Evening star., 1928-08-04
Ancient Mexicans,
Experts in Science,
Traced by Tablets
Race Knew Physics and
Astronomy, Archcolo.
gist Holds.
by LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Special DlSpatch 10 The star
MOUNT VERNON, N. Y, August A.
Col. James Churchward, British archie
ologist, today informed the writer that
his partially completed study of $500
recently discovered Mexican tablets has
convinced him that there existed IN
Mexico more than 10000 years ago
highly civilized race and that this peo-
pie had knowledge of physics and as
tronomy far Rlore profound than that
of modern science.
Copies and originals of the tablets
were sent to Col. Churchward by VIII
liam Niven, Scotch archeologist, for
many years national geologiSt of Mex
leo. who found the stones at Remedies,
Chimalpa, Santiago, Ahuzoctla and San
Miguel Amantla, at depths OF IL TO Is
feet.
Many of the stones are. in fact, rather
pebbles than tablets, ranging from | TO
l8 inches In diameter. Many of them
were completely covered with hard
clay, like the shell of nut, which,
being stripped off, reTeals characters
suggestive of archaic Chinese. Sanskrit
and ancient cuneiform writings.
Like Hindu Script.
II place this civilization at about TO-
900 B.C.," said Col. Churchward. but
I think 1 will be able to prove that it
originated quite few thousand years
before this. found that many of the
characters we're exactly the same as the
ancient writings of the Hindus, which
deciphered in India in 1873, where
had gone in the colonial service. Gair1s
ing the confidence of an East Indian
priest. I was given access to the So
called writings of Mu' in one OF the
temples.
II took wax impressions of these
tablets and spent many years in trans
lating them. They revealed the fac
that this ancient people, which. in my
opinion, was overwhelmed by a great
disaster about 1900 years ago, had re-
duced their conception of matter to a
basic force and that they regarded all
phenomena as manifestations of this
one fundamental energy.
Now. in these ancient Mexican writ
ings found the same story told in the
same characters. find that these peo-
pie knew that the earth was round,
| that 1t revolved on its axis: that 1t was
part of planetary system, with the sun
/ at the center. and that the sun was a
part of stellar system. They had a
knowledge of Subatomic structure much
more thorough and profound than ours
today and, personally. ! am convinced
that they used this knowledge, not in
breaking up the atom. but in deriving
latent energy from the electrons in some
other way
Origin Of Universe.
while Mr. Niven found vast arpouni
| of pottery, utensils and weapons which
/ have not seen, and which may reveal
much as to the manner of life of these
people and their state of civilization.
can deduee nothing as to these matters
4 from the tablets. In their entirety they
1 are sort of scientific or philosophical
treatise and are all confined to the mair
theme of the origin OF the universe and
OF the understanding Of matter and en-
ergy"
/ Col Churchward has given almost
his entire adult life to archaeology
having been VIII expeditions Ill the
south seas. Egypt. Mexico. Central
America. Siberia. Alaska and Thibet
Although he is of British citizenship
he has maintained his residence in
America for many years. He is the
author of several books When asked
whether he belonged to any scientific
societies Col Churchward said
Il have refused to join them. The
moment man joins society he be-
comes orthodox. I am. of course in
touch with scientists of various uni
| versities. and have on many occasions
co-operated with them i'm research
such as this examination of the Mexi-
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