. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. *'The Vale of Siddim was füll of Slimepits If durinr tectonic earthquakes the earth splits,instead in the open country/^down at the bottom of lakes or swamps( as for instance in the Dead ^ea),^hen there are no I tftfhQunt of the lack fumes and clouds and fire but only the fuels its seif which o» ^ipi^lJ asphalt/ n can't ^runr; ftgi^ oil, scoriae and iKijokiox which mix with the water and mud. xDm^ykij of oxygei. lixed These ascending masses of asphal
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. *'The Vale of Siddim was füll of Slimepits If durinr tectonic earthquakes the earth splits,instead in the open country/^down at the bottom of lakes or swamps( as for instance in the Dead ^ea),^hen there are no I tftfhQunt of the lack fumes and clouds and fire but only the fuels its seif which o» ^ipi^lJ asphalt/ n can't ^runr; ftgi^ oil, scoriae and iKijokiox which mix with the water and mud. xDm^ykij of oxygei. lixed These ascending masses of asphalt and sulphur kxiltxxKxtkHxsfsKctKKx^KiiHj^i:: with gypsum and marl; the slimepits of the Jordan Valley, near the Dead Sea. There is no help for anybody gR^MiMi^" in^o these black4sh brown marshes of dreadful smelling val4ey Siddim is such a side-valley of the Dead Sea of which the oldest part of the Genesis gives a verJE correct destription: And the vale of Siddim was füll of slimepits; and f he kings öf Sodom and Gomorrah fled(before Amraphel, king of Shinar)( probably Hamurabi of Sumer, the conquerer of Palestine in 2400 ) and feil there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. Gen* 14/10 / The"Asphalt lakes" \^art arth the bottom af Also now, during an earthquake^ around the Dead Sea,'^^«Äxtja splits 'ö^ 4ipt becauöe it is not as heavy as the very heavy salt water the sea and asphalt of the Dead Sea. Large pieces of asphalt used to rise after an earthquake, and that is the reason why the Greeks and Romans called the dead Sea Lacus Asphaltides, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kahn, Arthur and Fritz.
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