Show scientists TOLD OF WONDERFUL FIND ancient ruins yield astronomical observatory new york tho oldest astronomical observatory lu in the western hemisphere dating back centuries before the coming of the white man may have been unearthed from the ruins of the alie ancient maya alaya city of copan la in guatemala according to information laid before file alie national academy of Selen sciences cos recently by dr john 0 mer binin president of the carnegie institution ution of washington although the institution Is not yet ready to designate it definitely ns as such doctor merriam told the members of the academy that tho the institutions archaeological archeological arche expedition to yucatan and guatemala had partially excavated a structure which from construction st and position gave every indication di of having been used by the tha maya priests for astronomical observations vat ions considerable data had previously previous li been obtained showing that these indians who set up the greatest aboriginal caltury in the western hemisphere were probably accomplished accomplish eI astronomers astron omera they developed a remarkably mar kably accurate calendar and it Is ia hoped that the discovery of their observatory atory may now assist in more accurate correlation of the maya alaya and christian calendars another important discovery athla season doctor merriam told the tha academy was that of a much older and much more beautiful temple burled beneath another temple at chichen itza where the maya had their religious capital in yucatan tills this now new temple lina hils just been found beneath the temple of tho the warriors now almost completely excavated and it may push pash the dote date of the first founding the Cl itchen itza back many more years the alie only theory yet advanced to explain the presence of the no new w burled buried temple doctor said Is that some high priests pr lesta jealous of the artistic achievements of a predecessor determined to ettice efrece the results of hla ht handiwork and built the larger temple of the warriors squarely over tho earlier one modern civilization however has not only uncovered ills deceit but it hns has found that his art was inferior to that of ills his predecessor |