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Show V V yV f k V V vV tt xV v j; .... yA .. jtt it Jji JJ4 SS. k 1 rtt ? ?;? 5;? tf I RELl! Of ANCIENT BABYLON I iU, iti its jti"' ti j!i jtc its tt !i i'i ti iti Jli J4 iti iJi i!i ili i!i Sf 4 it ' - 't-A 't-A cable message from Berlin to the New York Sun reports a discovery of interest to Bible students as well as antiquarians. It imports that Dr. Kol-devey Kol-devey and his par:y, who are excavating excavat-ing on the site of ancient Babylon, have uncovered walls which they believe be-lieve to have be n part of the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. One of the walls is faced with glazed tiles, which seem to have wonderfully withstood the ravages rav-ages of time, and are artistically ornamented or-namented with flowers and tracery. In the courtyard ne?r the wall were also found several briiks, evidently part of a mosaic pavement, the design of which was composed of enamels and glass-raised work. Among their other finds ' in the courtyard were coffins, coins, stone utensila, and fragments of stone inscriptions. Dr. Koldevey considers the r?:ent finds as fully proving that this part of the city contained con-tained the finest, of the Babylonian palaces, doubtless that of Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchad-nezzar. Meanwhile, excavations are being carried oj in the business quarter quar-ter of old Babylon, where the Arabs found the entire business documents of the Babylonhih firm "Eglbi & Son" possibly the oMest house of business of which the worll holds record. These documents included unpaid bills, daybooks, day-books, ledgers, etc. They were made of hardened clay, and the wonder is that they had tot crumbled away during dur-ing the course of the centuries. This NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S PALACE. (From a restoration Suggested by the Ground Plan and Excavations.) discovery shows how literally the prophecies against Babylon have been fulfilled. Christian Herald. |