| Show OLD SLAVE CITY IN AFRICA dr peters peter finds first actual ancient inscription found in south africa dr carl peters the german explorer I 1 tells 0 of strange finds in south africa 1 I was fortunate enough to discover a tablet which so tar far as I 1 know contains the first actual ancient inscription found in south africa formerly discoveries have not been 0 of proved actual inscriptions but of 0 stones bearing marks strongly resembling ancient semitic writings the tablet in question was found by one of my men in a slave pit to the south of In Inyang yanga north of 0 Uni tall the district contains hundreds of these pits from twenty to twenty five feet deep in which the ancients kept their slaves the tablet was evidently made of 0 cement and had been cut in two to clearly while it was soft the letters on it being in no way damaged ahe characters I 1 look to me like greek letters but other experts say they are gracco phoena clan cian I 1 take it to bo be the halt half of 0 an ancient passport one portion of 0 which was retained by the master and the other handed to the messenger 1 I also discovered near zimbabwe a brass figure of pan six and a halt half inches in length very similar to the figures found at pompeii thus proving greek influence in south africa apparently at a later period than the tablet I 1 have mentioned these and other discoveries are to my mind further proof that in south africa there has been a continuation of different civilizations zat ions it has also been shown bbown that during all these periods gold mining has been carried ou on apparently this was begun by natives of tho the soil probably bushmen and it seems likely that the first semitic people who appeared on the scene were only traders ln in the precious metal |
