Recent Testimony of Archaeology to the Scriptiwes. 321 t in ory t ( h b e in ) fo th r T t e i h f e r ic u a c b l t o b io s is n in h s g a h u t e p a G p o s e f z a t e h t r e t i g h s r e e p a l p a t e c r t e u i d o n d n b e y o l f t t o h t h e th e l e a C y s o p e n r r i s q n u g o e f s w t h < it i h s 34 l. But when a great fortification is so ruined and the power it represents so destroyed that it loses sight of its water-supply, surely the culture of the time has had an interruption, though i in t g be f n ea o t t , m is uc r h em ch a a r n k g ab ed le . te T s h ti e m n o t n h y is t t o un t n h e e l, a a s dv a a g n r c e e a d t e s n t g at i e nee o r f civilization at the time of its construction ; but the more remarkable the civilization it represents, the more terrible must have been the disturbance of the culture which caused it to be lost and forgotten< 35 >. lated (c a ) rea A o g f a t i h n e , t c h it e y re of is G a e p z p e a r r b e y nt e a n n cr e o n a l c a h r i g n e g m u e p n o t n of th t e he Te p m op p u le area at the period of the Conquest< 36 > , showing at once the crowding into the city of the Israelites without the destruction of the Canaanites, as stated in the Bible, and a corresponding decline in reverence for the sacred inclosure of the High Place. a Wrc h h i y le < , 37 a > t , a th t e im re e i c s or a res s p u o d n d d e i n ng de to cr t e h a e se ea o rl f y t p h e e rio p d op o u f la t t h e e d M a o r n ea corresponding to the destruction of the Canaanites in the city by the father of Solomon's Egyptian wife< 38 >. (d) Of startling significance, the hypothetical Musri E gy pt in North Arabia, concerning which it has been said< 39 > f th ro e m p , a a tr n ia d r a ch p s r d in e c s e c s e s nd th e e d re t o h f er S et o o lo , m th o e n I m sr a a r e r l i i e te d s , h es a c s a b p e e e d n th fi e n r a e l ly and definitely discredited. For Gezer was a marriage dower of that princess whom Solomon married< 40 tion of her father's dominion, and so a part of the > s , u a ppo p s o e r d Musri, if it ever existed, and if so, at Gezer, then, we should find some evidence of this people and their civilization. Of such there is not a trace. But, instead, we find from very early times, but especially at this time, Egyptian remains in great abundance< 41 > . (e) Indeed, even Egyptian refinement and luxuries were
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