The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-29
ANCIENT CITIES.
Identification OF More Noted Ones Of In
phnraOhs,

ldentinChLiOn OF More Noted Ones OF tho
phnra0hs.
DIR. Naviile, the discoverer Of Bubastis
and OF the treasure city Of Pithom. has Just
given to tho world the results OF his work in
identifying other cities and districts In
Egypt, more especially some connected with
the Exodus Of the Israelites; and al the end
Of tho month Of June he presented those
results before ono Of the largest meetings
ever held by. the Victoria tphilos ophioaD
institute. Of Adelphi Terrace, London, the
great hall in which the meeting was held
being so crowded that many had to be ac-
c~ommodRted in the vastibule. The chair
Was taken on the occasion by the president,
Sir Gabriel Stokes. Bart, past president Of
Of Sir isaac Newton's professorial chair at
Cambridge university. The business of the
evening was commenced by Captain
+. Petrie. the honorary secretary,
reading the report, which showed that the
institutes members and associates in tho
United States, England, India, and in
other parts Of the world had now risen TO
1.400; ! number which was being added to
by the almost daily applications to Join.
The value Of the transactions was shown
by the increasing number of languages into
which foreign members translated them,
the error of those who argued that science
in any way contradicted the Bible. Sir
Joseph Fnyrer, X. G. 4. l., Il. r.. s., moved,
and DIR. Moule, who had just arrived from
China, seconded the first resolution, after
which DIR. Nnville's address was given. He
elaborate map of surveys. He said he had
found that Succoth was not a city as some
had supposed, but . district; from n re-
marknbly valuable inscription discovered
at Pithom. there was no longer any doubt
that it wal that Greek Heroopo-
liz. from whQncA al RkPAhn plinv
Agathemeros n A,tsmidorus described,
merchant ships sailed to the Arabian gulf.
This fact ooinoided with the results of
modern scientific surveys, which showed
that there had been q gradual rising of the
land, and hat the Rcd Sea once extended
up to the walls OF Pithom; this must have
been the case about 1900 years ago. and Sir
William Dawson and the French engineer
Linant held that 1t went even further north.
The next place noted by M. Naville, was
Baal Zephon. and in Identifying this. he
had boon aided through some recently dis
covered papyri, which proved that it was
notR village or oity, but an ancient shrine
of Baal and a noted place of pilgrimage.
Other places were Migdol and ri Hahiroth,
and here again a papyrus had helped him.
Il seemed probable that the serapeum was
tho Egyptian Maktal or Migdol. and it was
grentlyto be regretted that a bilingual tablet
discovered there q few days ago had
been destroyed before being deciphered.
The bearing of his identifications was of no
small interest to the students of history,
K. C.. s. l., who had 50, veyed the canal for
the British government, moved a vote of
thanks to M. Naville, and other authors Of
papers read during tho year, namely. Sir
W. Dawson, F. Il. s., Professor Hull, +. X.
s.. Lord G%rimthorpe, Mr.. L. Pinches and
General Gordon, 9. b., of Indian fame, and
others. A vote of thanks to the president
the proceedings. A CONVERSE
zione was then held in tho museum.