Evening star., 1928-05-06

are always shown reclining on arms and
elbows. knees drawn up. arms pressed
closely TO sides and uplitted head turned
away. The abdomen Is either fiat or
followed out. possibly 10 form a recep-
tacle for incense and sacrifices
Walls Of the outer hall and inner
sanctuary are covered by paintings. done
in blue, red, green, yellow and white.
They depict the usual forms Of reptiles.
monsters. dragons and other ferocious
beasts armed with long claws Not
withstanding the ravageS of time. the
colorS are still brilliant and effective.
In the inner chamber are two warriors,
on whom the intricate details Of dress
and accessories are fresh almost beyond
belief
But all the exSavatorS kept sharp
eyes out for hidden ceremonial treas
ureS. There was al uncauny feeling
. That they were near and about. Still out
OF reach.
In his systematic examination Morris
eScavated the fioor wherevev he found
an altar had been. After frenEle6 dis
ging in one floor. he vas rewarded with
vacant vessel. which. he vas con-
vinced, had held treasure at one time
He next visited an altar site III an
inner chamber OF the Buried Temple
The key 10 the position OF the altar
was supplied by the first chamber.
There the inner wall was bordsred for
considerable distance by stone bench
break in the bench was the position
Of the altar. But in the Buried Temple
both bench and altar were missing
Morris searched the pyranlidal founda-
tlon and recovered the missing bench
stones, beautifully decorated with coli
ored pictures Only the altar could nor
be found There was good reason 70
believe that the altar stones had been
used in the construction Of q later tetn~
pie, The StatueSQue figures eompo-
nentS Of the altar. were later uncovered
In the second temple. oeaylnS out the
theory.
The former position Of the altar was.
therefore, yisuansed. and marking oil
the spot, the investigators applied their
picks, The sharp tools save a peculiar
sound when they struck material differ
cnt from the rest, They saw the lid 1T
buried vessel, They carefully removed
the Surrounding debris
IHlS discovery came aS a coincidence
with the assembly OF guests for the
celebration commemorative the rcA0Y1e
ton of the Temple oi Warriors after
three years vt work, pr Merriam. pres
ident Of the Carnegie Institution. and
other Mexican and American archie
ologiStS were present,
Morris md Was carried tN a rtNoln az
stan headquarters. aud before the eyeS
Of fellow archeologiStS he carefully re-
moved the hd. Almost at the very top
lay beautiful mosaic disk built up of
beautifully matched pieces of turquoise
900 stones IN this masterpiece, upon
the disk lay the bones Of htrd, a
highly polished bali oI iadeile ana the
parts OF necklace.
The iadeite bail is said to have been
used by the Mayan priests as "SaStlln,
az llsht stone, and used for diymatiOn
The ereaStplatS to the necklace is a
'adetle iace carved In old emnire Style
Disks ot white shell we're used gor heads
The plaque viii hencetorth Ae Known
to art VNAnatsSeutS AS the "Chtchen
Mosase Plaque The body ef the
plaque. once slab og Mood. has wealth,
cred Myo rnelv divided brown powder
The turquoise pleveS are held t0gether
by a tain, cF0meling eement. About