The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-04
EXPLORATIONS IN PALESTINE.
The Tomb of Herod Believed to BE Locat-
ed-The Holy Sepulcher.

The Tomb of Herod Believed to Re Locat-
ed-The Holy Sepulcher.
United States Consul Merrill at Jeru
salem has written interestingly to the
state department about archie ology in
Palestine and around Jerusalem. He
says:
1.-The only systematic exploration
that has been carried on the past year
or, in fact, that has been allowed by
the Turkish government has been done
by an American acting for the English
society known as the Palestine EXplor-
alton Fund, at Tell ell Hesy, generally
supposed to be the Hachish of the Old
Testament, which was besieged by SEN
nacherib, and was of suffi cient impor-
lance TO be sculptured on slabs in the
national galleries of Nincveh. This
Tell is, as the word means, mound
of earth and ruins, and an effort has
been made TO remove it entirely bit by
bit in order to ascertain its structure
and archaeological contents. As is usual
in such cases, successive layers OF civil
cation or of building have been un-
earthed, and a variety of bronze imple-
ments, stone weights aud other relics
have been found; but the most interest
ing find was that of an Assyrian in
scription, thought to be of as early q
date as 1900 Il. c. 1t seems to have
been addressed to the governor of the
Mace. who was afterward murdered by
his own subjects.
MANY of the discoveries that have
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twenty years past have been made by
/ accident The ground sinks down,
/ a hole appears. aud that leads TO an eX-
{ animation. which results in valuable
| addition to our archaeological knowl-
/ edge OF the city. This was the way the
magnificent ground plan and beautiful
/ mosaics. covering 400 or 800 square feet
/ Of St Stephens church, near the Da-
/ 1nascus gate. was first brought 70 light
/ This was built by the empress EUdocia,
/ wife of Theoaosius the younger, 4. D..
$50: and the spacious tomb cham ers
which she cut out Of the solid rCckNear
( the church. and ia which she was
/ buried, lilzewi se became known By acci-
dent
During the last year hole was dis
! covered IN u piece % land southwest 81
the city 4 man went down in It n
see what he could find, and large tombe
/ and beautiful sarcophaguses were soon
I made known 70 the world n counec'
ton with other archeologists, have
for many wears tried - locate what -
sephus describes when he j. marking
out the line of tbe wall 81 clrcuE "a a
ton which Titas, during the siege o.
Jerusalem a. ID. $50, threw around
the citv as the moments meaning
the tomb OF Ierod' lIFzrs Y, -, ~
He gives tu- few general Indications
points or objects T@el l,EoFFr
a. the time and ,Eat O
these monuments should Re tus-
abo1s where this wollertEl Ems
mas been made. I saupaee JoseD1n
had IN mind I5ero5 Agr.ppa r.. are ne
Hero1 lie Great. who was u9s bff-'eE
in Jerusalem Ehe rolling stone a. tiit
daar- of she sepuie-e~. SIX fees "a ia "a
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men;at5u es tae sarcoFhzgusez e.
character af tae 1las5nrT a11 s9-n-
other bliss q evllenee lead sls - ~. asss'
that tl.is i~ Zs.e very $50 uEns-nt - r 2 ~
Jose llas referred
-Nznr moIera scholars u She q
garrn.eat - taz-s.lne4u Archaeology
having abandoned - uasenah- 80
traditional ssis q tar Hoy ~epnieaai
a. che place % tas erae 6xian au@ bag
Ia II oar Lord have 5xed aP9n siss q
above se-e-u.aa grstto. tbrs-e t4a.srs
yards 1e--l - tae Damascus gate. =
tae s1se ~ she erac...ssa ad asaI
tas h aa.ea s oare-e- ~ita s.9fz'4
ue4au graves a garia EN-
tvo nz tee fsee q. ;a @ ~ea
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