Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-20 | Page 8 | Site of Old City Visited

SITE OF OLD CITY VISITED Ancient Holy Books Brought From Wilder Wilder- Wilderness Wilderness Wilderness ness In China CAMBRIDGE Mau July 19 W H-W UI Manuscripts 2000 2 ears old some ROme om of ot them In original holy books ot of o the Buddhist faith n a nI I beautiful bronze mirror and aped aped- specimens mens of sculpture more than 10 I centuries old are arG among amone ar- ar archaeologIcal ar exhibits exhibit brought ought hero herby by Langdon Warner Varner follow fellow for tor research research re- re search earch in Asia Ajla of Harvard unior- unior university sity Mr Warner arner has completed a tour which started a year ago through estern China The trip in which special pedal search nas as 39 made niad for tor traces of early Bud Bud- Bud expedition Influences carried the tir along alone the ancient trade trad route to India and north to the Gobi to 10 an old city now in ruins at which Marco Polo outfitted six centurion centuries ago aro for tor hi his day 40 jour jour- journey journey journey ney to the th treat great khans khan's capital TiE n DE I cr PL nOW O ow At the ancient cit Polo lIed c neither r nor animal life lite is ia now The Tho Th camels camel sith which the th expedition proceeded were ere ere halted hailed eight mile mild In the th rear roar and were used to haul haulter ater ter to 10 the e pari party The Th d ert has h advanced its 8 It fron tron- fron- fron frontier frontiera tiers tiera tier 1 lr r Warner slId Ud and has ha the tir city of which the Walls till their bal un-bal ed bricks brick etched and worn sorn by the tt l blo blowing Ing sand nand and but with lIh ith the th gate gate- Wi curtain HII lis and bastions baitlon ba tlona still till plainly discernible Fine specimens of o stucco sculpture the bronze mirror and other finds tre He dull dug dui from the ruin ruins Mr Ir arner W amer went In search carch of artIn relies of the development of art In China thich followed the th of the t earlle-t of Indian traders trader Ito HG endeavored ored to collect all aU a abl able specimens of the early arly art surviving the centuries and to f learn more of o Us early development Some of the th manuscripts that were brought back are ar believed to tobe tob ho be Bud original oi holy boy books book of the tho th Dud Bud faith Some Somo are ar long pape pap scrolls croll In brought from India some ome om are ara ar copies cople of t these made mada In transit and some Rome are translations Into early e Chinese Chin or made mad by Asian Alan con con- converts con convert verts vert Their age ic is I estimated e to toI bo be tob tobo about 2 1 scars learn un I 1 hat he h termed t rm d the Iho tk prIze of o the tho th