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THE ANCIENT CITY OF NTPPUR, RESCUED FROM OBLIVION BY AMERICAN EXCAVATORS 

 The problem of knowing where to begin digging in the exploration of an ancient city site cannot be 

 solved; the student of ancient geography has to trust; that far to chance. If, in his first excavations, he 

 happens to dig into the ruins of some great public building of the ancients, his problem is very much simpli- 

 fied. This picture shows the work of excavation after the explorer has struck "pay dirt," so to speak. 



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