Show Old Tombs Are Found in Greece Ancient Vases and Bronze Age Dagger U Unearthed Princeton N J Important J Important archeo- archeo archeological archeological archeo logical discoveries have Just been made according to word received here by Prof Edward Capps of ot Princeton uni uni- university university Professor Capps Is chairman ot of the managing committee of the AmerIcan School of ot Classical Studies In Athens under whose auspices the excavations arc are being made Twelve chamber tombs of ot various periods have been Leen found containing a vast amount of material as they had never been plundered The Is situated on the top of a hill hili midway between Ar- Ar Argos Argos gos Ar-gos gos and Mycenae It was a temple to llera lIera and was at one time one of the most Important sanctuaries In Greece end the foremost temple of ot Hera hemn In Inthe inthe Inthe the I Left Money for Project Dr Charles Waldstein did some ex- ex excavating ex excavating on the site In 1892 lS and then abandoned It One Oae of his Ills assistants Irot Prot Clark dark i Joseph of ot Bos Bos- ton came to the conclusion that Im im- im important Important discoveries were possibly there lie Ile believed belle that an Investigation tion might disclose the remains of a prehistoric settlement and also that there were more Mycenaean chamber tombs besides the two discovered by Doctor Waldstein Last Ln t year he be made plans to return but died In January before lie he could carry them out lie He left a fund however to be used by bl bythe bythe the American school In carrying out his cherished project TIle The work so far has lias completely jus- jus Ju the beliefs and there Is no doubt that an Important settlement existed on the site In prehistoric times Trial trenches have been sunk In the terrace above the old temple and have re- re revealed revealed re revealed house walls and pottery from nil all three periods of ot the Bronze age On the eastern branch of the Yero- Yero Yero-galaro Yero galaro ridge the tho excavations resulted I In the discovery of ot 12 chamber tomb tombs In three groups fairly close together I The tombs are arc In general of two t types pe one with a short broad or en- en entrance entrance en entrance trance passage and a comparatively small chamber the other with a long taperIng and a large chamber Three Tombs Tomb Excavated Three tombs of ot the first type have just been completely excavated They date from the late third pe- pe period pe period clod about 1400 1100 B n C The tombs yielded good vases of ot the late third period and also gems bends beads and a n very fine bronze dagger Inlaid with gold with a de design l n of flying Hying birds The remaining tombs are now being excavated and und one tomb of ot the lie sec sec- second second ond type of Impressive dimensions has been found It has hus a romos 12 me- me meters meters me meters long and 2 meters wide wille and the chamber measures roughly 50 by 11 90 10 meters This and und the remaining tombs lire are furnishing material for the archaeologIsts archaeologists archaeologists who will probably complete their ther work In June The excavations excavation are being made under wider the supervIsion of Dr Carl W le en assistant di dl dl- dl director rector of ot the American School of 01 Classical Studies at Athens |