The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-22
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.
now PEOPLE LIVED SEVEN THoUS-
AND YEARS AGO.

Prot. Hilprcchts DiscoVertes In Nip
Tor. Ia the Famed valley OF the
Euphratcs-NeNv Ltght on History
~ ~ j. Recorded ia the nIhic.
From the New York Herald
Prof "a " Hnprrcht % tho UUiycrslty
OF Feunsylvpuia has returned 20 Amcri-,
after having found the very earliest
traces Of tho human race These he found
az tle bottom OF "a ereat hetp cot sand On
Mesop5amia. ne found puriet eiiy
or. rather several buried oues rstlns
one above another. he employed Aslhs
to die OUT these cities ana 10 uueoNc.
relies lef behind by tbe people who ltel
there thousands 81 years aeo
Iu ,he FIRST place he found curious m-
scrioei bowls left on the surface OF Ia
mounds by the Jews who tvet there a-
late a. So a. D. A few fcet under tnc
surface they found the walls OF rrca.
temple and evidences OF tte De- su OF on.
Hire Ashur0anapal who uycd there PRO.
90 60 q. c.
Further down they found relies OF kim
kadashmau-TutEu. Who rei.nsd dufu
100 r.. C. suu further down they cam.
upon the temple 81 Ur Cur. vino ruled the
land MANY centuries before Abraham tho
father Of the Jews. Was horn AUd I.-
giug sul deeper they came 20 tho tom
ple OF slrgon ]. who lived duIius @
b. c.
Bible students had heard ~ sargon. bu,
his existence was considered hF maut 81.
by mythical 50 the nnI aos looked upon
as wonderfully corroboratNe it Raioa
lore Sc, the eud, OF. rather. the hot-
tom. had mot been reauHoI For when
they broke through the floor ~ Sire a.
temple ana climbed down into tae toI
they found themselves ttaudiuE ami IA
ruins oi ancient Calush Whisa o. m.u-
toned On Geucsis y. %. All around 'H
the rubbish lay objects which hs1 ..Uu
lying there since the time % Lusa.yls-
gisL who lived pre- lous 20 iso %. G.
There was an altar on when tho asle.
ofthe last sacrifice were sUu he4poi sev-
eral inches thick There were sacrid .ilt
jars There was a keystone arch. which
had hitherto been suppps "a to ue 81 Ro-
man invention. As they due further and
further in Iud around thfy came upon
evidences Of houses. There was "a eret.
prc-Sargouic palace. wHicH had a. least
two stories and which had "a 6t-ioot
front
mere were Inc roman" RH q H'thit .iI-
scrihcd city gate and finally tHers wa
found jus, before Prof HHpn at q Sip
pur the ancient library Of the i,mHc.
containing nearly eighteen thousand .an-
lets inscribed with accounts depicting the
lie o. the time
This was the oldest library 10 the word
il was gathered together 3F some ancient
scholar Ions before Christian iimes. Do
books" were arranged around 20 ca
on shcIveR These tablets are now GA
their way 10 America. a few specimen
arc 10 be left ia Constsutlnopie and TIE
remainder will follow Prot Hilpiccht g.
this country.
New Light on nible History.
Now. a. may be supposed these Tablet.
throw wonderfully clear usht upon early
Biblical history They hu u many gaps
heretofore existing iu the continuity ot
the early records. bur their most remark
able quality is the fact that they prove
that the People 81 seven thousand yenrs
ago or thcreabou carried on the business
OF life very much the same as we do TO-
day.
For instance they lived in houses which
were arranged with a more or lese scisn.
thc drainage system Their houses h1a
nrsplaces Prof Hiprecht found "a nous"
with q hrepBce IN it They ate nom
a lathe. The marks Of the lathe can DE-
seen la come 81 the relics. 50 they had
machinery
They were deeply religious. They wor-
shipped che GOD Bel and me practe" of
bestowtng votive offerings to The temple
was in vogue. Evidently the children
went 10 school or were taught tho rud
ments Of grammar hy parents or by other
instructors. for many grammatical eNer-
csas were found hy Prof. Hlprecht.
The peoVie sang music. Br lcas Pro.
Hlprecht came upon many hymns in-
scribed on tablets. in terms closely re-
sembiing the psalms Of the Old Teeth
ment The temple VINE supported by tha
masses who contributed money 90 &c.
Many tablets we're found containing rec
ords OF che income OF the institution from
various sources.
There were rich poople and poor peo-
pie. masters ana slaves. Records were
found on which the sale 81 slaves. farms
ana produce are recorded Some Of the
farms were leased. mortgages were taken
on others. crops were bid FOR far "a ad-
vance Of the rpeniug-thus the people
sometimes dealt IN futures. Bur che rich
did not always live on their farms. which
were 10 the more or less malsrlous de
irictR They lived in tho cities and on
ioyed the urban life and gavety while
tho slaves or tenants TILED the soil 10
such cases the land owners employed
agonss 10 look after their interests
Prof Hllprecht found the archives OF
tho frm OF Murashu sons attorneys If
Nippur who were IN business many years
a. agents OF the rich IN the arehlya
room were found tablets which show 10
the bookkeeping o. tho arm. There were
contracts OF all kindE. records % coiiec-
tons, agreements. bills 81 sale, etc. one
OF the agreements was a guarantee con
corning the sale OF a ring TO the eject