FRANCE'S BURIED CITY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 412, 7 April 1904, Page 6

FRANCE'S BURIED CITY.

Brongbrt to Light bj the Discovery! of Two Ancient Toin!»» Xtar * Orleans. w Interesting ruins which point »«- the existence of a barfe-l oily haw been found in the woftds . .' «,;.:::•.. inicrre, near the chatec.:: yi ;.«a nun::. l , tome miles distant :r<>::>. *<;•- ler.r.s. Two tombs comp:>: c'. of !•; :i oltiti r.tones, in one of whirft the .•• mains of, a skeleton were repas.i s have been found under accieui ;.-.-. They were at a depth of 30 ceiuimeters below the soil. It i.> cssTT mated from the nature of the store-. their dimensions and form, that : tombs date from the sixth, seven . or eighth century. According to a local tradition rn this site, which was formerly cr«sa - by a great Roman way, many ee:«turies ago an important city s-l"i -' of whirh the ruins still exist, tfcnnsr-j crowded and crushed under the ear;, long ago by wood cutters and ex> a *ators. This tradition attributes to thiburied city the name of Scrgy. It is probable that these tombs are n the only relics in this place, and that ft well-condudcted search would rertal an entire cemetery, whose extent would give an idea of the importance of the buried city. fc