Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19

Lindbergh as a flying archeologist has
touched the imagination of the public
again, but most of the commentators.
while giving this latest sky jaunt its
due as a stirnulant to exploration and
discovery, choose to ponder the Magyar
mystery itself rather than the bird's-eye
view Of it.
THE finding of Magyar ruins in Yucca
tan is not unusual" says the Charleston
Daily Mail. Many have been diScov-
cred and explored, but the information
they yielded has served chiefly to whet
the appetites of scientists. No find ap-
parently has been made in as impene-
trable a region as that in which Lind
bergh made his discovery. Situated as
1t is, it may have escaped the fate of
many Magyar ruins that had fallen prey
to the acts of vandals before being
reached by scientists. The Lindbergh
discoveries, therefore, may prove of
prime Importance"
Col Lindbergh on a holiday lark
discloses the weirdly inexplicable secrets
of the Guatemalan jungle" exclaims
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and that
paper explains the importance of the
discovery with the statement: ut is
startling revelation that country so
small as Guatemala has its terra incog-
nita. That there is in the Magyar land
still important work for courageous
archaeological explorers is a revelation
which will prove inspiring: 1t is also
one more indication of the immense
value of the airplane in bringing to
light the secrets of the earths most hid
den places"
The aviator's effort to "wrest from
the past the enchanting story of a
strange people who remain a mystery
across the little known but brilliant
page of American history" arouses the
enthusiasm of the San Bernardino Sun,
which refers to great cities discovered
and eXcavated by the Carnegie Insti-
tuition, and continues: There is the
belief that there are many more such
cities buried in the jungles of Yucatan
Such is the legend at least of the people
of the region. Eventually the history
of this strange civilization will be re-
vealed, for progress is being made in
deciphering the handwriting cut into
the walls of the buildings. Maya art
rose to high levels Of decorative beauty.
The priests created an elaborate calen-
der and sacrificial ritual. The astro-
nomical science was developed to a high
level of accuracy. They knew their year
better than the Babylonians. The
sculptured work amazes the modern
observer"
I'm the entire history of the human
race" according to the Providence
Journal, there has been perhaps no
chronological mystery more puzzling than
that involved in the possible origins of
the several peoples that built up mar
velous civilizations in parts of Central
and South America centuries before
Europe's discovery of the Western con-
tinent. And Of all the traces of these
vanished civilizations that have been
brought to light in recent years none
are more stimulating to the imagination
or more provocative Of wonder than
the mute evidence discovered in the
wilds of Yucatan." The Journal adds
that Col. Lindbergh's discovery seems
to have opened a new and romantic
chapter in his remarkable career"
Pointing out that the Magyar civiliza-
ton was at its peak about the time Of
the birth of Christ" the Dayton Daily
News states that "the jungles swallowed
it during the ages and only the ruins
remain" but that Col Lindbergh's
flights have helped round out this lost
history. The expedition is prophetic of
the part the Girplane is to play in
News. The Decatur Review believes
that when the ruins are finally in
spected we may learn of an advanced
civilization that once 1ourished but was
crowded out" The Review suggests
that why it was crowded out will be of
great human interest"
Even the most daring explorers have
hesitated to attempt to penetrate the
great forests, but from the air the
chances Of material discoveries are very
alluring," says the Bangor Commercial,
with the conviction that "Lindbergh has
now found the way, and his present