The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18

u occurred in the Bible hut as vague anc
unmeaning as many other names 10 h
found there The extent Of our knowledge
WAS that they were "A people that came
into conflict with the Jews early. that they
must therefore have dwelt not far from
the abodes IT the chosen people and thai
they disappeared long ago. The archR
illogical investigation II late years. the
discovery uf the means Of reading the
hicr"glyphIcs II Egypt and the Cuneiforu
writing 1T the As-yrians and IA by lonian,
has added In our information rega riding
Tins PEOPLE; many monuments and in
symptoms have becn found in the lands they
possessed and although their Language
has not heen completely deciphered.
enough can be made out Of 1t already TO
enahle the experts to guess az the general
meaning of their inscriptions. which ap-
pear both IN hieroGyphics al nd in cuneiform
shape 4 summary Of what is known oi
this ancient people m the light of the most
recent discoveries has becn written NV
/ Professor JoHE GARsTASG. ID. Sc Of the
, University of Liverpool. himself a dis.
, tingushed explorer. in The Ldnd o. N,
HWhos IL. r. Dutton and Company
The Reverend Professor 4. n Sayce. n. d
tho pioneer in Hittitc studies. writes an
instructive preface 70 the hook
/ Prof Garstang ls'gins with a geograph-
/ iCal description of the land occupied by
the Hittltes. following this with an ac-
count Of the political Viciszit udes the
land has undergone He next underta kes
AN archaeological survey II the land. de-
scrihlng 'ninutely each site and every mon
um"nt hitherto found. this forms the
chief part Of his hook. In conclusion he
tells the story 81 the Hittites derived from
the>e monuments. from the references
to them IN the chronicles VI other peo-
pies. Egyptians, Jews. Assy rians GreekS
and from the Information ohtai ned from
HIttIte Documents Throughout he takes
pains {" express not his own theories
hut what the Cons.nSus - scholars has
decided - PROBABLE and true He in
Cludes among his authorities the results
81 DIR. NInokler's recent excavations at
Boghaz keui where a library ~ Hittits
documents IN ia ked trick was found and his
own exploration OF Sake GeuZi. IL seefna
clear from their experience that when the
Turkish Government will leave archAolo-
Klsts free to explore Asia Minor a har-
vest may IN. eNpected fully as rich as that
r"aped m Egypt and along the Euphmtes
The land ~ the Hitiit,.s was the eastern
portion of what II generally called Asia
Minor. the land including the range 81
m" taurus. the Anti Taurus and the
northern TNrt Of Syria. In their DAYS ~
power they spread out to tho Euphrates
IN the east. through Syria and even to the
boundaries ~ Egypt in the south To the
edge II the EEean. probably in the vest
They appear as a strong power ,. OOO years
lefore Christ; they were crushed by the
Assyrians about 200 r. E. Professor
Garstang undertakes to establish their
boundaries Ivy tracing their remains He
~ cautious in limiting his conjecturea Ia
asceTtained discoveries Of monuments
thar cannot 10 moved from their site
His periplus 81 Asia Minor calls for close
and attentive reading. for he deals with
names that are wholly unfamiliar u. md pro-
vides no detailed map on which thew NAV
h" traced He il az any rate intaIliRibIe
and therein has the advantage over Sir
william Ramsay. the greatest authority
on N" geography and archaeology 81 ASIA
Minor. whose erudition is only SURPASSED
by the confused manner in which he pre-
sent- his subject and his ina bility to er-
press himself in English Ramsay'- in
husnoa on Prof. Garstang's treatment
Of the geography il plainly shown The
details Of individual excursions interfere
with the general deductions from the
observations TO obtain which they we're
made
In marked contrast 10 the sketch Of the
political changes that have taken place in
the interior 81 Asia Minor from the be-
ginninRs 20 the present day. After the
fall II the Httite state he tells Of the power
tHaa The DhrwRtaA ~ l.
hy the invasion % CimmeriAns from IN.
north, % Gyge- and n Crnsus. the I. ydian.
who fought the Persians before the Greeks
did He traces rapidIy the Persian rule.
the conquest 81 Alexander. the fiRht of
tn" Seleucids against Rome. and after the
Roman days the invasions II Saracen.
81 SelJuk Turks and last ~ the Osnanlis
All civilizations which have left their
traces and their monuments to obliterlte
thpse u the Hittites
The survey ~ the antiquities occ,,pi..
2t0 ~ IN" 3eo pages of Prof Gar.,ans's
text. II Is an admirable piece ~ work. .
giving 70 the archaeological ~ udent aInoat
first hand material for study Prof Gar
stang passes in review all the monument.
except those IN the towns. arranged geo
graphically u. describes each ON.
minutely IN words and generally adds a
picture n" then takes the Hfttite towns
that have b"en examined and Describes
them IN the same way. Boghaz Keui
which IL the capital 81 the HAITI. the
Pteria Of classical times. and The neigh
boring rock sculptures OF lastly KAya; ,
EyiIk. Sinjerli and Sakje Geuzi The Last
the seen" 81 Prof. Garutang's own eHcava-
tons. will serve A. an example Of the |