Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-09
ARCHAE0LOC|STS
SCOFF At STORY
Of FINDING Of
ANCIENT ARK
Recent Gable From Jerusalem
at Indignant Protest From
People Over Excavations
Produces Odd Dispute.
LEGEND OF SECRET
ROOM UNDERGROUND
Ne" ,orh Letter To n,..,.x u.r.,.,

WV ] WI .NNN y ifllflfdi HIENNs
ologi,ts aud Oricnialists hoio are u.
! itrt -ird ln Oh, story cablcd ffo. IA
| rope concerning % -acrloge and rob.
J horl said to have ncou committed hv
an English expedition in the Mosaut
vi Omar in Jerusalem.
Some ui these cable dispatches
! went so lai g. JOB have the expedition
! ina uul'r thc sacred stone IN the 10.
nous mosque the Aria al the Cove.
/ nant which ho second temple of he
Jews did nor contain. according 10 the
| best accounts !. was also said that
| the seven brauchch candost!ck and
the tablets of the law had been found
AMI spirited away much ia the hor.
rGi of The Musloms
Members ul The expedition In l.on.
Gon said the story WAS absurd Scho..
ars here iamiliar with the gronni
were ready to back up this statement
Or Richard ]. II Gottheil ~ co.
lumhia spent all last winter ~ Jera.
salem as head of The American school
OF ArChaoolosN
The Ark,' he said. dlsappoareI
az very early time. before the sec
ond temple n he ark doesn't exist.
of course the tablets ~ the law de-
not exist A. ION tho candl"siict
that Was taken 10 Rome by Titus II
probably remained In Rome until -.
when % was taken To Carthage nv
Censoric IN i3i \ -. II was tak.u
TO Conslanlinoplc ana IL was said
then 10 have been sent back 10 .lrru
salem hN Justinan
Bui loo Ga \ u that city was tax.
Persian King, so that would seem to
dispose of IN" candlrsiiCh one di..
patch | saw mentioned vessel called
he Censor OF that never heard
In short, the exploration OF the
ground underneath the mosque might
settle some questions ~ Jewish
archaeology, bu It would no, rcsul,
Ia unear,hing any ol The articles men
Toned because they disappeared hun
dteds nj wears ago
When King solomon had finished
killing on the obnoxious members OF
his fathers cont who We're likel, 10
insurge thereby giving the first proc;
Of that wisdom which was later TO
win him so great n reputation thai the
queen Of Shcha travelled several nan
dred miles Ia prairie schooner lust
10 see II ~ was true when Solomon
had seen to II that Ioab and Shimpi
aud few other Chronic disturbors of
The peace IN Jerusalem were laid
away he went to work la build
temple to The Lord
Ever since the lsrarlitos had lett
the iloshpOts OF Egypt several dee.
AIDES before. the nearest thing they
had had 10 @ "'uich was thp tabcr.
naclc, or tent Now tent IN all
right 90 hold royivals In. but after
one has worshlpod there a hundred
years or 80, the novelty tends 10 wear
on II mad hccn one of King David's
most earnest desires to build real
temple. one Thai wouldn't have To be
stakcd down with extra care every
time u looked like rain. and solomon
50 about carrying out his fathers
ideas
David had collected considerable
material tor thr temple ami Solomon
began 10 add 20 " ~ once solomon
was strong for the group idea IN pub
lie buildings he selected The hill ~
Moriah. 90 zion. ana here h. deter.
mined 10 build the temple his own
palace, "A Fori OF "a town hall where the
lending citizens could meet. nnd bun.
salowe for his iavolite wives All tho
comforts OF MONARCHY right within
walking distance.
All the country around Palestine
contributed towards the building oi
the temple. which was the frs .trlc
ture of the group 10 be erected
Hiram. king OF Tyre. VAS particularly
helpful He sent large amounts ~
cedar Tor the temple most o. which
came from Lebanon Lebanon &c.
dar was right ~ IN the class with
CWcassian walnut.
All The work OF preparing the cedar
aad he stone ion the wall, OF the
temple was done a. distance In
consequence thc building OF The TEN
ole was almost noisrlCss one stone
fitted another and The beams didn't
have 10 he sawed on or splic'd
lucldentally. according 10 Jewish
legend. he building OF The temple
gave solomon chance To &c, bac.,
az pharoah OF Egypt, the Descendants,
Of the bunch that had made 30 mucn
trouble for the lsiDeiil,s ~ the tim
OF Moses solomon applied 10 Pha.
roah Tor builders and architects, and
'n' SfN pliuH lnlflf sun SlidIAlII IN
der the recollection OF the Rcd Sea
episode whore large part of the
Egyptian army vas drowned consult.
ed his astrologers and found out al
the builders and architects who were
due 10 die that wear These H. sent
10 solomon The Jewish king. how,
ever looked the imported labornrs
over ana decided they didai HpprAr
healthy So he fitted them out WITH
coHlns ana \ rouds ana sent them
back to Sphinxland. with message
10 pharoah that next time he could
save time and trouble by iiisl sending
word how many collins h. wan II
instead OF seadiDg iho men after
them pbaroah. howeyct rrrma 10
have had the las, laugh ~ he sue
ceeded Ia marrying his daughter 10
solomon.
The temple took seyel 'ears 10
lnild The interior was lpl f,ct long.
~ feet wide ana 81 fori high IN.
walls were Of stone, ontl Il, covered
inside with cedar, carved Ia many
ella bOratc shapes. Tho carved cedar
Was ovsslaId with gold ami ne rlc.r
had % similar coating saloon with