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...ancient pagan religion of Babylonia managed to hold out in a single city for 1,500 years after Babylonia fell. Visiting the U.S. last week, British Archaeologist David Storm Rice told how he rummaged in the almost unexplored ruins of Harran in southern Turkey. Harran was a thriving Moslem city until it was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century A.D., but Dr. Rice's interest goes back to 2000 B.C., when Harran was a famous center of worship of the long-bearded moon-god, Sin, giver of light and wisdom. Harran was also visited by Abraham...
...Harran's fortunes rose and fell with shifts of local politics, but its religious importance persisted. The last king of Babylonia, Nabonidus, was so devoted to Moon-God Sin that he tried to make him supreme above all the other gods of the densely populated Mesopotamian pantheon. This religious move was a tactical mistake; the local priests had a vested interest in other gods, and their machinations drove Nabonidus into the wilderness. He came back after a while, but was overwhelmed by Cyrus of Persia...
Answer. In Buffalo, N.Y., Harran Ali asked Allah to get his wife out of the reformatory, made a burnt offering of his coat, afire on a pole in front of the County Hall. Result: a $5 fine for disorderly conduct...
...first and only public one the Musical Clubs will give in Boston this fall and therefore will be the sole opportunity members of the University will have to hear them. Tickets are $2 and $1.50 each are now on sale at Jordan Hall, Herrick's and the Harran Club in Boston, and in Cambridge at the Co-operative Branch and from R. T. Fry '17, Thayer...
...companies of the Harran Battalion will assemble on the roadway east of James Smith Hall at 1.30 sharp. 2. No uniforms will be worn. C. COADIES Captain U. S. Army, Commanding...