The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08

OF what Is stated mere untll the stllGte'.
investigations have been made Our spec
ial Commissioner left London for mo
East twenty-four hours ago The Ed
tor of this paper is in communication
with the Prime Minister and His Grace
the Archbishop Of Canterbury. spec
ial edition of tho Daily Wire VIII DO
nubllshed at two O'Clock this afternoon.
4 "MoNENroUs NEWS FROM JERUsA-
LEM
.,ror the last three months under a
new flrman granted BY the Turkish GOV
eminent, the authorities Of tho Palcs'
+ tine Exploring Society have been engas-
ed in extensive operations IN the waste
ground beyond the Damascus Gate at
Jerusalem.
T"It Is in this quarter. as nrchaeolo-
gsts and students Will be aware, tl'u1
some years ago the reputed site of CAL
vary and the Holy sepulchre was placed.
3. Considerable discussion was raised Mt tho
time and the evidence for and against
The new and the traditional sites was
hotly debated.
."Ten days ago, Mr.. Cyril Hands, MI.
X "A J. the learned and trusted English ex-
plorer, made further discovery which
NAV prove to be far-reachng In It's in
f1uence on Christian peoples.
"Durinr the excavations system or
+on,bs were discovered, dating from forty
or fifty years before Christ, according
to Mr.. Hands's estimate. The tombs are
1ndisputably Jewish and not Christian, a
fact which is proved by the presence OF
koktm, characteristic of Jewish tombs
\ in preference to tho usual Christian ar
cosolia. They are Herodan in charnc-
4 ter.
"These tombs consist Of an lrregularly
eut group of two chambers The door
"a coarsely moulded. Both chambers are
crooked and in their floors are four
sided depressions j foot 2 inches deep
in the outer, feet In the inner CHAMBER
The roof of the outer chamber s feet
above It's floor, that of the inner feet
2 inches
.Thc doorway leading to the inner
tomb was built up into stone blocks.
Fragments of that coating of broken
brick and pounded pottery which Is
etil used in Palestine under the namc
hamra, which lay at the foot OF the
sealed entrance, showed that 1t had at
one time been plastered over. and was IN
the nature of a. secret ROOM
.In the depression in the floor Of the
outer room was found a minute frag-
ftnt OF a glass receptacle containing a
small quantity Of blackish powder This
has been analysed by M. Constant al
lard, the French chemist. The glass ves-
sci he found to be an ordinary silcnte
which had become devltrined and col
CURED by oxide of iron. The contents
were finely divided lead and traces of
anthony, showing 1t to be one of the
cosmetics prepared for purposes of sepul-
trre
when the interior of the second tomb
had been reached n single loculus or
stone slab for the reception of a body
was found.
over the locuus the following Greek
Inscription in uncal characters was
found in a state of good preservation,
with the exception of two letters t#
"(see drawing OF inscription on this
page, made FROM. photographs in our
possession Ne.prisit the inscription be-
low in curslve Greek text, afterwards d.
vding It into It's component words and
giving its translation.--Edto Daily
Wire.)
FAC-SIMILE IN MODERN GREEK
SCRIPT
EyUtU0p4oaroap tpa0tnsAa4~3
v1oo0u pa ovt7o
pe1ono7ovuv7ue.ovonovrompur
oyexe.roevrUrorUrouruevexpvYoY
ss=lacuna Of Two letters.
FINAL READING OF THE lNsCR1P-
TON
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Eye lUo74' 5 ..dno Ap.uo0aas'
t>-eys,.s ,..fse.sEs, ssis
AngOy, 70 oupa rov lnoog}
;rov dno Nosapsr dro rov pvqnaov)
K. dnov,rs rpu7oy. ixaro w
49, W.. 4ns*1
10 1oro 7ov1v {WspvYa.