Show JEWELS OF VAST ANTIQUITY i discoveries made at t the capital of cf ancient persia remarkable discoveries have been made in the ruing nilos of the temple at susa the ancient capital of 0 persia where marvels ot at jewelry hoe bave been brought to light the earliest examples over ever known of that country the jewels of gold and silver are the first of those countries anil and those ages which have come down doun lf the present day in this they present a great real interest unfortunately it Is not possible pO BElbIe to assign a precise date data to each of them As the cylinders and seats ela which form a part of at the finds belong to all periods from rom the fortieth or fiftieth century B C down to date data of 0 foundation so 80 it Is with ule the jewels there are toine ot of every age the rings of filigree florree worle work and the scepter with the llona lions head bead seem to 0 o be morene event cent thab the statuettes 0 of f gold anil and silver which have 8 frankli archaic alpe appearance aranco out but ono one can not be ba sure of 0 this appreciation have the discoverers not been surprised by finding rings which it 1 their origin had bad not been certain mould be attributed by the most moat acuto acute cOD connoisseurs to the greek or etruscan epochs before the discoveries at danbur nothing was known of the egyptian jewelry the opening of the tombs ot of the princes of the twelfth dynasty was a revelation it I 1 Is 5 sh tho a same now as regards elam |