| Show RUINS IN GUATEMALA the english edition or of publio opinion for september lath i contains an interesting te and all too brief account of 01 the discovery disco very i f a buried city in Quat guatemala emals the article will well bear reproduction in full A buried city has just been discovered in guatemala upon the estate of don manuel J alvarado at the foot 0 of f vol cin oan do de agua on several occasions the proprietor had noticed articles having a strong resemblance to the domestic utensils ut nails of the north nonh american indians at the period of the discovery of the new worle he finally decided on an all excavation meters and at a depth of from two to five alve meters unearthed a number of interesting articles article such as domestic utensils faience vessels engraved and brightly painted glasses vases and kitchen pot note all in good preservation also onyx aze axes hammers sword knives and lance heads in fact the whole series of weapons in use in pre columbian tin wats waa fully represented along with these theae were a great lumber dumber of painted olav clay idols fine pe pearls ar a turquoises and other precious stones among the latter w was one of a magnificent green color called by the natives and worn only by prince one of the glasses was ornamented with symbols and hieroglyphic inscriptions in brilliant colors the statues carved in black basalt dai displayed great artistic skill and are the most remarkable from the fact that their sculptors ors had far only stone implement so far at lea least no trace of metal of any kind has been found in the excavation so it la Is probable that the buried city pertained to the stone age at a depth of only one and a half meters the workmen came on the ballf wall the houses of the buried city at the level of the floor of these they discovered a confused mass of human f t skeletons some in sitting postures some lying on their backs some soine on 1 their faces some of the skeletons showing the inhabitants to have been giants the positions of the skeletons and in fact the whole condition of the ruins point to the conclusion that the city was suddenly swallowed by an earthquake |
