was the first to discover America The popular belief that. Columbus in 1492 has had a further shock.
Hieroglyphics have recently been found on the foundation-stones of the pyramids of San Juan Teotihuacan, nearly 30 miles north-east of Mexico City, which (says the Central News New York correspondent) are pronounced similar to symbols still used in the Chinese language, and which lend colour to the theory of Professor John Fryer, of California University, that "Buddhist missionaries first visited America in the fifth century.
The words "sun," "eye," and "city" are clearly depicted in the Fong Tsiang-kuang, the Chinese Charge d'Affaires in Mexico City, who has seen them.
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