Photo by Edward H. Thompson 



A PAGE OE STONE THAT NO MAX MAY YET READ 



"How old is this great city of stone-built temples and myriad carvings? For years we 

 have sought among its fallen columns and toppled walls for that which would tell us clearly 

 of its age. To a certain extent the search has not heen in vain. We have found a tablet of 

 stone covered with hieroglyphs, and among them are signs that fix a date, an epoch. Keen 

 minds and trained are now at work on the tablet, and the time may not be far distant when 

 we shall know whether it be 2,000 years old or less, as some students claim, or over 11,500 

 years, as claimed by he Plongeon" (see text, page 601). 



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