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Show Great Things Hoped of Exploration in Mexico Egyptology carries Its devotees back to a profound antiquity In comparison with which all the remains of Mexico seem almost modern. But Egyptian history is known and written, while not only the history but also the ethnology of early Mexico remain mysteries. mys-teries. For example, the Quiche of Guatemala and the Maya of Yucatan, whose great temples and cities may appear similar to the uninitiated, were in reality distinct peoples, and they both had languages which seem wholly unrelated to the language of the Aztecs of Mexico. It Is not wide of the mark to assert that "Mexicol-ogy," "Mexicol-ogy," If such a word may be coined. Is still in Its Infancy despite the remarkable re-markable discoveries and erudite studios stu-dios of the savants. The gold-greedy Spanish conquerors were ever searching for El Dorado, the city of gold. There were plenty of Aztec legends of such a city, but the rapacious explorers seldom found anything more golden than the mud pueblos of the ZunI and HopI In the desert north, or the crumbling and un-goldon un-goldon ruins In the Jungles of the south. |