Sir Charles Marston Tells of Palestine Finds Sir Charles Marston, the distinguished archaeologist, whose excave Nous of the City of Jericho verified the Book of Joshua, - and who established the date of' the Exodus, arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Inthe s. Empress of Canada, Sir Charles, accompanied by Lady Marston and his daughter, is ona pleasure trip around the world. He said, however, that when he arrived in Palestine, he would settle down once again to what in late years, he has made his life work, He now has three expeditions in Palestine excavating the ruins of the city of Lachish, which he said was the most important city in Judah next to Jerusalem. The expeditions "are continuing with the work that has been done before uncovering biblical information, No special task has been set the excavators, Sir Charles said yesterday in an interview with a "North-China Herald" reporter. They were not looking for anything special but hoped that many new things would come to light that would elear~ questions about the Old. Testament that have been puzzling theologists for years, or would establish dates and verify or dispute other points in the Bible.
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