Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-30
faESPHHlsfINEs
Mystery Of ACearSed Race May be
Revealed,
NOTED, ESCAVlToR is ssfEHiNG LIGHT
chaeoloeist Is Now Busy In the
Holy LandA-taYe Been, at 1.-TWO

. noIy LdHu--'f"fS
Years. ~
Perhaps we presently shall clear
away the mystery ofsthe Philistines,
writes Ferdinand Brown from the
city of Jerusalem. That they were
j. outsiders" iissenters- that they OBJ.
iected to the fads anu affections as
wen as most other characteristics of
civilization, tried 10 be frank and hon
est and leaned oyer backward till they.
were insincete and crooked Is the
modcrn concdptien Of them.
[ sProf. Gdrstahg,S the, noted British
archaeologist has arrived here with a,
party, equipments and funds deemed
.to be sufficient for the completion -ot
Investigation of this. one of the puzIf'
zles Of the past, He. is going to find
out about the "Philistines."
Nothing more interesting in the.
way .ofl archaeological exploraNons
has been attempted of late years.
1t is hoped that the work which
now is to be done by Prof. Garstang'
and his associates will bring to a
climax all that has becnsdone in the
past. The explorations are felt TO be,
upon the brink of very important dis
coveries. p
For two years the explorers have
been busy with delvings into the bur-
led cities OF Ascalon land Gae, and one
OF the reasons for Prof. Garstang's
recent visit to his British home was
ITO place in the handsjof the printers
his reports upon all discoveries which
were thus made. -.
Little Known of phiIistinea.
1T issa curious fact, and one which
usually, when mentioned by the.
erudite, causes surprise among the
less well informed. that sofhttle actu-
ally is known about the Rhihstines.
In general there race Matte has be
come word denoting a man or
woman somewhat besond the pale,
but Biblical and '.otfer history of
their racial characteristics, statements
as to their origin, are singularly in
adequate. Yet obviously they exer-
eised an, important influence upon the
politics and civilization Of their time.
= Prof. Garstrang hopes. to clear up
some of the mysteries by careful
study of the debris above, and by the
dncovering OF the actual ruins of the
two celebrated cities of ancient times.
On or near the original sites of
these great Communities are "a num-
ber of tells" or artificially. although
mot necessarily Intentionally. formed
hills, gatherings ,of debris and ruins,
of successive cities built upon sites
near5to the two old cities in which,
,interest principihs eensers.
1t is. believed that an these tells
an infinite number of relics will he
found which will enable clever arch
aeologists to piece together something
close to the race historysof the peo-
plies who constructed the ancient
towns. ~
Prof, Garstang is one of the most
intelligent and human of investiga-
tors. He meyer is content with mere
material results. He tries to get at
details of actual life and human ma
ture among the dead races whose re-
mains he studies and Is not above an
examinaf zion, even of domestic fela-
tionship, romantic customs, minor
living conditions.
= Valuable Finds Expected. =
The very ancient buildings which
this expedition eventually will seek
are buried under so great depth of
ruins of Greek and Roman buildings
constructed at much later dates that
the professor regards the digging
through of these thick; layers as too
expensive to be undertaken. at the
moment. es...-.
Sorthiss seasons Investigations will
be of territory known t6 be, outside
the ancient city walls, where, all
though the treasures to be found un-