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Show THE SPOILS OF BA0YL0M. Antiquarians Bevel In Finds frm An i eient City. ? Tim ruin of ihihylon continue to yield nntlipiltb's of the very hlKheat liiM'i'i'sl to the cx.aMitors who represent repre-sent the (i.iiiuin Oriental society. Krom the renter nf the square site w hhli exti n.ls for miles on both sides of tin- Kiiiihrntop. at a pine now called Nisi han el Aswuil, tha Oermans have taken A" tablets, one being a svlliibiity In two hincunk-cs whl.-h may : nibl n good ileal lo our knowledge nf J the IntiKimui'S written in cuneiform j. sh;ns, ami iiiiiithi r. a llliiny. whli h was i hiintei; by the pile-is of Mnnlnk or ; . Menuhlih nt the temple of KsliKiln- ' Mnidiik wn one of ili twelve grout ( . ftoils nml was replerented In heaven -. 1 by a colislell.'illon. Ill some of hi" " i tiults he wus ItUe I let i iilc.4. In others i, r' ' like ens. A striking discovery wa , ' I the site of a temple of the coil who " it ' was the liiibyliinlnu forerunner of Pal- i j eon, the phyRli inn of the gmlit In J i Homer, and of Aesculapius In luler : i ' centuries This god of physicians was) " worshipped us Adnr or Nlneb. Amu- t' lets, cylinder seals, relicts showing . - hunting scenes and colored tile work i of a very high nrllsllc vnlue are among 3 j the (ierinnn spoils at Hub) Ion during; I r tho past senson. |