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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 discovered still standing
upon the surface. In 1865 the German mission
airy. Klein discovered an Inscription of Mesha
king of Moab. who is mentioned in II Kings g. In
1880 SOM boys, playing in the conduit which
leads to tie pool of Sloan. discovered an inscrip
ton In ancient Hebrew characters dating from
the time of King Hezekah. In 1891 Schumacher
discovered monument of Rameses ii Q292
b. c.. who was probably the Pharaoh who op-
pressed the children OF Israel in Egypt, and in
1901 Prof George Adam Smith discovered a beau
tiful stee OF Seti !. the father OF Rameses H."
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 bus
ness accounts written in a character similar to
that of the Sloan inscription.
These discoveries only beginning of the
exploration of Palestine. The sites excavated,
except that of Samaria, relatively unimpor-
tant towns. The great religious centers of an.
tiquity. such Hebron. Jerusalem. Bethel and
Dan. remain uneXplored Hundreds of large
mounds exist all over the country, within which
the records OF ancient times are deposited one
above the other in chronological order. It is not
unreasonable to expect that. If these mounds
could be explored thoroughly many more Baby
lonian tablets such as those found at Tanach
would be discovered.
Perhaps even a whole library might be un.
earthed in such a place Kirjath- -Sepher. whose
name means Book Town" Since Hebrew in
scriptions have been found already there is no
reason why more might not be found, or why
manuscripts might not be discovered sealed
up in earthen jars which. as We know from Jere-
miah 32:14 the custom of the Hebrews.
Think how the world would be startled II some
of the lost books mentioned in the Old Testa-
ment rediscovered or ancient manuscripts
of some of the canoncal books!
Not only the sacred places of the Holy Land
but the most famous sites of the ancient and
classical world, barring those of Greece and
Rome lie under the clutches OF the unspeakable
Turk. Among them Constantinope, Troy,
Babylon. Nineveh, Damascus. Tyre. Sidon. Arbela
and many others
Before the French psychologists had just
begun very interesting researches at Con-
stantinople. They have partially laid bare
the ruins of the palace of Constantine, which,,
of course is of great interest the residence of
the emperor who gave his name to the city. This
amazing building covered n space of many acres,
including quarters baths and every luxury for
the thousand persons who composed the i'm
perial household and the guards of the palace.
1t surpasses incomparably both in extent and
splendor the palace of the Caesars at Rome. and
yet it is probably equaed in interest by many of
the other ruins in the city.
Few Americans realize the extraordinary in.
terest of CoDstantinople and the strange manner
in which the wealth of the ages has been locked
up in il. Constantinople has a longer continuous
history than any other great city in the world.
Everybody hopes that one of the first results
OF the war will be to free this ancient center of
culture and Christianity. well as the Holy
Land, from the horrible. barbarous Turks