The Holly chieftain., 1923-05-17

f3f This Is q strong statement, since all
the world appears to be interested In Tut-Ankh.
Amen's tomb Moreover these be great days for
the archeologists. Diggers are hard Mt work pref
ty much over all the EARTH And many curious
things do their shovels turn up. And every now
and then chance turns up something ancient that
sets the diggers busy ON new quest. It's an unn-
teresting newspaper these days that does not con-
tain some kind Of a "Tut story" from some un-
known or forgotten place OF earth. Just read this
list Of archaeological activities. casually made from
recent news dispatches: =
The third Aslatic expedition Of the American
Museum Of Natural History, led by Roy Chapman
Andrews, has discovered in the Cobb desert Of
Mongolia proof that Asia Is the Mother of Con-
tinents" and the "Cradle II Life" on this globe II
Is still searching for fossillzed remains Of the
sMissing Link" in the evolution Of mankind-the
creature between monkey and man.
The University Of Pennsylvania Is carrying
work in four places in Egypt and Palestine
Memphis, Thebes. Beisan and Ur. Beisan was
toary with age when an Egyptian Pharaoh of 1000
B. c. received tribute from It,
Chicago Field museum expedition, headed by
Prof Elmer S. Riggs has left Rio Gallegos In
southern Argentina, for fiveyear exploration into
the Interior Of mysterious Patagonia in search Of
fossils Of the tertiary age incidentally the Chi
cagoans hope to find traces of the two "lost"
cities, the "Clty Of the Caesars" and the "Enchant
ed City which are famous In the legendary his
tory Of this far-of land Also they would like to
meet some of the fanciful prehistoric monsters
which every often reported. DIR. J. G. Wolfe.
curator Of the Regional museum at Rio Gallegos,
says he has seen ruins 5000 1000 years old.
1t was DIR. Wolfe who reported the finding Of
fossil skull in sandstone rock of tertiary forma-
hon-and therefore something like 3,OOOO00 years
old.
Between 20 and 60 cases OF archaeological treas
ure, described by Thomas Hastings, the architect.
as 'the most magnificent material that ever has
come out of Asia Minor" have been received by
fbaM Mafrny Nf,,c
come from Sards. ancient capital of Croesus, and
other Lydian kings 1t was here that 80 gold coins
of Croesus, the earliest gold coinage of the world
were found by American excavators last. spring.
Football, BASEBALL bowling, dice and jacks had
their origin in Lydia. according to classical ac-
counts The Oldest objects found may be relics
Of the Hittites, according to DR.. Butler. who
known to have been in this region early rs 5000
years before Christ.
The Russian explorer, Koslof has started from
Moscow under soviet auspices to complete his re-.
searches in the ancient capital of Mongolian cvill-
cation. Kharakhoto. which has been for more than
thousand years In the sands of the Central
Asian desert. He says It was mighty city whose
civilization far outstripped that of Pompeii and
Herculaneum
A Russian expedition under Prof Bartsenko has
returned to Petrograd from the Koa peninsula Of
Lapland, where 1t is reputed to have found re-
mains of civilization much older than the Egyp-
tiansr with pyramid shaped tombs and everything
A mission composed Of some of England's ablest
explorers, scientists, missionaries and ethnologsts
Will leave London for the city of Lhasa. which
Is buried behind the worlds greatest rampant Of
mountains, the Himalayas between India and
China. The mission will proceed under the aus
pces OF the International Buddhist union, repre-
senting nll schools Of Buddhism. including the Bud
dhst Society Of the United States. kE
The excavation now being carried on in the great
four-story stone building In which whole city
once lived at Aztec, New Mexico, brought to light
the first specimen Of the ladders used by the Pueb-
los of about 300 A. D.. who entered the gigantic
buIldng by ladders and pulled the ladders in after