Show HE HEBREWS LOCATED IN AMERICA fiRST WRITINGS FOUND SHOW DISCOVERY DISCOVERY ERY MADE YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS' COLUMBUS VOYAGE Archeologists Are Not Unduly Excited Over Crosses And War Implement ment menu Unearthed In South Southern ern State Tucson Arizo Arizona A A disconnected story In Latin and Hebrew Inscriptions inscriptions on leaden crosses and Implements Implements ments of war said eald to date back to the eighth or ninth century may tellof tellof tell tellof of a discovery of America some years before Columbus' Columbus renowned voyage voyage voy voy- age but many scientists are aro skeptical of the find Uncovered recently under a limekiln limekiln lime limekiln kiln near here Dr C C. C J. J Sarle former former for for- mer professor of geology at the University University Uni Uni- of Arizona and director of the excavation work asserts that the rele relics rel reI ics ice may shed shell new light on the early history of America Dr Sarle has constructed a theory that a group of Roman Koman Jews landed in America about A. A D. D joined with natives of the Southwest either by alliance or by conquest and established established a kingdom that lasted 1000 years when the natives revolted and overthrew the nation With the announcement of the discovery discovery dis dis- covery however from various sections sections sec sec- of the nation came dubious opinions opinions op Ope op- op inions from archeologists and scientists scientists as to the validity of the find Two University of ot Arizona professors professors sors sore Indicated concurrence with Dr Sarles Sarle's views as to tho the antiquity of the relics according to their statements statements statements state state- ments made public Dr Byron Cum Cum- head of the archeology department depart depart- ment meat of the university declared his belief that the Latin inscriptions closely resembled that In use about A A. D D. D Professor Frank Fowler Fowler head of the university's department of classi classical cal cat languages is reported to have translated the inscriptions on the crosses and other relics which tell of being carried out to sea and of discovering discovering dis die covering a new land A dynasty of ot kings is referred to beginning with Theodorus and including seven Isra Isra- els eta A number of the relics were said to have borne inscriptions dealing principally with war and battles |