The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
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turs of tho Jordan valIev bo,ore the ar
rival of tho migration from Epypt OF
Syritten record We have but little IN
puide us. soma ia vst locked I'm in
spoech IN which we have NOT found the
kev Eut he has pr,septed the I'M
writtcn record preserved I'm tho dust and
that record is evidence of the most COM
petent not to be traversed in any court.
The value of such record inheres in the
fact that each deposit is the cumula-
ton of that which In itself has lost all
value. The earth record Is of the
kltchenmdden type, the waste heap of
culture. the spot on which is thrown
every sherd of a pot that no longer will
hold water, every broken bow, every
axe head worn down past the possibility
of sharpening to new edge. 1t IS
waste. /: is rubbish, 1t is so far past
its usefulness that not even the scav-
cngcrs will disturb ~. Having lost
every semblance of value in its COM
ponent units the kitChenmdden Is never
disturbed. It's Accommodations lie in layers
and through millcnniums preserve the
lively details OF life which has long
since passed out OF mind.
As in the fullest degree illustrative
of the carth's contribution to the mod
ern knowledge of the history of the
most ancient Palestine we shall sum
up briefly Or. Kitters resumption OF
the recent discoveries on the site OF
Megiddo.
Our written history of this town OF
the Canaanites is brief, the items are of
scant Importance. Manasseh failed to
drive out the Canaanitcs but kept them
as task servants, there in Taanach by
| the waters of Mcglddo the stars in their
courses fought against Slsera. in the
reign of King Solomon paana the son
| Of Ahllud was lord paramount over the
community and after raid by Pharaoh
Solomon raised levy to build or re.
| build the city. and short time later
we find II mentioned as the place where
| died AhaZiah and Josiah
| Where the non has nroyed ucplcctful
the spade has brought Msgiddn To life.
not once alone but to a skiold life. It's
| site has been Identified in tho mound OF
! Tell oil Mutessllln. which WINS eyca
waited nv the German Palestine Union
in tho wears 1903 -O5. II had been
rayaged and numbered by Thothmes
III. IL Is more than once mentioned
in tho Amarna records. IL was early
( and long of importance as commanding
tho highway from Egypt to Damascus
and its possesslon was the key 10 the
nlain and controlled one of the great
mathis Of sncIen, world commerce. The
! slicinp NJ rho mound bv the German
archnoloRIsts has disclosed successive
loycrs n, culture certainly six. and nos.
sIhly as many as nine.
ri. a., IT,. , h,,,,,,, ..,,,,,,,,.,,
upon this NATURAL stronghold is made
manifest nv certain hollovinrs of the
rock surface clearly To he established
I os the work of man. though scarcely
discern iblc "A excavations save when
filled with rain water. The only tyne of
habitntiou with which such formless
romans can no associated IL tho aim
ulo hut Of grass: the culture was low
In, II included the use of Are and the
preparation Of animal fond Above this
base layer after the interval Of a meter
and a half comes a record of a settle
men, which had advanced 10 the build
ing Of houses with stones nj least for
the foundation and with n ring wall OF
stone set ahou, tho town; ornaments
found associated with skeletons in grave
chambers establish the period of this
settlement early in the Bronze Agc-say
about 1000 L. c. The remains indicate
that this settlement was DESTROYED was
RACED To- the ground after the fashion
OF such primitive times In war when nc
memorials Of an enemv's past wer,