, 1925-01-19
Dead
Nations
Explored
HORGOTTEN civilizations have
felt the probing fingers of mod
ern science.

Lett tHt piuuiuB Histrs Oh MOD
ern science.
Eerie mysteries of hidden cities.
shrouded secrets OF dead nations.
and the bright-hued stories of N
cient monarchies are being revealed
to the eyes OF the Twentieth Cen.
tury.
The structure of history itself is
being remade.
Today, in different parts Of the
world. a score OF archaeological ex-
petitions are in the field-delving
into the yellowed story of past civil
izations.
In Old Mexico, study OF the Az
tee civilization is being conducted
under the auspices OF the American
Museum of Natural History. The
American Museum also is financing
an expedition to study mineralogy,
geology and zoology in Mongolia.
Archaeological groups in the Nile
Valley are being backed by the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art; in
Babylonia. Palestine and Egypt. by
the University of Pennsylvania: in
Honduras. by Harvard University;
in Yucatan. by Carnegie Institute:
In New Mexico and the Ozark Noun
tains, by the Museum of the Ameri-
can Indian; and in Lydia. Asia Mi
nor. by the American Society for
the Excavation of Sardis.
TRACE DUSKY EMPIRE
An expedition of Harvard Uni
versity and the Boston Museum Of
Fine Arts is ~endeavoring to deter
mine the extent of the Ethiopian
Empire in Egypt.
There has been interest in archaic
ology-which is called the science OF
antiquities-as long as there have
been any antiquities.
When the Roman Emperor Angus
tus caused a dozen obelisks, made
by Egyptians long before his day. to
be set up in the circuses at Rome.
Nv noa al
Real archaeology. however. came
into being about a hundred years
ago-when governments and indi-
viduals first undertook the scientific
search for relics of forgotten ages.
TUT'S TOMB BIGGEST FIND
The most remarkable and far
reaching Accomplishment OF archae-
ologists in recent time was the dis
covery OF the tomb of King Tutankh-
amen.
In November, 1922. Lord Carnarvon
n Howard Carter. in the Valley
of the Kings, near Thebes in EgypN>
dug underneath the tomb Of Rame-
ses VI. They found a stairway. 1t
led far down to an outer room.
On February 16. 1923. the burial
chamber was opened. Under a gild-
ed canopy was a second canopy
within which lay the royal sarco-
phagus. An adjoining burial cham
Der was crowded with wonderful
works of art of every kind. Perhaps
the worlds greatest find. thus far,
was brought to light. Within a year
later Tutankhamen's pink s%arcopha-
gus came to view.
Another great discovery was made
In Sardis on April 10, 1929. when 80
solid gold statcrs of the Lydian King
Croesus. whose name still signifies
wealth. were found in a small pot of
coarse gray clay not far below the
surface OF The soil.
ACCIDENTAL FIND
4 workman on a railroad Just out
side Rome drove his pick into the
roof OF a subterranean edihce not
long ago. Within a few weeks archi-
tects, artists. archaeologists and his.
torlans from all parts of tho world
nocked to the scene. Remarkable
works of art were e%xcavated.
The greatest of the European finds
in tho last two decades have been
made in Russia. especially South
Russia. In a Scythian royal tomb
OF the fourth century b. c.. at Solo.
ka, on the lower Dnieper. were found
the king and all his treasures
The western hemisphere, too. has
come In for Its share OF archaeology