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Show ! potteoy fou;;d 401YEPLD STOCKHOLM, Aug. 11 (By A. P ) Swedish arcbaalogtsts bare lately discovered an unusual number of relic that data bark twenty to thirty centuries B. C. the latest find being a tomb and shrine of heathen worship of tha stone axe estimated to be about 4000 years old. This tomb ts situated In l.srka laenca, ISkaane, tha moat southerly . province of Sweden, and until a l short time ago It lay burled beneath , ten different strata of earth. Built . of large stone sis be, It has a central chamber about ten feet by five. ; Around It is a circular pavement of ' slabs, from which radiate a number of curious walks marked by stonra A considerable quantity of human and animal bones were found, together to-gether with flint daggers and spearheads. But tha most Interesting discovery discov-ery waa that of about 7000 freg-ments freg-ments of ornsmsnted vases, which had been thickly strewn outside the tomb. Tha shattering of these vases probably took place, according to the arch eeologl its. In connection wit a heathen rellslous ceremonies. Tha shaping of the weapons and the ornamentation of the vases in-dlrats in-dlrats an advanced civilisation. Tha leackalaensa 1mnb Is estimated esti-mated to be a bo tit ft00 years old, but tha Swedes hava svtdence that their country was Inhabited at least 1000 years before this tomb was built. A skeleton of thst period, pe-riod, now on exhibition in (othen-burg. (othen-burg. Was found In an ancient "oyster "oy-ster bed. many miles Inland from the present sear-oast, at a point from which tha sea began receding during the stona age. |