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salem since 1867. and a 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 1868 the German mission
airy, Klein, discovered inscription of Mesha,
king of Moab, who is mentioned in II Kings 8. In
1880 some boys, playing in the conduit which
leads to the pool of Sloan, discovered inscrip
ton in ancient Hebrew characters dating from
the time of King Hezekiah In 1891 Schumacher
discovered a monument of Rameses II (1292
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 STEELE of Seti I, the father of Rameses Il"
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 bust
ness accounts written in a 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 the country, within which
the records of ancient times deposited
above the other in chronological order. 1t is not
unreasonable to expect that, if these mounds
could be explored thoroughly many more Baby
lonian tablets such those found at Tanach
would be discovered
Perhaps even a whole library might be IN
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, why
even 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 if some
of the lost books mentioned in the Old Tesla
ment were rediscovered, ancient manuscripts
of of the canoncal books!
Not only the sacred places Of the Holy Land
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classical world, barring those of Greece and
Turk. Among them Constantinople, Troy,
Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, Tyre, SidOn, Arbela
and many others
Before the war French Psychologists had just
begun some 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 Of
the emperor who gave his to the city. This
amazing building covered space of many acres,
including quarters, baths and every luxury for
the one thousand persons who composed the i'm
pertaI 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 equaled in interest by many OF
the other ruins in the city.
Few Americans realize the extraordinary In
terest of ConstantinOple and the strange manner
in which the wealth of the ages has been locked
up in it Constantinople has longer continuous
history than any other great city in the world
Everybody hopes that one of the first results
of the will be to free this ancient center OF
culture and Christianity, as well as the Holy
Land. from the horrible barbarous Turks