News of archeology and paleontology during the past fortnight:
Palestine. "And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom."I. Kings 9:26.
In view of the above bit of Biblical maritime history, antiquarians have long been convinced that King Solomon in his years of splendor had a port on the Red Sea, but they did not know where it was. Last week Dr. Millar Burrows of Yale announced that the port had been found by explorations and excavations near...
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