| Show Uncover Site bite of Ancient City of Biblical Interest tint 1 to present day l no lule a of early Palestine and its Ih have beers been made by the Haverford college archeological ex ex- ex expeditions During DillIng tle tise tl e of the last sl six years e field work has pro pro- produced produced brilliant results un under er the dl rectum of oC Prof Elihu Grant who ho heads the of Biblical lit literature at The findings of the fifth expedition tion which went ent Into the field lat last sprIng are now beIng classified Plans ire lre being ma made e for a sixth e expedition In 1 1934 34 The Haverford etca are 10 lo- lo located at Ain Aln which Is In the 10 lower or hill country about t twenty enty miles nest est of Jerusalem the Mediterranean Tins This mound ruin is the site of ancient Beth d a flourished be between 1 cen 1800 1300 and GOO B C TIle The city lay on Important taut tant trade routes between bet een Eg Egypt pt Palestine md and Syria Professor Grants Grant's first firt expedition discovered ered I Bronze a age e cemeteries which yIelded one of the lar larest est known treasures of Canaanite burial depos deposIts deposits Its DIggIng to depths of 20 feet be below below low the surmounting wheat fields Doctor Grants Grant's parties have hae un unearthed unearthed four successive e levels seating dIstinct epochs in the cit city's s 's history Conquest by Invaders Invader pillaging Ing and destruction by fire are WrItten In the record After the ruin nun of the first city at Aln salts and roof beams of buildings were pushed In on the 10 loner er floors The demolished structures el p le- le leveled oft off by the new V builders Ind another city nas as erected on the ruIns of the theold theold old This process occurred over o again and again until four or perhaps lice e successive cities had been built destroyed de- de destroyed and rebuilt Remains of tern pies ples palaces dwellings s shops and Industrial properties nil an testify to the existence of Beth ns as n a prosperous cIty of early Palestine The wealth of personal belongIngs found Including vases flasks bo bowls bols ls tools weapons and je jewelry elry revealed an industrious population thrived some years ago The relation of Beth to the Biblical record of anCient Pales Palestine tine Is a fascinating study Nearby was as the birthplace of Samson oho ho may have e trod its Ite streets of r HH Is to hale c been one of the destroyers estro Ers of the city 1 The he temple of Beth Shem esli eh perhaps I laid In ruins at the trite time of the exIle Tile The tangible re result of these e pe has been the form lUon of a nt at Ba erford museum co col- col college lege nn an abundance of sal sal- al Several Se reports elaborating orating In detail on the field discoveries I crIes eries Bate e he been en published by Doctor DoctorI I Grant I |
