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salem since 1867 and little digging was done
outside the present city limits to determine the
lines OF the ancient walls In the course of the
superficial study OF the land number of impor'
tant monuments were discovered still standing
upon the surface In 1853 the German mission
airy, Klein, discovered inscription of Mesha
king OF Moab. who is mentioned in ii Kings B. In
1850 som, boys, playing in the conduit which
leads to TIL pool of Sloan, discovered an inscrip
ton in ancient Hebrew characters dating from
the time of King Hezekiah In 1891 Schumacher
discovered monument OF Rameses II 12s2
B.. c., who was probably the Pharaoh who op
pressed the children of Israel in Egypt, and ip
1901 Prof. George Adam Smith discovered a beau
tiful STEELE Of Set I, the father Of Rameses II"
The Harvard expedition at Samaria in 1909
1910 discovered remains of the palace OF the
Hebrew kings Omri and Ahab, and IN one OF its
chambers potsherds were found containing bust
accounts written in a character similar, to
that of the Sloan inscription 7oyr M alta
These discoveries are only a beginning Of the
exploration of Palestine, The sites excayated,
except that of rSamaria, are relatively upimpor-
,ant towns. The great religious centers OF an
tiquty. such as Hebron. Jerusalem. Bethel and
Dan remain uneaplored,~ Hundreds of large
mounds exist all over the country, within which
the records Of ancient times deposited one
above the other in chronological order. 1t is not
unreasonable to expect that, if these mounds
could be explored thoroughly many more Baby
Ion ian tablets such as those found at Tanach
would be discovered .'- "''i-f ~ 'Ai' '-sf t' -
d Perhaps even whole library might be un.
earthed In such place as Kirjath sephet. whose
name means Book Town. Since Hebrew in
scriptions have been found already there ois no
reason why more might not be Found or why
even manuscripts might not be discovered sealed
up in earthen jars. which, as We know from Jefe-
miah 32;l4, was fhe custom OF the He0rews.
Think how the rorid would ibeo startled Hif sonae
of the lost books Hentloried In the O1d3 TestA!
ment were rediskovered, santisnt nmaH dscrfpts
of some of the ocanonical booksH3m9l5 auosE3hii
Not only the sacsed places Of the Holy Land
but the most Ifamonsi sites OF the ancient and
classical YprlAs barring thosst ofl 0rsece and
Rome, lie under the clutches 0f the unspeakabls
Turk Among them are Constantinopie,siT Troy,
Babylon Sinevehs Damascus. Tyre SidSn Arbsla
and many thepa .oe JoG Fl u fHA oTuJtuo 10 ~
' before the French Psychologists had Just
begun some very ntsGesting 'reaearches cot Goa
stantinople., THEY ehavs now partially Astd bare
the ruins OF the palace of Constantine, which,
OF course Is OF great intereat az ths nesidehce Of
the emperor who gave his name tn theeity1s This
amazing building covered "a space of many ACRES.
including quarters, baths and every luxury for
the thousand persons ,gho fomPoged the i'm
perial household and the gHatds Pf the PalaSsee,
on 4teaysmsses lntomp tbVth In extent, and
splendMlthe patk1e " the Caesars st 6mhae and
ystan Il probably eadafsd tKttrsK1, ta1, 81 haS hSPy n
Few Amefisans feaiia fha de2 2atsa aaseo In
,srest, Of Constantinope and am1sHhe&
in ~ hich xAe wealth o. thek ages hts beer locked
up in, n .Constantih6pis hag u ioager c8ntinUd6Hi
historyr than afY other aft4a tft Hi the otofff
no ExsrybodyI R6beso That Unep p8f the first fes494
Of the war, wi bg 80 free Yh1s neeat Center ii
culture and, Christidhfts, as h~sn u taS HOY
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