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  Of 
  late 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  Biblical, 
  Egyptian, 
  and 
  

   Assyrian 
  sources 
  numerous 
  monuments 
  which 
  were 
  discovered 
  

   throughout 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and' 
  northern 
  Syria. 
  These 
  monuments, 
  

   mostly 
  of 
  black 
  basalt, 
  contain 
  representations 
  in 
  bas-relief 
  of 
  re- 
  

   ligious 
  objects, 
  winged 
  figures, 
  deities 
  standing 
  on 
  various 
  animals, 
  

   sphinxes, 
  griffins, 
  the 
  winged 
  disk, 
  as 
  symbols 
  of 
  the 
  deity, 
  the 
  two- 
  

   headed 
  eagle 
  (which 
  became 
  the 
  standard 
  of 
  the 
  Seljukian 
  Turks, 
  

   and 
  afterwards 
  of 
  Austria 
  and 
  Kussia), 
  and 
  hieroglyphic 
  inscrip- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  lines 
  alternating 
  from 
  right 
  to 
  left 
  and 
  left 
  to 
  right, 
  called 
  

   bustrophedon, 
  besides 
  inscriptions 
  in 
  the 
  cuneiform 
  characters 
  of 
  

   Assyria 
  and 
  Babylonia. 
  The 
  foremost 
  center 
  of 
  Hittite 
  power 
  was 
  

   at 
  modern 
  Boghaz-Keui, 
  in 
  Cappadocia, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  where 
  in 
  1906 
  

   remains 
  of 
  palaces 
  and 
  an 
  archive 
  of 
  clay 
  tablets 
  inscribed 
  in 
  Baby- 
  

   lonian 
  characters 
  were 
  discovered. 
  

  

  The 
  casts 
  from 
  the 
  Hittite 
  reliefs 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  collection 
  include 
  

   divinities, 
  kings, 
  warriors, 
  sphinxes, 
  griffins, 
  composite 
  beings, 
  and 
  

   scenes 
  from 
  the 
  chase. 
  

  

  PERSIA. 
  

  

  Persia 
  is 
  represented 
  by 
  casts 
  of 
  the 
  inscription 
  and 
  the 
  warrior 
  

   from 
  Persepolis. 
  

  

  SYRIA 
  AND 
  PALESTINE. 
  

  

  The 
  antiquities 
  from 
  Syria 
  and 
  Palestine 
  may 
  be 
  designated 
  as 
  

   " 
  Biblical 
  Antiquities." 
  They 
  include 
  casts 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  inscrip- 
  

   tions 
  found 
  in 
  Palestine, 
  as 
  the 
  Moabite 
  Stone, 
  the 
  Siloam 
  inscrip- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  the 
  Temple 
  stone; 
  also 
  objects 
  illustrating 
  Biblical 
  pas- 
  

   sages, 
  as 
  millstones, 
  sling, 
  trap, 
  and 
  various 
  ornaments; 
  a 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  coins 
  from 
  Bible 
  lands; 
  precious 
  stones 
  and 
  musical 
  instru- 
  

   ments 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Bible. 
  Also 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  geology 
  

   and 
  flora 
  of 
  Palestine, 
  a 
  large 
  relief 
  map 
  of 
  Palestine 
  and 
  casts 
  of 
  

   the 
  colossal 
  statue 
  of 
  the 
  god 
  Hadad 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  torso 
  of 
  King 
  

   Panamu 
  II 
  from 
  Syria. 
  

  

  ARMENIA. 
  

  

  The 
  territory 
  which 
  once 
  formed 
  the 
  kingdom 
  of 
  Armenia 
  is 
  the 
  

   table-land 
  situated 
  between 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Sea, 
  inclosed 
  

   on 
  several 
  sides 
  by 
  the 
  ranges 
  of 
  the 
  Taurus 
  and 
  Anti-Taurus, 
  and 
  

   partly 
  traversed 
  by 
  other 
  mountains, 
  the 
  highest 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  

   volcanic 
  peak 
  of 
  the 
  Ararat 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  Testament. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  from 
  Armenia, 
  which 
  consists 
  of 
  pottery, 
  bronze 
  

   torques, 
  bracelets, 
  pendants, 
  pins, 
  shell 
  beads, 
  iron 
  spearheads 
  and 
  

   knives, 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  ancient 
  necropolis 
  of 
  Monci-yeri, 
  near 
  

   Allahverdi 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus. 
  

  

  