﻿MODERN 
  LIFE 
  IN 
  THE 
  CRADLE 
  OF 
  CIVILIZATION 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Eric 
  Keast 
  Burke 
  

  

  JONAH'S 
  TOMB 
  UPON 
  THE 
  SITE 
  OF 
  ANCIENT 
  NINEVEH 
  

   Because 
  the 
  Mohammedans 
  consider 
  this 
  mound 
  a 
  holy 
  place, 
  no 
  excavations 
  have 
  been 
  permitted. 
  Some 
  

   explorers, 
  however, 
  have 
  obtained 
  a 
  few 
  relics 
  by 
  digging 
  in 
  the 
  cellar 
  rooms. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  observe 
  how 
  

   many 
  Christian 
  notables, 
  such 
  as 
  Daniel, 
  Ezekiel 
  and 
  Abraham, 
  are 
  also 
  revered 
  by 
  the 
  Mohammedans. 
  There 
  

   is 
  a 
  mosque 
  to 
  Jesus, 
  son 
  of 
  Mary, 
  in 
  Damascus 
  to 
  this 
  day. 
  

  

  VII 
  

  

  

  