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which had been discovered and excavated by the Brothers de Morgan 
in Armenia. These were objects from some of the thousand sepultures 
mentioned by M. de Morgan, and they came from the mountain 
range midway between the Caspian and the Black Seas. So these 
objects both of bronze and of iron mentioned by him were quite 
familiar to me. 
Monsieur A. Odobesco presented some observations and descriptions 
as to the prehistoric monuments in Roumania, in Northern Moldavia. 
He described the objects of human industry as being arms made of 
polished stone implements in gold, objects in pottery. Some of the 
latter were covered with designs in color which resembled the volutes, 
spirals, and cervides of the vases of Mycenes. There were also small 
statuettes in terra-cotta. Monsieur Odobesco believed that the pre- 
historic stations of this sort in Roumania, Valachia, Transylvania, 
belonged to the same chain of civilization which had its origin in 
Greece and Asia Minor and united the prehistoric Caucasus, and he 
recommended the attention of the congress to this matter at some 
future session. Thus was brought to an end the extremely interesting 
and somewhat exciting discussion between Dr. Schliemann and Captain 
Boetticher. (Zo be continued.) 
Recent Discoveries of Egyptian Remains.—Writing to 
the New York Wadéion from Keneh, Upper Egypt, on March 17th, Mr. 
W. H. Goodyear describes an important and most interesting discovery 
made by Mr. Petrie at Maydrom. Mr. Petrie has there unearthed 
“the oldest known Egyptian temple, and the only pyramid temple 
ever found.’ Apart from the ‘‘ Temple of the Sphinx’’ at Ghizeh, 
this building is also ‘‘ the only temple of the Old Empire so far 
known.” It was buried under forty feet of rubbish. It lies directly 
at the center of the eastern base of the pyramid, on the side facing 
which it has two round-topped obelisks. ‘‘ Obelisks and temple cham- 
bers so far entered,” says Mr. Goodyear, ‘“ have the plain, undecorated 
style of the Old Empire, as shown by the temple of the Sphinx, but 
hieratic inscriptions in black paint found within fix the name of 
Seneferoo as builder, and confirm the supposition to this effect hitherto 
based on the fact that tombs near the pyramid contain his cartouche. 
Seneferoo is the king connecting the third and fourth dynasties, and 
variously placed in either. According to computations of Mariette 
and Brugsch, the antiquity will be about 4000 B.C., or earlier. On 
Tuesday, March roth, Mr. Petrie’s workmen reached a platform which 
appeared to be a causeway terminating with two obelisks at the base of 
