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salem since 1867. and a little digging 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 1868 the German mission
airy, Klein, discovered inscription of Mesha,
king of Moab, who is mentioned in II Kings g. In
1880 some boys, playing in the conduit which
leads to the pool of Siloam discovered an inscrp-
ton in ancient Hebrew characters dating from
the time of King Hezekah. In 1891 Schumacher
discovered a monument of Rameses II (1292
B. c., who probably the Pharaoh who $p
pressed the children of Israel in Egypt, and in
1901 Prof. George Adam Smith discovered beau
tiful stele of Seti l, 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 of its
chambers potsherds were found containing busi-
ness accounts written in character similar to
that of the Sloan inscription.
These discoveries are 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
above the other in chronological order. 1t is not
unreasonable to expect that, il these mounds
could be explored thoroughly many more Baby
lOnlan tablets SuCh as tnOSe 1OunQ at Ianacn
would be discovered.
Perhaps a whole library might be un-
earthed in such 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
even manuscripts might not be discovered sealed
up in earthen jars, which, we know from Jere
miah 32:14, was the custom of the Hebrews.
Think how the world would be startled if some
of the lost books mentioned in the Old Testa-
ment were rediscovered, or ancient manuscripts
of some of the canonical 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 are Constantinople, Troy
Babylon Nineveh, Damascus, Tyre, Sidon, Arbela
and many others.
Before the war French archeologists had Just
begun very interesting researches at Con
stantinople They have now partially laid bare
the ruins of the palace Of Constantine, which
of course, is of great interest the residence o
the emperor who gave his name to the city. This
amazing building covered a space of many acres
including quarters, baths and every luxury fo
the thousand persons who composed the i'm
perial household and the guards of the palace
1t surpasses incomparably both in extent ant
splendor the palace Of the Caesars at Romel an,
yet it is probably equaled in interest by many o
the other ruins in the city.
Few Americans realize the extraordinary in
terest of Constantinople and the strange manne
in which the wealth of the ages has been locke
up in it. Constantinople has a longer continuou
history than any ether great city in the worlt
Everybody hopes that of the first result
of the war will be to free this ancient center q
culture and Christianity, well the Hol
Land from the horrible, barbarous Turks