﻿Smithsonian 
  Report. 
  1943. 
  -Lowdermilk 
  

  

  PLATE 
  2 
  

  

  1 
  Oblioue 
  aerial 
  view 
  of 
  K 
  alaat 
  Samaan 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  sanctuary 
  of 
  St. 
  Simon, 
  showing 
  the 
  denuded 
  condii 
  ion 
  

  

  of 
  S 
  ;stoKL 
  Some 
  cultivation 
  is 
  taking 
  place 
  withit. 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  the 
  ruins 
  winch 
  have 
  held 
  back 
  

  

  the 
  soil 
  from 
  being 
  eroded 
  away. 
  (Courtesy 
  of 
  Father 
  J. 
  Mattern, 
  b. 
  J 
  .) 
  

   2. 
  Aerial 
  view 
  of 
  hills 
  of 
  Judaea 
  near 
  Hebron. 
  April 
  1939. 
  

  

  3 
  Vertical 
  aerial 
  view 
  of 
  Gerade, 
  which 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  group 
  of 
  Dead 
  Cities. 
  

   4' 
  The 
  largest 
  and 
  only 
  village 
  for 
  many 
  miles 
  around 
  the 
  former 
  city 
  of 
  Djemila, 
  which 
  in 
  Roman 
  times 
  

  

  boasted 
  more 
  than 
  11,000 
  population. 
  January 
  1939. 
  

   5. 
  View 
  of 
  the 
  giant 
  coliseum 
  at 
  El 
  Djem. 
  February 
  1939. 
  

   6 
  The 
  market 
  sauare 
  in 
  the 
  excavated 
  Roman 
  city 
  of 
  Djemila, 
  where 
  once 
  were 
  sold 
  products 
  ot 
  the 
  sur- 
  

  

  rounding 
  lands 
  The 
  denuded 
  erosion-gullied 
  slopes 
  bear 
  mute 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  wreckage 
  and 
  soil 
  

  

  losses. 
  January 
  1939. 
  

  

  