The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-19
IvrI.DILUVlAL NlNEVEh.

\ vas given n pnoto ~
s,o,ic y ppur AMI i'f2iG SsoF i'''''o"
Int w. Of lhe discovery
I,',,.nt Nlneveh," according to ,ae
NV Of Nahum. long ago became an
r,,in So thorough was its destruc-
,ha'.1ncll1 Of Samosata lncar the
.a.os, asserted that n his day none
,.noy, where Ninevoh had stood. Ana
h, vent so far as to accuse the Bible
Cssbood N referring to snch city
~, in existence. They argued that
,,,nosslble for a city of such size
rnuence to have been so destroyed
H. site could not be Identified. There
|ohey argued 10 such city has ever
t. and the ser plural illusions to il
false
about seventy years ago Lay,.rd,
M and George smith discoverei the
[v of Nineveh. By digging down
kauy through piles of rubbish about
L. sixty feet. they found the palaces
I narherib. and OF Asnapper, and of
,r,mid.ilim. In these ruins there
ben found many an inscr ptioA whose
2rrence with scripture illusions is
Sfu)lv clear. These runs are Of the
len OF history OF the days since thu
an Hood.
now comes to our knowledge new
4 The explorers at Nineveh, Professor
Peters, proposed to ulg down below
hundations of ancient NiucNeh,' or
N. and to keep on until t1eN should
bedrock rms suggest on was
,ici. As the WCrkmen dug down, in
Of neetinS with Nlrg.n soil, they
4 upon relies and remnants OF human
4 At a depth of thirty-siN feet he-
A. paVemcnts of "ancient y ncVch
'fuins OF another city, evidently tAe
lSeh prehistoric Nippur Is the name
fica II is called that Was built and
f1shed hef0r. tire flood.
ahis set Of ruins here have also been
"a clay tiles and cylinders with writ
Ispn them lu the cduviorm h+rnctcr.
IRwork of gather ma aud tIanslIting
|tOliaung these inscriptions VAS been
u. and already much knoN .cd-" nas
Eganed OF the happenings beIore the
tof Noah
hone of The secular newspapers W.
Enn account OF ;hiS q acoNpTV WrNten
Professor S. y. Bn.un From it We
the following oNtl-tc,si
extraordinary feature Of The ru!Gs
which these priceless records have
excayatcd are tact I Al thoy " re
more than thir'N-Si& feet OF earth.
the top OF Wh.Ch were tie runs q
ancient city If Nippur WHEN
biologists had regarded as one OF the
known.
b OF these cities, one Urdor the
had the same rn1lr % Trough hey
separated by s.nc 5000 years of time.
~ existence ct th" pYeh ric city oi
pr, whose rel egg d' NOW hrOWiug
rrris ne q lisht upoA the history OF
led man, vas n SGSpc led UP Il
wears ago. Yriplp:is,s who hau
|naliy exam ned he ru-n, of the MP
~, never dreamed ;h1t h"lloaih thelr
kere the streets and houses Of city
ears Older.
a, the rroseat time. when we
that the runs nj the lower tY arc
extensive and far moro surprising
5n,erescing than those of ,he tppel
there IS some mystery about Ire
r. How did ancient (prchisturic c.
Nipper SINK into the pla a? How a.
PIE 10 receive covering nj ti.rih'
it I'D sink ccr.atu distance is evI-
from the fact tna' its streets arf
the level Of The pldln. Bus toW
K 20 be cover.l'
soil surround ng the ruins OF tht
city is clearly ll'Nyial. althuugr
r. the Euphrates nor ne TIgr.s hnli
f.ch are near 10y. has ever appar
Overlooked this pnt. This Tact, II
cGon with rhc oN'r" ne antiquity @
tarc Nppur leads ui" 30 hHllcN'
he city Was destroyed hv the d@luae
as not until lSS> thai; the munlficonc'
vEe citizens enabled ne uf'lrrsii,
NnlsyNanid 30 scuu am expedition "i
UUgaNlrR Niflttr ..tn.l