reddish pottery. inscribed
with figures. some pieces OF s,ucco
and a long. thin piece OF bone. Sa-
Suez bounced on this. This Is n
needle with which the anc.ents mend
ed rugs" he explained The pottery
he examined and kicked aside ut
Is Gallo. not Roman. and not worth
putting together" ne said with n
disappearing gesture. Thus III. total
or the mornings search was bone
needle
Description or Walls
me existing Roman walls were al
ready topped with wall OF modern
brick The Roman construction was
mostly what is termed petit APP
pareil or small square stone blocks
between thick layers o. mortar An
other wall was Of the opus mixturn
variety, which had the same square
blocks and mortar except that a
couple pf layers Of long. thin bricks
we're laid at intervals. This con
cluded the visit TO the temple. There
was Galiic well, at the bottom q.
which many Roman and Gallo OBJ
)ecis had been found. bu, ms young
guide explained that the richest de-
posts OF the old temple are believed
10 be directly under "A building which
lis already reconstructed II was near
there that the capital and fragment
OF column were found. but there
is little hope for further explora-
ton. In one corner Of the temple
plan there IL a demolished house
which has not yet been cleared away
to- rebuilding. The foundations OF
this may reveal some treasure but
with that the searching Will end.
The objects of value found since
July, 1920. when the temple was dis
covered. include many Roman jugs In
small sizes without ornamentatIon. a
considerable number OF bronze and
gold pins and small articles attach
able 10 wearing apparel. In the bot
tom OF the well was found bronze
hand mirror. considerably furnished.
but still capable OF being highly
polished. Along tide .this were a few
women's hair ornaments in bronze.
There were bone sockets for door
hinges. some curious pendants as
cr!hed to the wardrobe OF Roman
maidens before their marriage. and
the objects in best preservation CON
sisted Of group of beautiful iri-
descent glass bottles. There were
also number OF coins which. UNI
happily. are illegible.
Richly Adorned.
The fragments OF bas-rclief in the
opinion of older archeo!ogists, in
dicated that AT one time the temple
had been richly adorned. as each
fragment was from a dlfieren; sec
ton. SO far there has not been any
dec!pherablc matter found to throw