The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-06
HISTORY BADLY UPSET.
RECORDS DISTURB ES-
rIMxTEs OF THE WORLD's ACE.
The Oldest Ever Found VIII change 'o"-
pIetely the Chronology of tho Old les
lament aud Astound orthodox
Believers.


King. had engraved In cuneltorhi on"'
acters on the door sockets OF the entrance
OF the temple at Nippur the prinl''so
eli, Of the Babylonian kingdom ana '"o
oldest city on the face OF the eartn' pN'
II has proved 10 be no terror ne ,,, arg
science OF the nineteenth teHtuls. m
mas been lifted from the grave 81 ~
n4sr The American Ass,riolybl1t ua'
been able 10 say, with king Nduuila W,
what for ages no king among ls,,,
ta3 seen the old foundation OF aiail'
sin that saw L. Tho plchaNe d"u 49,
shovel have been bis friends. IA.
The excavations at Nipper, the nrst CIV!
OF the earth, according 70 inc -
Sumeriau legends or creaton aie rliest
history OF our race, ana may cause a
revolution or. rather, give a iholo a.
curate knowledge OF uoliGsi %. 1@e iand
their relation 20 scienre. III tle ~
OF the Affej tribes. between the banks o,
tie Tigfis and Euphrates, tne aees a. ~
tbs prehistoric past have risen w -
stone and clay, slumberiny WITNESSES va
"A world that has pe7Shed. ! ne ulssoF
cries have come as A wonderiuls 81 ~ ~ ~
and even the widest dreams or me eS
cavators have been more than realiAeu
Cuneiform inscriptions have been io .i.a
and deciuhercd. showing that tney ~
back fully $3.50 years earlier than any
records OF the world. And the end Is nos
VET II may be that inscribed stone anu
clay may reach back ten thousand years
'e''I FG S.l.Si' 4 BABE IN HISTORY.
Already Ecvpt with her pyramids anu
her ancient records has been transformer
I'm the light OF these recent discoveries
into a mere babe IN history. WINE Mp
pur promises 90 prove the tluth OF 'ne
nrc-woru Sumeri1u LEGENDS. Nliphi low
stands as name for what is eNilenuy "
series OF cities built on tho ruins OF an
Ofhaf-tiauts Of the past sleeping 1T wy
oldest grave iu the oldest world Mhen
the Assvr0.0gists began their WORK on
excaVati0n and sank their shafts tne1
Thought they bad found the ancient Mp
pur Records IA tho tine or the ldihYu'
Sargon and of King Ur-Gur were VIZ
o4rffea. The SCIENTISTS trembled WIN
f.v and there was tumultuOus haste 70
show lie treasures IN museums.
Hut tho latest excavations prove tna'
beneath what was believed 70 Dc the an
Client city OF Nippur - another mass oi
ruine-fhe debris of a more archaic ana
mora interesting NipDur. IN when cune-
form Inscribed tablets have the marx OF
autelaurg by thousands Of years previous
discoveries 10 has been decided tnat ihrl
belong TO a period about 1000 y. c., ana
possibly run back as far as 10000 r. =.
Rut tie excavation Of this older city i
lv no means complete The belief IS that
older records than any already iotn1 are
lying there waiting 10 be unear uheu.
TIH+ NIrrrr ruins contain series OF
cities has been believed hy the cNcaVatofs
for 40 least u year. When shafts were
sunk in rho recent explorations IL was
found chat NIppur discovered by the early
cvreIif1u was a. later city This was
proved uv the difference BOB The character
OF the ruins. Just as in geology The strata
of fl. Garth vary and show diff srent times
of formation.
The oN.ayators ms carly as 1894 saw that
tho NnnHr mound exhibited a series OF
cirTil. lions fqueutly the main in-
terl-t thlt was attached % this ll7cof.ty
WAS thlt Of determining me a-o on we
Inscribed racDffs. ln several pi aces me
ru.na have been penetrated 90 the red
ro.-
REVOLUTION ~ BIBLICAL BELIEF ).
THAT the sccKtrlas Wl'l create ref'-
tuition in some biblical leii'fs ii kno"h-
Tlr.r in the york there was most
modest regard Ia.i 90 slrh dates prs
Christian scholars Dad assigned. Hul ms
OH. work nrCcr rnl II became evident
f'ft f.o e0f.finrrtfl Cnd should nH uiep-
rNl and that fne cNp.oi ttoi7 h.h1t .l.5
fl r.IfN iN. NN'.t fNi. l't lN 'Il.. To -.
'-H.i tni Z. Irl. Itr ft'l.tl'i HA'
..It if io tle ih'Nfe I'D f.'" il. ,'ll9i M
~ tween ii'' h..i'l i''il7 A''1 '"'
49, at
There rs no assertion mat INC oi'f-
rre0ment VIII Doe lasting. lNt N ~ known
tII. there nie t''mlnf.l. ilHefsh..'
which nN.f Doe explained l' age ol lio
tablets ana vases l0H.i 'I NINtNr ctl 'D
accurately l.iriiuiIod. l.'f snow we
wnfe ~ ne o.l.f nag irel htHet.-
Formerly -.ni cn older ODD iacl NoW ihe
r-' Di inc 'ti i.'-- history ODD '.t lL,' 'o
genes moro of a. cNi.Ir.iNI, tHai ever
tniorh u may he. t1" 'tef may IN lhe
gums NJ Nili Nft -'.N' record "Hl'h nh'
i..n iNcit Tor ''...l''' "Nu p'l. -
nfr Doe found. permitting me historian l9
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