Show Keeping pg Up U p When ci 0 Sc n e e Ci Science ser Ser Service Pagan Temple Found in ill Is of Christs Christ's Time Place of Worship of the New Haven An amazing amazing ing pagan temple in the HolyLand Holy HolyLand HolyLand Land reflecting light on the Bible drama of John the Baptist Bap Bap- Herodias and Salome has been unearthed by joint efforts of American and British British Brit Brit- ish archeologists Most of the ruins which crown a high hill in southeast south south- east cast of the River Jordan now stand revealed The work is being done by the American Schools of Oriental Research at Jerusalem led by Dr Nelson Glueck and the Department of Antiquities led by Lankester Harding The president of the American Schools of Oriental Research Prof Millar Burrows of Yale announced the find here The temple is of great Interest because it stood in the time of John the Baptist and of Christ and because because be be- cause it was a place of worship of the The spark which touched off oft conflict between Herod and John the Baptist was Herod's divorce of a princess in order to marry his brothers brother's wife Herodias whom he preferred Little Known About Very little has been known about the who figure in Bible history except that they were Arabs who oho ho possessed a strong kingdom in and northeastern Arabia Gods worshiped by these people are revealed in the temple ruins Sculptures have been found of the powerful god Zeus-Hadad Zeus armed with his thunderbolt and of his consort the goddess is wearing like leaf decorations on her forehead and shoulders The also had a goddess of fortune who Is portrayed with staring eyes and a crown on her head and encircled by the figures figures fig fig- ures of the zodiac A sculptured eagle and snake entwined entwined en twined suggest to the archeologists archeologist s that these Arab people borrowed Roman ideas in their religion and the other gods show that they borrowed bor bar rowed from Syria Greece and Egypt also The temple which was of gleamIng gleaming gleam gleam- Ing white limestone consisted of a small shrine surrounded by an Inner In In- Inner ner court with a gateway to the east In front of the shrine have been discovered receptacles containIng containing contain contain- ing charred bones wheat grains and other burnt material possibly offerings |