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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



GIGANTIC STONES WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED AS COVERS 0\ER MANY TOMBS 

 AT RAS SHAMRA PRO\'ED SERIOUS OBSTACLES TO THE EXCAVATORS 



MORE THAN 3,300 YEARS AGO THESE JUGS OF WINE AND OIL WERE BURIED 

 WITH A SYRIAN KING FOR HIS USE IN ANOTHER WORLD 



