The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-03
UNDERGROUND JERUsALEM.
An Interesting Exhibition i'm Aondo,

ONDERGHOUND JER RUSALEM.
| An anteresting Exhibition i'm London.
An interesting exhibition is about to open
in the Dudley Gallery of the Egyptian Hall in
London. The numerous collections OF the
Palestine Explo1 alton in and about Jerusalem.
with various antique relics from other parts Of
the Holy Land. brought home by Mr.. Nc
Gregor, the gentleman VIII madc the recent
remarkable voyage in the canoe Rob Boy upon
the waters OF Syria and Palestine, Lave been
arranged for general inspection, with series
Of nearly three hundred and fifty Photographic
views, taken in all parts of the country. The
London Telegraph says:
Lieutenant Warren, as is we'll kno wn, has
boon industriousiy uncovering the very roots
OF the ancient city in the service Of the Pales-
tine Exploration Society. His subte1raneap
labors have revealed what may b. called strait
fed jewish history. He has gone down ninety
feet in one spor; and, at the corner of the Ha-
has disclosed the foundauon-stones of the old
temple, st .nding upon the living rock, besides
chambers, walls. aqueducts, clsterns and
arches which begin, after Incredible toll, to
range themselves INTO an Ineligible plan re-
veali 6 to us the real Jerusalem Of the past
Those excavations have carried back research,
indeed, to the days preceding Solomon; for in
one spot watercourse Of masonry has bcen
found passing under the temple wall itself,
and there are relics in this exhibition which
come fcom that very place. The bottom
OF the Blrket. 1srall, or Pool of Bethes-
as the wall OF Ophel and the Tyropnum valley:
and at the foot of the southeast an lo
OF the Great Rampant Which now sus-
talns the mosques Of Omar and Aksa have
ed With chisel or painted IN red. These have
been studied by MIR. Deutsch and declared to
be construction marks OF the Phenician ma
sons who built the Temple. The tac-sim.les
OF them thus far brought home are Very much
like the first attempt Of small boy to max
figures upon his slate; but they are assuredly
OF Immense antiquity, and no doubt they rep
feesen, res as Is stated 20 the actusi memoranda Of
the contrno." from Solomon. the King, to build
bis Tempe. From similar mlues of arcbm ,lo-
gical wealth Lieutenant Warren sends US in
this exhibition the various finds heretofore ex-
humed.
The treasure-trove is, OF course, Of differ
ent eDochs and very varying importance.
of Ophel which ls iln-baked, and comesrrom
the city as it existed at and before the time of
CHRIST. By the side Of that relic are deposited
tnre, or four balista balls, roughly ch1pped out
pounds, which were found in the debris of the
Tyre ~um. and most probably were flung into
the city by the besieging army of Titus. Read
ers OF Josephus will recolleot how watchmen
for those stone shots, and cry, 1.-THE white bolt
cometh." Here they are just as ths balistdraS
discharged them; and. although nothing when
compared with the Armstrong she'll they must
have been awkward things to encounter.
A fragment OF mortar and concrete from the
bottom OF the Pool of Bethesda shows that the
water was artificaly contained in that recep-
tacle, il, indeed the Birket Israil be the same.
A soecimon of the pottery from the Cave of
Adullam takes us away from Jerusalem, and
suggests thoughts at once modern and politi-
cal; yet: in truth, Saul may himself have used
Lieutenant W,rren and his party send us
from the vaults below the area Of the Great
Mosque some fragments Of pitchers and cups
which ore thought to be true Ph@nician. They
are sngularly like the ceramic ware OF the Ka-
byles IN Algeria as regards color and ornamen-
tation, but the reds and yellows upon them are
the natural earth-dyes Of all potters, and the
lozepge patterns those also which are the
easiest to make. None OF the articles are per-
feet enough to allow Of ajudgment from their
shape, whi ,h ls q surer guide than color or
pattern in ancient earthenware. Along with
ly finished lecyths Of an unique form which.
although very simple, are perfectly true in de-
al sign and are rendered positively elegant by
their correct shape.
T ,ere is an especially striking round-beli,ed
vessel from '.Robinson's Arch" discovered at
seventy-tw wo feet below the surface, OF dark red
clay, and almost as thin as biscuit china. It
may have held the fine -four mingled with
OIL" or the ''drlnk offering OF wine. the fourth
part Of q bin" presented when Kore, the son
OF Tmnah the Levite, was porter toward the
East, over the precious offerings" IN the region
OF Hezekiah With these are mingled some
curious little jars OF more primitive type
believed to be Sldt nian-though, as they are Of
exactly the same shade Of Color, and r.iade ap-
parentIy OF the same clay. they may. as likely
as not, have been jewish vessels TO contain oil
or essences In rclgi ,1s or domestic use.
Under Mount Sion have been found sp.ndle..
shaped vessels, small and possessing the
n n ARC O0fN ny.a nkacS
| mains are very puzzling. Among the mos5
ancient OF the number NAV be noticed a sau-
| cer-shaped piece, OF good manufacture and
perfect glaze, which exa lily resembles the ar
ti"les made IN the Pnnj jaub to hold camels' milk
cheese. though 1t may very we'll be, for aught
We know, the identical ''lOrlly dish" IN which
Jael. the wife Of heber, the Kenite brought
pntter to .stsera- preserved I'D the Tenn ,ie--or
one OF tho "empties" not returned to the
Queen OF Sheba after her celebrated visit Wit i,
80 many presents TO the spot which is hero for
| the hrst time laid bare after four Thousand
years.
These objects, at once 40 old and new. ara TO
be supplemented, by and by. with collection
OF speolmen. from Mount Smsl, and aome adj :
l ditlopal ar icleS OF interest, from the sarn !,
| sources contributed by Sir Henry james.
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