. Babel and Bible;. Fig. i. Ur of the Chaldees, the Home of Abraham and the Forefathers of Israel. (Ruins of el-Muqayyer, pronounced Mukayyer, English Mug-heir.) Since the Babylonian bricks usually bear a stampcontaining along with other marks the name of the cityin which the building of which it formed a part waserected, it was made possible for Sir Henry Rawlinson asearly as the year 1849 to rediscover the much-sought-forcity of Ur of the Chaldees, the home of Abraham and the BABEL AND BIBLE. 5 ancestors of the tribes of Israel (Genesis xi. 31 and xv. 7).The discovery was made in the giganti
. Babel and Bible;. Fig. i. Ur of the Chaldees, the Home of Abraham and the Forefathers of Israel. (Ruins of el-Muqayyer, pronounced Mukayyer, English Mug-heir.) Since the Babylonian bricks usually bear a stampcontaining along with other marks the name of the cityin which the building of which it formed a part waserected, it was made possible for Sir Henry Rawlinson asearly as the year 1849 to rediscover the much-sought-forcity of Ur of the Chaldees, the home of Abraham and the BABEL AND BIBLE. 5 ancestors of the tribes of Israel (Genesis xi. 31 and xv. 7).The discovery was made in the gigantic monnd of ruinsof Mugheir on the right bank of the lower Euphrates(see Fig. 1), which is now the storrn-center of warringArab tribes. The certainty of the discovery has beenmore and more established. The data of the cuneiform literature shed light alsoon geographical matters: formerly the site of the city of.
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