Dr. Schliemann's earliest researches were where he believed would be found Homer's city of Troy, but it is at least an open question whether the ruins he discovered were of the famous old place, whose existence has been thought scarcely more than legendary, though he was confident that he had identified the temple of Athena;. His late opera tions were upon old Mycente, the capital of Argolis, and Agamemnon's home. He found the ruins of the acropolis, which the people of the vicinage to-day call Agamemnon fort, the pavements of which show the wear of chariot wheels, and the walls the application of bolts and hinges. What the present natives call the tomb of Agamemnon. lie found to be the treasury of Atreus, cut into the side of a hill and facing a deep ravine. The interior is in two compartments, the first shaped like a cave, 50 ft. wide and 50 ft. high, and the other square, 21 ft. each way. The walls are of hewn stone, without cement, and were once faced with polished metal. A number of tomb slabs, found near but outside of the acropolis, are believed to mark the burial-places of Agamemnon and his companions. A great number of tombs were opened, but few remains of bodies found. In one place, however, he found a vault 21 ft. long, 144 deep, and nearly 12 wide, in which there were human remains. One of the dead bodies had been covered with live thin plates of gold, from 18/- to 25 inches long and 24 wide, upon which were crosses and gold foil. There were also gold blades, vases, fragments of porphyry, and other sculp tures. But the most important discovery was that of a subterranean treasury, dome shaped, with an entrance 13 ft. long, and a roof of stone slabs over three yards long,
supposed to have been a royal treasure-chamber, and covered at a very early period. Here were rude idols of Hera, or Juno, and other female gods; male idols of Assyrian type; idols in the form of a cow, sacred to Juno; an idol with a bird's head; female forms with the beads of cows, the latter on the handles of vases. There- were bronze lances, hatchets, knives, hair-pins, vases, and a tripod. Vases were found in large num bers and great variety of painting. There were large goblets with one and two handles; fragments of a white marble frieze, with spiral ornaments, and part of a necklace, with beads strung on.copper wire. In other places he found more idols, copper and iron headed arrows, a wooden fish, a scepter-head of green stone carved into an Egyptian face, knives and arrows of obsidian, and a glass dish having impressed in it the image of a fly. Still further search disclosed an immense cyclopean house, thought to have been a royal palace. Here he found an onyx finger-ring with figures of hornless cows in intaglio; neck beads; a jasper mold for gold and silver ornaments, having patterns or dies on each of its six sides; axes of green stone and jasper; paintings of warriors in red on a yellow ground, the figures being of an Asiatic type. There were also vases, with handles in the form of crocodiles, a large dragon tripod, and other vessels of brass. Dr. S. has presented this entire collection to the government of Greece. Archaeological re searches are in progress at Rome, Pompeii, and in other places.