Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-31
ANTHR0P0L0GY AND
ARCHAEOLOGY.

The Giozel tablets in France, al.
legged 10 bear the earliest alphabet.
continued TO cause acrimonious differ
ences Of opinion among Psychologists.
Excavations at the Swedish island
0f Gothland showed that the medieval
city Of Eisby held great commercial
Importance because Of iron trade.
A concession from the Greek gov
eminent for the excavation Of the
Agora Of Athens was obtained by the
American School of Classical Studies
in Athens. and the huge project was
assured by financial backing from an
anonymous source.
The Italian Government undertook
the excavation of Herculaneum. over.
whelmed in 20 AID. by the eruption
of Mount Vesuvius.
Digging among the ruins OF Pompeii
brought 10 light new houses contain
ing art treasures and wall paintings
Of great interest.
An ancient Roman naval port. head.
quarters Of the feet that patroled the
Rhine In the first century AID. waG
excavsted near Cologne and many
small objects were found among the
complex ruins.
Prof. Peter Kosloff. planning a new
Russian expedition TO Tibet. reported
the results Of his latest discoveries in
Mongolia. particularly ruins Of an
ancient Chinese city.
New light on everyday life of the
knights who set out to recapture the
tomb Of Christ from the heather was
revealed by study Of crusader =
castle in Palestine by a Metropolitan
Museum 81 Art expedition.
Two rev csnas mite temples were
exeavsted at Beisan by the Palestine
expedition of the University Of Penn
syiysnia Museum.
A museum at Jerusalem for Psles
tine antiquities was provided by a gif,
of $3.50 900 made hy John ID. Rookie.
Teller, 3r.
Previously unknown Mesopotamis n
Wings. who ruled s 900 years ago, were
discovered ut Er of the Chaldeeg ny
the Joint expedition Of the University
81 PenDsylysnia Museum and the Brit
ish Museum.
A sUmerian temple 10 the Ia nth
Goddess, built more than 8 900 years
ego. wsf unes rthed in the buried city
Of kiEh by the Field Museum Oxford
University 5oint expedition TO Meso
pots mia.
A temple 70 the Egyptian war god
Nontoe, built ~ about 200 Be, wal
found in Egypt by French scientists
revealing the existence ~ a hithertG
unknown king.
Discovery u a tomb believed 20 b.
that f the great architect Imhotel
war reported by Cecil Firth. ezca va T.
ing 81 Gina for the Egyptian antiqui
fies department. and later he reached
what appeared ~ be the entrance IL
the burial chamber Of King loser
Results ~ an extensive survey u
ths country 81 The Hlttiiees in A fla
Ain'T were reported and excs stioDi
of DHtts mound begun by an espe
dition ~ fhe OrientsI Institute Of ihs
University ~ Chicago
The source ~ the jahelke sfon.
Used BY the Aztecs was found a. lima
pan. ny Prot. Ramon Asha of Ill.
Mexican National Museum,
hsgntncsnt ffsscoes by snctsn
Maya srt.sig we're discovered ~ Chi
chen Itls, ~ Yucs tsH, by the CA,rnsgi,
IBsGiiutbon expedition.
ItHp0Fts ~ 'uins Ut n pre,i5isfss nj,
civilization that bridges the gap be
tween the PusLb3 culture in the south
west ~ that Of the more sfYs nee
culture ~ the AzLees and Ms yss Il
southern Msxico were investigated.
A F0yiet expedition 10 Mongolia
headed by Prof Peter n Kosioff
brought back bots Hicai. zoojogtcsl an
archaeological specimens of great value
TIE fla ~s0n Macmillan Arctic ~
p@dition of the Field Museum, led D.,
Uonan Is MCMILLAN. set out for Lar
rador and IsatltH Land " collect al
thropolos!csi botanical geological an
geological material
The general belief that the Rea nasr
thai man was q sids-sfioot from ia
evoisttou9ty stEHi with no modern 90
sesndsn ls uss challenged Ny Or. Ais
Urdilcka Of the United ststss Nations
Museum. who holds evidences indie"t S
that the Nee ndefthsI NAN was ohH
modern man . anGsst0fM
The evolution of man ss A"en w
q "a millions. instead ~ Thousands "
- ago and IL Was not ffom 81