UR OF THE CHALDEES.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1923, Page 1

UR OF THE CHALDEES.

RECORDS OF ABRAHAM. 1-OXDOX, .March 20. Excavations have begun tic Hr of the Chaldees in Mesopotamia foi records of Abraham there, and also to recover the world’s oldest and linest library of original works ill history, religion, nit, law. and .science written dlhiO, ami possibly 10.000 year ago. The search (says the Hagdatl-corres-pondent of the London Daily Mai!) may yield a wholly new story of the inception of the religious movement that prepared the world for Christianity. anti may corroborate the story of (leneft has been dLi-overed that Lhe Persian conqueiors under Darius, after destroying the city of t"r. laid pavements over the principal buildings. Tablets have been found, lolling the story of the daily lives of the kings, leaders, merchants, and -lave-: a!-o lmy leave, of gold which were set. on the lips of the deed : IVagmontary sculpture t reveal the per.-f mdity of the residents and emblems of the worship of the ‘•moon-god.” Er was tt Sumerian city near the Shal-01-Hai eon 11 nonce with the Euphrates, South Hubyhmin. Its dynu-iy was found by l.T'-Kiignr about 2150 R.C., and be was the first to Im si vied King of Sumer and Akkad. Situated then at the Euphrates-Ti -;- ri.- mouth, ii 10-t its importan-e as t'-'e Persian Gulf filte I up and tidewater 1.-oeame fro distant. Already excavations h-ve unearthed the house of Er-Engor and temrle archives dating frein Asliburlianip: I's to “Chaldea” is the Creek form rf the rttm-il'orm ■‘Kalthi.” the capital of which was P.ii YnUu. One of ils kings eaptu e-d Habylou about 721 B.C. and held it until dOvon out by Snrgon If. The earliest settlement in the “K ldu” area was I t, monlicnod in Gene-is 11.