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Archaeological Traveller.

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a. uoeh g possiols, 81 trso=s Of
I TIE GrSsE civilization. II f-is f1Ey
we're largely Euoessstal Jet lot wholly 80,
and Professor Sisrrsff described il g tos
vOrE Of the travelling Erchsologisf 10 -1-i
| Up the remaining roEuosrtE and irsr:.p
/ tlOns and untOl3 70 the uod=-r word ta=l:
stories Of tas past Hls story OF fas ind
| ing Of in po-tsnf tsblsis o; DOuuusut: II
I TIE walls q h0asss, nosoass- toartsln.
/ and other buil6irgs, and Of TIE urfo!1ins
Of tasi, tales II print would read Like :
novel Ore Of the greatest difficulties Il
I the way Of tts srchEologisi Is the b.lis:
Of Tas natives that stones OF uoru-
nsnz BEARING inscriptions have money
OF treasure inside Of them OF that the il
Ec-iptiop tails vnsrs money vas hid By
its people WHO fed before fhe o0nqusrors,
| and they LOOK 1pOn the historical trsTsls;
80 linssl 5sosrd 2rt Of those VITO b1-isd
treasure, searching therefor, and they are
| losih 10 tell Of inscriptions il ihsir
s0usss o. mosques, Preterring 20 search
tor these treasures themselves. One in
cidsnt related D! Professor Stsrrstt il 30
s1bli1sly interesting that il Is given
entire: in the Acts Of the Apostles,
Paul AMI Bsrusbss being 81 Io0ui7n, Ss
read, and when ihsrs vas Il ssssulI
made, both Of the Gsutiles and also
Of ths Jews with their rulers, TO
Use thsu despItsfuuy ard 10
stone them, they we're aware OF il aud fed
unto Lystrs and Derbe, cities Of Ly-
c5nis7 ard unto the region that Esih
about" Then follows an account OF PsuIs
unsuccessful work in L!strs, but there
came ,hiiher certain Jews from Antioch
and Iconi1n, Who pursued the people,
sad having stoned Paul drew him out OF
tae city sopposirg he had been dead
Ho sbeit, g the disciples stood round
abort hin he rose up aud came into the
city; and the next day he departed With
BsrnsbsE 20 Dsrbs.7
-For the Christian the city Of Ly.trs
Eil always have especial interest sbsirg
tue scene Of some Of the ls5ors and ;hs
stoning of Paul Sing1lsrIy enough
Se know OF LyEtrs manly from the
A az - A
lii:!s concerning the city, and that little l.
that il vas 81 important Episcopal see
Throughout t1e Byzantine times. Il
.tO7ld be added ihs, IN recent years some
further facts have come 70 light il regard
20 the city Eoozing inst IN Roman tImss
i vas Yer! important place. Ard, il
deed, =s must eoocsds 20 il certain i'm
p1rtsrcs even from ST. Psurs account
About fifteen !esrs ago the first coin Of
Lystrs vas found. Prom this coin il al
once became clear that the city had been
turned i1to Roman colony, whose Official
title zss Julia Felix Gemins Lys;rs.
and this krOE!sdgs made it sill
rors necessary % discover the site
h.csu=e important historical inscriptions
are always 20 be looked for OF the site Of
Roman colony. Many have been the
cor lectures made By gtogrsphsr5 II
regard 20 the site Ly=trs. Il mas been
located .; places many miles apart; the
most generally approved site Up % the
present Is nearly 100 miles from the true
site. Colonel Lsske made happy guess
at the site. and By chance hit TIE spot
eIseily. But his assumption vas re
| isctsd b! the geogrsphsrs, and the site Of
Lystrs remained . puzzle ss before.
On ny ioarney Of exploration during
the summer Of 1885 l discovered the site
and puE the matte; beyond all csvil By
means Of latin ir5criptio which besrs
the full Official pane of the Roman colony
Of Lystrs. This inscription tells Is that
the city of Lystrs erected statue 70 the
Emperor Augustus by order Of the De-
curious. The holes cut in the marble for
the feet Of the statue Of Augustus are still
70 Be seen On the top Of the ped stall !.
The inscription il cut On what is usually
called . -cippus,7 that il, pedestal,
s1usrs in the ground plan and With
mo7ldings 2. top and bottom. On the
pedestal once stood the statue of
Augustus, and the pedestal still stands
erect on the site Of Lystrs spared By time
and vandalism 20 tell it tale and to locs,e
tas important city. As l knelt before
the stone 70 copy the Inscription and
szE that l had found Lystra, you
may believe that Ess filed
vim gisdDsss and JOY. For Paul himself
bsd .-Cod bzfg-E that rer- zspuE ard nth