Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-15

Abon. whore Samuel raised his Dben-
ezer. n crowd OF children come to the
trains with bouquets OF Wild flowers.
The boys whine for baksheesh, and We
wonder whether there may not be an
infant samson amongst them.
II was in Zorah that samson was
buried. ANA the guides here viii show
you his tomb. Further along the road
we PASS through "a great gorge IA the
ellis. on the north side Of which
near the top, is a cave, On which
Samson lived. And ! verify believe
that n we should offer our guides suf-
ncient reward thoy would ind us hts
bones or some pieces of brass from
the gates OF the oity Of GAIA which,
you remember he carried away on
his shoulders
THE EXCAVATIONS OF GEZER.
In our ride w to Jerusalem We 90
by the ancient city OF Gczor II ~
marked by d mound which has several
buildings upon h. including the dome
OF Mohammcdan mosque. The
ground about 10 hus been dug over and
over. and the ruins discovered have ex-
cited the religious ANA scientific world.
The CNcaN dtluns which have been
made hy the Palestine exploration
fund show Gczer 20 be one OF the
oldest, 30 not the oldest. city Of his
tory The scientists have gone down
upon the ruins of another, down TO the
seventh rlts or settlement. which
seems 90 have been occupied by the
cave jewellers OF the flint pr stone age.
q period before history began 90 he
written. In these cave dwellings pot-
terry and flint instruments were dis
covered. a burial place Of that ancient
race was opened up ana remains
found which shown that the cave dwell
lers practiscd cremation. In one OF
the six other cities, higher up, bronze
tools were dug out and higher still
the remains Of the ancient Egyptians.
In one OF the caves we're found large
Jars containing the skeletons Of infants
who had been sacrificed as % matter
of worship probably during the
Canaanitc period, and IN another was
a cistern. the mouth of which was
guarded by the skulls Of two young
girls. and inside which were - skole-
tons one being that OF a girl Of six
teen who had been sawn asunder.
BELONGED TO SOLOMON.
The king Of Gezer was defeated by
Joshua, and later the city was cap-
tured boy a king Of Egypt who was one
Of Solomun's three hundred odd
fathers-in-law. The story S. that
Pharaoh gave Gezer 20 Solomon as
dowry with his daughter and that
solomon rebuilt the city. At the time
Of the crusades Richard Occur dc
Lion ana saladin fought over IL, ana
II was an important fortress at the
time OF the Muccabees.
The archeologists of the Palestine
exploration fund have been cNCavat-
ing here for i've years and they say
there Is much vet TO be found. They
are about 10 publish a book giving a
full statement Of their work. They
have discovered bronze pots, ivory
| tablets. statues. jewels and other
treasures of half dozen different
periods Of history In one Of the cities
complete olive press made Of stone
was uncarthed, and In another an
Egyptian statuettc about 1000 years
old The statue was that Of a man with
a beard and a wig Bronze tweezers
were found and also many articles Of
Greek and Roman times. one Of the
most interesting discoveries was res
| ervoir OF capacity Of four million
| gallons, and another was palace sup
posed to belong 20 one OF the
| Maccabees
NEW LIGHT on PALESTINE.
| This Is only one Of a number Of cities
/ which are now being eNcayatcd be-
| tween Jericho and the Mediterranean
sea. I'm addition 70 those which have
| lately been dug up east OF the Jordan.
| The Germans. Russians and Austrians
, are eXcavatiug iu different places, but
| the most Of the work Is that Of this
! exploration fund. which was founded
more than as years ago and IS support
| ed by voluntary contributions.
The Palestine exploration fund Is
| not a religious body but rather a
| scientific and historical one Il is now
| spending about $4,000 a year on such
! work. the most Of the sums being col