Show REVEAL LIFE OF PAST AGES relles gathered in collection in palestine museum arc of interest to all civilization during the two years that have elapsed since the department of antiquities ties was founded at the dinst instance ance of the high commissioner 0 objects have been catalo cataloguer catalogued gued of which a selection has bris been displayed with due regard to date and provenance anti and the palestine inus museum euni in jerusalem is now open dally to the public the present accommodation Is not altogether suitable nor Is it convenient for visitors but the beginning hns has been ninde made the total value of antiquities exported under ileen license c during this period amounts only to n few thousand dollars mys aya a palestine letter to the now new york morning telegraph raph ks As the national collection becomes more complete the proportion of antiquities released for export to foreign museums will automatically increase in the province of the inspectors 1407 1467 historical sites and monuments have been formally registered and measures have been to protect them with the collaboration of the police and gendar merle |