The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1881-11-26
IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN BABYLou,.,

'"'' AM 0i0o"' EHI6o III SABTLONIAr
The revelations IN archaeology multiply. The
pubic has hardly ceased to wonder the dis
coVery OF the mummles OF many Pharohs and
Their families than Fir RaSsam the able successor
OF A. II. Layard and George Smith in Assyrian
and Babylonian explorations announces new and
startling results. 1t Will he recOlected that
Smiths exploration of the palace Of King Assur-
oanlpai brought to light whole library Of in
Scrihed brick tablets, some Of which embodied
accounts of the creation and the deluce. strik-
liSly IKE those in Genesis. These were mostly
i'P'lhtS' so to speak, OF much older ChaIdean
wins IL was hoped that the original might be
ui''"i 'heu' ana there is now reason to believe
1,'' ''i'' Expectation will not be disappointed
'''II .'.' "0" over 5000 tablets of this kind in
'' ,''9'' MUSEUM. Among others are the rec
20 '--o ''.u'iS "' hem Ecibi, which for cen
'o,'e' "''' '' ,i'' Htiu Oh Habylonan commercial
,''''''' "I '''' ''''N'"' SIrAtors of BabyIOnian
no are all thoroughly elias
'i'''i' 'i-' 'r'' 'Pi"'' '"e manner IN which the
I0.v""0 VI 'ii' "'P'I' " ~ i"iSed.
ii'l' nav '','o '''" 'ou"d IN the ruins Of the
palace "V i'''"S 40" "Ll outline history OF the en-
pre- i'oin ti'e SIEVE year Vi N"NohitIus to the
inscriptions OF Nehuchaane"zar and proclama-
tloh og Alexander the Great keIn;1hs OF hydrau-
lie WORKS nave been aug INTO IN the so-caIed Babel
iliouIu which, win some inscriptions 90 TO show
tui'C parts OF the famous hanging gardens have
peeh uheartheo' ana evidence IS Afforded that
tilere were more IMAM SIXTY puoic frkS and gar
"enS III BABYLON.
ACROSS the Luphrates at Abu Hubba, a citadel
al" temple nave peen eNcaVated- The results
mere attained can DeSt De described IN the words
VI 'le LONDON 1"neS: Inc hr5t three lines OF
Tic largest ol the Iouhdatlon records bring our
Speculative thouSntS 10 locus, ana centre our
minus Oh the TRADITIONS OF one OF the most an
clent clues OF Chaldea: 10 the sun-gOd, the
great lord, dwelling IN Blt-Para which IS within
the city OF olppara' Here, then, we have re-
stored 10 us the RUNS ana records OF city whose
traditions go back to the days before the flood,
when plouS Alsuthrus, by order OF his god, bur
led IN the city OF Slppara OF the Sun the history
OF the beginning, progress an end Of all things
antedluylan. And now we recover, twenty
seven centuries after they were buried the rec
ords OF the pous restOrer of this ancient temple.
Such discovery as this almost makes US inclined
to dig on in hopes Of finding the most ancient
records buried there by the Chaldean Noah.
There are many points OF history raised by this
inscription, but 1t Will suffice to say that from
the earliest days OF BaDyl0nlan history the city of
'Slppara OF the Sun was prominent centre OF
social and religious Ilfe Inc excavations, there
fore, at Abu Hubba have restored to US the ruins
OF the great temple OF the sun god, the House
OF Light, Id the Chaldean HeLopohs The mOnu-
mentS reveal TO Us the TACT that there was sec
ond city OF Slppara, whose ruins are probably
marked by the mounds OF Deyr, and which was
dedicated to the goddess Anat or Anunlt and