Show FAKE RELICS WERE REAL indians indiana of mexico city have been selling antiques to world tourists tourists and curlo curo buyers in mexico city baity have for been made to boileve they were experiencing the exquisite sensation Bens atlon of being behig humbugger humbugged hum huni bugged by fake aztec idol when in reality they have heon been fooled nil all along with tho the article this disco discovery vory lins haa been made by prof Wil william linin niven of and mexico city who has given years to the study of the fossilized remains of tho the ancient inhabitants of mexico mr niven has recently discovered tho the indians indiana at work in fit a treasure house of burled buried mexican pottery idols and similar remains some boino tittles miles west of mexico city which they have been marketing on the streets of mexico city for year As it has been taken for granted that these objects were modern imitations and prices were cut down in accordance tho the indians have fallen in with the humor and found it more profitable and quicker to let tho the buyer do tits his own sizing up of the antique value of the curio 0 however mr air niven was surprised to find among the number of such objects purchased by himself several that bore unmistakable signs of great age curious pieces of pottery purchased by him on the streets had been burled buried so long that their substance sub stanco had become of great hardness and to show a high degree of that must have required i not centuries but thousands of years year s questioning tho the ven vender derEk he has haa been shown rethey were dug tho the place la IS some miles west of tacuba dacuba tho diggings show that the indiana havo have been exploiting the mounds for many years yeara skulls have been found that possess peculiar anthropological value showing a typo type of people entirely different in the structure and shape of their skulls from any other before found mr niven believes that the numerous ous heads and faces of burned clay represent fanelly portraits and were employed for similar purposes for which photographs ar are e now used |