4200 YEARS OLD.
SHRINE OF MOON GOD. Excavations by the British Museum’s expedition of Ur of the Chaldees, in Mesopotamia, the birthplace of Abraham, have revealed the walls of a great tower 4200 years old. believed to be the shrine of the moon god at which Abraham worshipped. It is a sloping wall of mud and brick, with shallow, buttresses which had subsequently been strengthened by a facing of burnt brick w'hicli has enabled it ito last for ages. A small building adjoining the tower lias been identified as a court of justice. The kitchen therein contained a
broken ivory casket with a carved row of .dancing girls holding hands encircling the casket.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 January 1925, Page 13
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1134200 YEARS OLD. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 31 January 1925, Page 13
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