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NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1948
ARCHAEOLOGY'S BOON PICTURED
Man's Material Wealth,
Historic Lore Greatly
Increased, W. G. Paul Says
By LEROY INMAN
A "pot of gold" exists at the foot of the rainbow for many archae
ologists who pursue their quest to the end, Walter G. Paul, himself
an archaeologist, told Lions Club members last Thursday night.
Paul, who will leave this week for Southern California and go
thence to Mexico, Central America and Peru, reviewed archae
ological finds and told of the vast Intrinsic wealth, not to mention
the wealth of historical knowledge these discoveries have netted.
He described discovery of a
temple In Mexico which netted
$12 million, finding of the tomb
of GhengU Kahn, which netted
wealth in excess of $20 million,
and of the nine cities of ancient
Troy, whose wealth is estimated
in excess of $110 million. He sum
marized the vast remaining ex
ploration which may prove a "pot
of gold" for enthusiastic archae
ologists. At least 800 cities in the
Tigres and Euphrates valleys
mentioned In the Bible remain un
discovered, he .;aid. Man, from the
earliest primitive days, has lived
and died by the sword, and their
plunder remains.
"But In all man's findings, re
vealing of the secrets of the past,
his analysis of the stars, his con
quering oi lime ana space, me re
leasing of energy stored in the
tiny atom with all these discover
ies, man has failed in one thing:
The problem of living In harmony
with his fellow men, he staled.
' Discussing what he termed
vthe Romance of Archaeology,"
h told of his travels all over the
world in the last 45 years.
7mple'i Wealth Cited
. Mt. Album in Mexico, explorers
found, covered a magnificent
temple, with gold and silver stones
valued at $12 million. Three
temples in Guatemala contained
Jade found previously only In
Asia and carved ivory thought to
exist only from elephants In
Africa. How it got there Is a ques
tion, ne stated. I
Weathering of stones of ancient I
Cities of Peru, from where the I
Spaniards stole vast wealths of I
fold from the Incas, date backL
000 to 6.000 years. : I
' Paul told of a visit 45 years ago I
to Lake Tllacaca, highest lake In I
the world, on the border between I
Bolivia and Peru. At this 13,000 ! I
foot elevation, where neitherl'
grain nor grass can grow, has!,
been found evidence of a clviliza-i 1
tion, of temples and cities. He saw l'
a rock weighing 351 tons, cut from
a quarry 17 miles away, and a sec- I
ond stone cut, but never moved, i'
from the same quarrv. The most N
Eowerful cranes today lift only i I
50 tons. I1
On Easter Island, 2500 miles out 1
In the Pacific off the shores of
Chill, where there is no arable l'
land, statues appear carved on ,
mountain slopes and show other
traces of civilization. "Are these
islands stretching across the ocean
part of an ancient submerged con
tinent?" he asked.
He told of a larger stone, cut
and moved, found on the Nile
River In Egypt weighing 1012 tons
and of a stone in Syria weighing
1154 tons.
Treasures In Asia
Removal of gravel from a hill
side In China bv Chiang-Kai-shek's
workers ten years ago uncovered
a tunnel which proved one of the
most astonishing finds ii, history.
inaiue were Dones,
many petrified, of 18 primitive
men, women and. children in a sin
gle room. The skulls revealed
brain capacity of 90 cubic centi
meters, compared to 1540 cubic
centimters for the brain of an ave
rage American today. The gravel
deposits did not come from (hat
mountain, but hai. been left there
by one of three Ice ages, dating
from 25,000 to 900,000 years ago. '
Twenty years of search by a I
Swedish scientist revealed Ihei
tomb of Ghengis Kahn and treas
ures worth $20 million the loot of
this Chinese war lord. A life sized
horse and life sized tiger In pink
Jade, worth Its weight In silver,
were discovered.
Priceless Art Found
Paul said he visited caves found
In Spain which housed the skele
tons of the cro magnon man 6000
years ago. Found there were art
works the like of which has never
been duplicated at any time In his
tory. The life-like motion of ani
mals of that day are unparalleled
in works of art. The race was a
fine specimen, and it is believed
the Basques of Spain are direct
descendants.
Troy's Discovery Told
Seventy-four years ago, a Ger
man archaeologist, reading
Homer, concluded the city of
Troy, believed a fable, actually ex
isted. His many months of search
brought fruit, when a shaft came
down directly upon a huge copper
kettle, which contained treasures
valued at $110 million. He had dis
covered the ancient city, and the
removal oi me mountain revealed
the ruins of the city and Its
marble statues.
Below the streets of the first
city he found a second, which con
tained less wealth but some gold,
silver and Jade. He uncovered in
all nine cities, one below the other,
revealing the treasurers, of less
intrinsic value, but nevertheless
oi great historical wealth, of each
city. The cities dated back to up
wards of 11,000 years, and each
revealed its own source of infor
mation oi tne past.
The word "hymn" was origin
ally used by ancient Greeks for
a song or poem in honor of
gods, heroes or famous men.
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