The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-16
KING SOLOMON
 SEAPORT FOUND
Prof Millar Burrows, Yale, Makes Announcement
 Today of Discovery

New Haven, Conn, May 16-(UP) A seaport used nearly 5000 years ago by King Solomon has been dis covered and excavated on the shores of the Red Sea, Prof. Millar Bur- rows of Yale university announced today.
 The port, was located about a half-mile from the present Red Sea shore-line at Tell El-Kheleifeh, Prof. Burrows disclosed. He said drifting sands through the centur- ies gradually separated the seaport from the waterline.
 Dr. Burrows, president of the American schools of Oriental re- search, said the discovery of the port was made by Nelson Glueck, director of the research institution.
 Was Long Unknown
 The exact location of Solomon's seaport has been long unknown" Dr. Burrows said, but recent ex- ploration near Aqabah and subse- quent excavation laid bare the site, which is now known to the Arabs as Tell El-Kheleifeh. "Aqabah is located at the north ern end of the Gulf of Aqabah, which is the eastern arm of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez being the western arm.
 "The bible notes in connection with the splendor of Solomon's reign that with the help of Hiram, king of Tyre, he built a fleet of ships at 'Ezion- -Geber which is be- side Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea in the land of Edom.'
 With these vessels commerce was carried on directly with South- ern Arabia and this indirectly with India.
 Queen Of Sheba Visit
 "It is probable that the visit of the Queen of Sheba, which is nar- rated immediately after the con- struction of the merchant fleet, was inspired in part by the fear that Solomon's marine enterprise would diminish her revenues from the trade which passed by Caravan through her territory"
 In reporting details of the dis covery, Dr. Glueck said the seaport was 8 headquarters for the smelt- ing of copper, and the manufactur- ing of many copper tools. Sea craft also were built there, the report said, and many fishing boats used the port as base.
 The reason the port now is a half-mile from the water was ex- plained by Dr. Glueck.
 The prevailing wind here is from the north" he said. Day in and day out, there is an unceasing flow of sand from the Arabah, which moves seaward.
 Cleaned Out Again
 "The shallow rooms at the north end of the mound, which we cleared out at the beginning of the season, had to be cleaned out again. They had more than half filled up with sand"
 The director believed the sea- shore "is being extended southward at the rate of about couple of centimeters year. Over a period of 5000 years, it is easy to see how the site has constantly receded from the sea-"
 Dr. Glueck said the ancient civ- ilization probably placed its port on the site exposed ito the full blast of the winds from the north" be- cause draft was needed from a known direction ito help work their smelling and refining fur naceS."
 Melting, Refining Plant
 The melting and refining plant" Dr. Glueck said, occupies the en- tire northwest of the mound, and it is the only complete plant of its kind which is so extensive and so comparatively intact in the entire ancient near east" He described a system of flues in the south walls of rooms apparently used for smelting and refining cop per.
 By placing ones hand over any of the flue holes at the south end of the one of the walls of any of the rooms," the report said, lone can feel the strong draft that still courses through these flues.
 "The main period of this site and the best buildings belong to the pe- riod of King Solomon.
 "In addition to owning and work ing the copper deposits in the Ara bah, he, together with his subjects, apparently engaged extensively not only in smelling and refining of the ore but in the manufacture of cop- per articles.
 "One thinks again of the descrip- tion of Palestine (the Arabah) in Deuteronomy VI1N, g, as land whose stones are iron, and out of u,hnsa hills vo,, can dip cOpner' D