The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-05-13
JERUSALEM.

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4 City Beneath a City-Pompeii and He,
Gu 1araeuna Repeated-Resuzts Of recent Ba
pzorations r
From the II. Y. World.
The subterranean explorations which
have been carried on at Jerusalem by
Lieutenant Warren, on behalf of the
British association, known as Palestine
Exploration Society, leave no doubt that
the city which was hallowed by the feet
of the Saviour of mankind, and which
was the scene of the most solemn events
in the history of the world, still exists,
buried beneath the Smodern Jerusalem, as
Pompeii and Herculaneum lie buried be-
meath the lava and ashes of Vesuyius.
Lieutenant Warren commenced his explor.
ations in February, 1868, and reports of
the results of his investigations up to
February of this year, have been pub
lished. He has sunken twenty -four shafts
in different parts Of the city, besides max
ing excavations at the Pool of Bethesda
and at SLOAN, and has driven galleries
from these shafts to the distance of many
hundred feet. Until1the investigations
had been commenced, the belief was, gen
eral that not only had the ancient Jerusa,
lem been RACED the ground, but that it
had been cleared away from its sight SO
that not even a yestige of it could. be
found. Innumerable explorations of the
modern city above the ground had been
made; and itwas supposed that all ethe,
notable proportions of the new city had
been correctly identified with the CORES,
ponding portions of the ancient one. But
now it seems to he shown that the greater
part of these identiications have been
based on fallacies.o The disappearance of
that old city is, in fact, one of the most
marvellous things in history Here was a.
city famous for its size, magnifcence and
beauty, 'the joy of the whole earth" >, the
history Of which, from its foundation up
to the period of it's capture by the tRo-
mans, was known and recorded with ,unA
paralleled minuteness, suddenly wiped,
out from the face oflthc earth, with nothing.
left to mark it's site but gigantic heaps of
ruins, on which, after the lapse of centur /
les, small and ugly7looking town was
built From the destruction of Jerusalem1
by Titus down to the fourth century, the
history Of the city is blank but, from
the latter period until now, descriptions
of it have been numerous and detailed.
Curiously enough, however, no one before
Lieutenant Warren seems to have noticed
that, while the correctness of the descrip-|
ton given by Josephus of the ancient is
unquestionable, the fact that the appear,
ance and comparative height Of the hills,
end especially the height of the temple
wall, are so different--the discrepancy
pointed out the fact that the surface of
the modern city is one hundred feet or
more above what was the surface of the
ancient city, Thus, Josephus speakss1of
the dizzy height from the southern oclois-
ter of the. temple to the bottom Of the.
Kendron Valley. AT present the, height
is anything But a dizzy one ;'but Lieuten
ant Warren has ascertained that the wall
of the temple, from its foundation to, the
floor of this cloister, was 1873 feet; the
cloister was itself 80 feet high and the
bottom Of the valley of the Kendron,
which is now only 1913 feet below the. wall
was in fact 225 feet deep so that "the
dizzy height" was really 44S feet, or just
about the distance of the SOC. cubits mem
toned by Josephus. sg 48r san al
I Lieutenant Warren commenced his ex-
cavations at the southeast corner of the
harem inclosure, a spot where the wall is
remarkable for the size, of the stone and
| its height, which is seventy feet,aboye the
present surface. n The result of the: exam
| ination was the discovery OF, the true sur
face, Of the rock on which this portion, of
the temple wall stands, at, a distance Of
sixty feet below the present, surface, and
/ 1873 feet below the inner level of the plat
1 form of the harem. The next excavation
was1at the opposite end of the south wall;
and here, after exposing the, wall to the
depth Of fortyrfive feet, a pavement was
found, consisting of stones one footsaauare
! polished by the tread of fee nearly 2, 900
years ago. The workmanship of thewall
was beautiful, the lower course being
''rusticated,' but the upper ones finished
on the face, with joints eYquisitely fitted,
so as to be hardly visible. The Relating
is from four to six inches wide, and set. ID
black about three inches, in the upper OF
dressed stones, and eighteen in those not
dressed. This shaft was continued still
i deeper, and at the depth of eighty five
feeta gallary was found running north
and south, which was explored to q dis,
lance of $50 feet. + BY another lexcaya-
4 ton a. series of vaults was found under
i those which have been, known as ythe
! STABLES of solomon" The masonry q
the passage leading to these vaults rs ! q
the first order of megalihic masonry, viii
j stones upwards of fifteen feet in length
| beautifully worked, and with characters
1 tie rebating. The roof is of large stones
Irebated and laid fiat The. discoveries
made by other excavations are equally i'm
portant and decisive, and they show, be
Vond all cayil that the old Jerusalem still,
exists beneath the modern town g4dt #
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