Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1908 — THE WALLS OG JERICO. [ARTICLE]

THE WALLS OG JERICO.

important Discoveries Being Made by an Austraifan P-ofessor. Professor Sell in’a excavations on the site of the ancient city of Jericho are yielding unexpectedly rich treasures. in his last letters to the Vienna Academy of Science the professor writes that over a hundred men are digging at five different points. One of the most Interesting finds Is the historical city wall, built of burnt lime bricks. It was some ten feet in thickness, rising from a stone foundation. On the western side of the city the wall was nearly forty feet in width. At another point a private house was found built over another house of a still earlier epoch. Other discoveries include lamps, plates, cups, needles, weights, mortars and mills of bronze and stone, some of very rough and primitive handwork, and others very finely executed. In the inner city remains of rows of houses have been discovered, and the ancient Hebrew lettering proves that the old Hebrew characters were in use. Professor Sellin hopes to renew the excavating work next winter. In the mean time he says that the work already done has opened up a wealth of material for the student of the preIsraelite and Canaantte period. Pall Mall Gazette. Two Kinds—“A drowning man will catch at a straw.” “And so will « thirsty man."