Boston University College of Practical Arts and Letters - Sivad Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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n Z7 fi.. g A IPALII ifwpnrt nf the ilirrmt ihzrhavnlngmxl ilnnnatrgattnnn In the Glttg nf Jlinatnn an Huhltaheh III the Nahanni Cmngra 1 phil: imlagaztne sinh 1112 iliiterarg Btgzat As it had long been my ambition to make, a scientific investigation of those ancient and famous ruins Which have been so Well preserved 1n that district Just south of Copley Square which Was destroyed by the earthquake of 1929 it was to my great Joy that I Was appointed last May by -the Bureau of Archaeological Research t-o conduct a paifty Which should make a study of these fascinating relics of a bygone age After two Weeks of preliminary field Work We turned our attention to an almost perfectly preserved specimen of the quaintly charming archi tecture of this neighborhood and period-an extremely low bu1ld1ng con structed of blocks of some str ange substance which We have now concluded may be identical With the brick mlentioned in certain ancient records preserved in the Boston Museum Across the main Wall of this building We Were able to decipher the letters COL G ICAL L T' RS but the significance of them 1S st1ll a disputed question among the authorl ties, many claiming them to be an advertisement for some manufacturing company of the period, While others remain convinced that they furnish some form of identification for the building ltself. In the light of our further investigations I am inclined to support the latter belief With great care We commenced our excavations. The interior of the building had been to some extent protected and its contents unusually Well preserved--though in a fossilized state. In the flrst room into which We penetrated a closely packed group of skeletons Was discovered, all appar ently facing a Wall of slate, on Which was Written in rather ineligible characters the Words Dr, Chal Wi unable to me t his cl s M nd-. It is thought from this discovery that under the civilization of this era the unfortunate ignorance of the period as to the art of thought transference necessitated the use of Written symbols, the study of which forms an interesting branch of our modern research A still more startling revelation Was furnished by the discovery, in a lower room, of What We have determined to have been ancient instru ments of torture-in fact, definite proof of this was furnished by the skeletons Which Were found hanging from a curious arrangement of it A111153 K1 7 U One hundred f011J

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