A STORIED STONE
On the fringe of the plains of Phrygia, where Haroun-al-Rascliid met Nicepthorus the Roman general new village school was bein- hunt when Professor W. M. Caiaer wasex* aminmg the region. j tvas the symbol of the new knowledge arising on the foundations of ancient history, but Us interest to Professor C alder arose from a single stone dug up from the old site , “ inscribed with Greek c'haracters. Ho« had it come there? The villagers readily told the professor It had come from a place of ruins iust °%er the hill which was called Adaras. “tm?t ar = aS ’ * hougbt the archaeologist that sounds strangely like Hadrian ” “ d n J hen ( the site was examined it turned out to be the ancient city of Hadnanople, long lost, and now di°vn^ r< t d be^ in S on the forgotten road to Neapolis. °
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 901, 19 February 1930, Page 14
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143A STORIED STONE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 901, 19 February 1930, Page 14
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