Show OLD SLAVE CITY IN AFRICA or dr pter peters find finds first actual ancient inscription found in south africa dr carl peter peters the german emptor er or tell tells of strange finds in south at af rica 1 I waa was fortunate enough to dia dis cover a tablet which so far an I 1 know contain contains toe the first actual ancient in fauna la in south africa merly morly have not been of proved actual inscriptions but of 0 stones bearing marka marks strongly tron gly besom bling ancient writing writings the tablet in question que ques atlon was found by ont on of my men in a billave 1 pit to the mouth of indania tn In yanga yania korthof north of the district con contala hundred hundreds of these piu from twenty to twenty five ave foet deep in ta which the ancients an clenta kept their slave 1 the tablet waa was evidently made of cement and had bea been cut in two clearly while it was oft soft the letter letters on it being in no way damaged the character characters look took to me like ike greek letten letters bu but other experts may ay they are grasco clan I 1 take it to bo be the half of ao an ancient passport one portion of which was retained by tho the master and th other ht jed to the mes 1 I 1 aleo also discovered near zimbabwe a brua brass figur of pan aitz x and ft a half hall inches in length tory similar to the baure F agures gures found at pompeii thus proving 1 greek influence in south africa alpar antly at a later period than the tablet I 1 have mentioned these and other discoveries are to my mind further proof that in bouth south africa there has been a continuation of different drill lations zat lons ions it haa bas alio also been shown that during all periods gold mining haa has been carried on apparently taij was wa be gun by catlie of the soil oil probably bushmen and it seems likely that the first semitic people who appeared on the cene scene were only in fit the precious pre cloua |