| Show w u c cIl I REGENT i N DISCOVERIES 3 IN 1 THE j OF THE Il N ew Excavations At Carthage MOST FAMOUS CITY OF THE WORLD oiW Vo M 11 I bap pi nt T Illy n hole hol of nf tot y amon of 1011 hn The I hll boon excavating x me n e Tin flit lie III mi tin th t of till the sta It beyond the th on hb I II find cover r In n ir nf Df norm lIel The Th of III 12 I from flom Hil ell Uio Inn reached i 11 in 10 The a willi miles to Ih Jn cf U It vu s bock back tow tl U wu iU it IK I KB lit 10 a had u million In tire tile height nf of Us glor When hen It t i 1 11 11 Ur l l Its lis lo Wilt with Homo It con cnn t more people II eo pIt n that war H It nr moils lillie When Hannibal It froin t tr Invade Italy h lie tool men elephants with WIIT Pyrenees J rente the Al AI Aland and nn tie 01 first n out from with SiO I of nt it r of or r of or the had un Iron to 10 mm the of the the or were the IhEi bent hel l of ot the then voi Id Tm MIGHTY That WAK waH during the Uio closing clay of ot Cai timer the Ille Mighty A short lime Ihl dl plotted up the around Upon It Il stood alood Later still Rim founded a 1 city upon Itt Its lle niU made It their capital of or Africa unil it l IH for a II loriK lOll th III third city at o the world on In thin letter 1 shall tell how the ruin of ot C Cill on ill till still I In hr 11 tern I here hr more ti me Ill I t the Mighty Unit Ill lt lil favored by Jupiter wife and founded by h Dido 1 1110 Ih lie Jewish ll of Tyre hud I icon nsf R by lJ her nun Ill and IIno Dido had III 1 and to tn thin part of or Af At rk that Ihal r of lle 0 linn ti did I the IH nut go 1111 awny empty but her h ship hIJ with the of oC oCth the th i of brother and took enough with her hir herto to lllA 11 n It n 1111 mh ImI ll OR JIlt i When she Oral first ml foot on Oil African A il II Qun Ohio bought land of oC the t h natives 1111 by II n It r trick big hI tract Upon which stood fin tl a When hen our III forefathers the site II of II New W York of the Ih the Ih price nan a peck fiN of ot glim bonds h and In ass hull It is h Raid l that ll 1 wn for fol ti pair of nt old flint the Ihl ground upon which Melbourne nth of or the II i chest of or no III waR van tnt tor two 1110 old Ill wool ii The thrifty Dido bought the Ih of nf of nC at lit u II similar price to lo tradition she 1111 told the th Ih only mb wanted n a patch of ot land his hl h to 10 be 11 In III n a hulls bulls they Ih y rondo madu n a contract of sale Itle on 1111 But nUl Dl o rut cuI the bulls ul hide Into llito and t them took In what seemed tn 10 the natives all out of or loon doors The ran around n a harbor the peninsula ula the lale and tb th II B C 2787 It was the o of its t Day Its Mighty Extent tnt and its it Colonies Colon its Rich People and its Business Men Roman om ln Carthage Ca t a e Which Became the Building Quarry of the thc Mediterranean The Capital of Christian Africa A Look at the II theater and its Gladiatorial Shows Amongst the Tombs Coffins Containing the Ashes I of f Burnt Babies Together To With Something About the Gay Girls of Old Carthage as 1 Studied from the Rouge Pots Perfumery Pc elY Boxes and Gold Earrings Found in the Tomes Tombs r J A sea 1 It 11 Ith 1 Ml Ii IiII lie II hill hUI hen h and there anil 1111 1 l I rocky mountains In III th Ir Thu rhu land luelf lt wa an ilm k h the 11 t 1 H 1 it van lor s me nf r Ih of ot the A An 1 1 I droo out oUI to 10 I 1 Isa sa 1111 several rul ur Im of the ill by I till l of ot tin old ohl Cn The I he eam lUll the Hit i Ity I on I hn ho lie they nUll now once fu than BO dor II li I laA i Il chIPI s center of te tite old 01 U and nl it 11 had Un of HI II I Just as aH huf h hoW liu oW i by hy Dido L jS r us b h bore hor ore or t It was nt U i UH IV I and filI I Ions lOll i had to 10 be lie beThe lieTh The Th Cm had tl r o I known un 1 M hI Th i owned the pa pmt t of SI t A t Many tn I had Ir on I IIII In i MI More loll than 2001 11 b lido inn or di Ihl Gam s alI 1 inn to In explore 1111 A II It the IllIn had failed 1111 mit Ill c of f the Ih of with BO ro tili 1 like men 11 Hr Hc had I Ills hlA down the ti Vl t tin in fr nt l of continent to till the Culf nul or had hol brought back of II ebony Ol Jn n lo s mighty miGht Vor many of nf bin hi tiles lall were lIIl thoi ru lI tn In le lelle I lle 11 11 but hul they bo io 1 to 10 b II true The Th Cat 1 lab on Oil the west H t nf ff Thuy ent to 10 Uren and nut they had ti n 1111 everywhere They iceie 1111 tin Ih people of the world ui I bot the lh best he t They The on 0 hUH busi business ness 11 n nil n II elo o did not to 10 1111 with their h anil an AA dalI do 10 I I uen lN ind drowned A AA time went wenton on Oil they sent across the S RI Shain hain to 10 the Soudan over 01 the 1110 to the of ot the XIII IN lX It n C 00 before me sis I In I a II pic luie I of or old I nt 0 It was Iee introduced by si a Trench French antiquarian Tin Th city Willi of Il extent e and Hi itA MB wall somewhat Iha I like that of tit the of Its were white and It 11 had a n wall wIllI about It this wall all was than the wall of or China It 11 over ct the lIu which were 11 nt re lar n tn will wall were many feet ft The fhe willis walls were used for tOl o n and for fOI a L to 10 contain Iho anny as well Jn In them Ih were for tOl 30 0 wo elephants 1000 Will wai hor ls and piA res to 10 all III with food In Inthe Inthe the walls for a n larger than tho Ihn States hud at the breaking out of It the Ih Spanish war and Ihl wall wull as S I 1 haw said J was over oer 20 O miles lone lOll Old Carthage had hI II i a II market marketplace place and public buildings s It II hud hall an nil artificial harbor which tho have haI restored In miniature and this was so a ranged 1 that the entrants could bo l shut up 1111 by IJ chains at nt nl hl The door lending Into It 11 was only fO foO tel feet wide but hu this admitted the ships to 10 two lIu port HO Hn connected that tilt the ves vessels S sels could sail all Irom olio to 10 tho Ihl 11 Old was WIlS n a city Ill of oC houses and civilized people It was i l lell elty ell which quantities of gold and stones and one Oil whose jew oil y as n may be seeri In the museum which stands on II Its lis site sll was equal to tn any sold In our best stores today tOda WORD WanD ABOUT The I have hae described was wall utterly Id 1115 II n C and It was almost a half hulf century before another molher city began to 10 rise on Its ruins This rh was the fostered by br Julius Caesar Augustus which in III bran the II Unman capita of ot and which almost rivaled Home Itself That was u Il city of theaters theater the remains of nf which stand 1 on nn the thc ruins of tho Iho old 01 1 Phoenician jan city H 11 was wn n city Ily ot shows shO where Christiana were eaten latell by HOUR to death by II wild bulls and cl by b lols 1 On the bill hili ci the museum t taw the III tombs lombs of Saints S IIII Perpetua and two Iwo young women who Iho killed In the Ihu arena orena which I farther on Utter LillI still when Homo was convert converted ed Id Carthage e became tho chief Chris Christian tian city clI of n while still holding 1101 IU Its place as one of ot the great of ot the world Will Hero Here St Augustine studied and preached and near here St SI Cyp Cp Cyprian rian the 1111 was 1111 killed When the Vandals IH Invaded Africa they Carthage their capital ell I it t re remained 1 great until the seventh century when the Mohammedan Arabs came In and destroyed It II ItA IIA A FOR FOn Since then has hns been a 1 quarry ry 1 for fot the artistic building material of nil all the tho thu Mediterranean ean all Hi In the thc great rIU of Sophia at 1 I caw ble hII which hero many of tho Iho wonders of ot originated In onil of Its lulus have hav gono ROlle to Palermo and other cities cilles Tho rho places H of or the thc Hey lIy of nf Tunis aie D built of II marble and IntI the tho bazars of lit Tunis are 1111 with marble columns column the Arabs mh have over er In red yellow und e no 1 that they the now look moro like barbI polea than anything else cisI Many of the houses II SIll of Tunis contain rials from f om the tho name source and the 1111 here huu herm been furnishing stone of one kind or 01 for fOl more than n 1000 During recent centuries tho various 11 II lieu III of ot tho Iho world have been rob roh robbing bing thin ancient city travelers have hUI been allowed t 1 pIck up 1111 and carry what they This hili Is III FO PO h the have two museums ono on the Iho i Ill ll of nr old the hp I othI nt II In the 1111 of the Ih hr are ar to 10 pie ervo what Is III left letl lo fIm The books about will loll 11 you ou hat Ih n In Is of ot now In III be seen seO except a Il few which up ll l till the city Illy 1111 h IK III not no fl The h have h v been 1 1111 making vcr ever Kline base had Tunisia under their i This Id Iii M not 1101 only heir 1 Il hut but butIn In 1 1 all III of ot till the and they Ihy hu I unearthed which coin pine with those thI of ot Athens Home Tin Ihy y ore III to tn their work al 1111 in thYI anil the th re remains 1 mains mi II such that It II might well pay fillY mi III i ill I h Ain 1111 10 In l of I X III I II licie 1111 they hu 1011 In old It I I Take ibid 11 of ot Cm alone and what ln hI found Kup PI ICHII Me Mai nU could bint from thu tile fae of lit the IIII H or UI yi All yoU ou all tha rover 1011 them lIh Thili let lettin I tin in lit lie for fIll il du and r on II tup Then i iliuM lot Ilia Ih ami ih t I ti II yuan 18 Kottle upon On in and YIU may Idea if the Ih condition of ut of HI cir l 11 I idd hn hI vi 11 r rth th t mh in ill I tin III ancient turu to 10 put lUI Jewelry and other 11 II and ond that thal he tion I such Huch thai much of the Ih be Iw beli IwI li I II IJU of o the people wele loft In III the Ille 0 bris It is now more thon 2700 line the 1 of oC wire lr erected und many of nr the oh nh 1 aw lilY today vre more llian 1101 AH 1 I went over 01 tho I ob h ered rell tilt the Arab I plowing up III bits of pottery lotto und piece 1111 of marblo which wore parts ot or more nOl than 20 O centuries ago I 1 have hwe been bothered all 1111 day by hr dark begging me II to 10 bu coins In use liS Ions Im before and cameos the Itc I of ot my lilY linger I null which were probably worn In the Ih lines of or those thop maldeis wh n ill all the thu world wu III y u UK 1 I c begin to I de I the of the ruins Hy By 1 do 10 nut not mean the tho remains of or ami pal neis of or theaters imd tombs fh re 1 comparatively tew IllI but there ther are 3 III with bit hilI of or pot TOI pottery tery pieces s of ot broken marble half up brinks and hit of or morale moraleS S j uch j Ill coer Ih The rh hh He cp and goats oal feed among them and tt 11 plowed and harrowed and by hy cultivation to tl rl 11 II Yc the crops 1019 of or the present IN IX TH My 1 vay wu to tol Carthage was wall over in an ex x road 1011 which inns around the 1111 1 h O Tu 1 scenery Is I beautiful and thu Ih lly lIy over n tho writer showing their pink c ns n the Ih probably old 1111 In III i he 11 past All 11 along tho roads ron we w siw Arabs plowing their forms farms Hen 1111 and lIel was Willi a II little camp of or I watching their Hocks v I hen we w left the roul and I the tit plo ved Holds we wo passed 11 a lIo I of sheep imd Ill black oll driven by h native Nearly all our way In was WIS over tho ruins of oi lid wo we wore wr now In hI what was almost the beau II Ill I ot or tho city Tb hO gmund was o 1 cov covered CO COred red ered with marble pottery tint we lIe felt fell like getting out and looking for fol relics and Indeed during the III whole Ila luy my m eyes 1 Ci have been moving about among umon the 1111 stones with tho hope hop to tl Und treasure I 1 picked up 1111 beautiful pieces of lIt marble I 1 have ho clawed out lul bits of ot from the stone floors and have huo opportunity to I till all sorts of coins clip clI lamps I some of o the Iho time limE of the Un Ho Unmans mans and some ne tinting dating hack to 10 the days of the AVo c visited the where the shows sho were hold It lies near an Arab village e and as aM I stood In III U Il I 1 the shrieking nt fir It biby tilling the air ah which once ollee with the cries of the Chris Christian tian martyrs The Inia been partially excavated Tho cages for tor tho th wild ean be 11 plainly heen und and great vaults below In whiCh the martyrs waited The rho arena was 1111 elliptical In III shape and Us is I Imore more than Ihan an acre I paced It from one end to 10 tile the other according to my it II IK Is about reel feet long oo feet foet wide hIe It contains marble col columns broken and haltered battered Some of till the nud a 0 few of the arches still to be he Keen This theater by an III Arab historian who hOle here about 00 years earH ago He lie says that there wore five ae galleries and that the building wan the Ih most beautiful ot IC Its lis kind ever known Today I saw al the sheep and ancl goals feeding on Oil the edge of what must buve been at one time the tho second gallery and a 11 donkey onke brayed while I paced the arena Till OF OI CAn CAU THAGE Tho oldest and best known 1 ot of the Iho ruins are III the thc great els terns which built to In supply the dl lly with water There were wre two sets sel of them one at each aide of tho town lown They rhey were lere of vast dimensions enor enormous moth caverns cerns 4 1 feet Jong Inn and 1111 more SO feet In III diameter They The were by II cupolas and were connected with pipes for Cor the water The Jhc largest of ot these cisterns ore near an 1111 Arab village and they arc now used us ns stables and dwellings by h the Arabs rho num number her ber 21 and cover many acres I went down clown Into lItO some ot them In III one I found a n tiny tin gray donkey with a l little Arab rah girl Irl standing beside H It and In another an nn old hen with u II chickens feeding about her A ot ope cis cistern d tern lern has haH been walled off as a aha bay mow another Is I now an 1111 Aral house and In III Inthe the third I haw a II grind grinding ing In meal two stones which rested all the 1101 The rho dust if ages has halt hili tilled lilted these great grent caverns and they make malte un excel excellent lent protection from flom Hie weather As AN AsI I 1 mado my III notes within them I 1 the cry CO of prayer from a I Mohammedan tomb The cry cr was WIlM I no God but God and Mohammed Is IH his hl prophet I As AI I listened T 1 could not hut think of ot the tho people who drank these cisterns f MO 00 years before tho era OIa more than hall 1000 yours before Mohammed saw 1111 tho Ihu light of diy In III the of ot Arabia An OIO AND ID STILL IX USE USI loiter r In the Ihl day I r visited till the els rIH terns on the Ih other side of ot Ih town to 11 They rhe are alo WOO years old uhl but the French have hat them and they turn 1111 sup supply ply pl to the thO and towns OW The water comes from Turin and It Is IH pumped In by h strain 1111 Tho I hI cisterns nil JIO O fell feet ch rp and some something thing like GOO COO feet ft long In The ho er me that be had about gal gallons III Jon lons In them nt 1 tilt tit time of my III visit These i latent as liS by II the 1111 Carl ha eie 11 Mm filled with rain wa wait it i Lister on Oil they Wet were supplied by mi aqueduct erected by h lh nunan Hadrian This iho tho front from AI about M o miles alia It II gallons a day Ilu and till the I passed under canals Inal and III HI over 1111 valleys on arched to In The 10 mains of Oils aqueduct ran illI l bo hI seen seon In Inmany many of It have been so 0 restored that It now supplies Tunis with water The work cost millions and It Il done by h a ch engineer Iron pities have been used of n the but hul the old masonry still upholds of or the The jho water supply in much gi eater than It II wn In Inthe the Ille days of o the fim I 1 have hlll spent coll through thu old Carthaginian cemeteries I Many tombs have been ex x nhu the dead doad of a n dozen gen trillions hivo ho been taken |
