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...value is one of Haramesh-Sherif, nine feet by eleven, and is an exact representation of the mosques and other buildings occupying the site of Solomon's Temple and Palace. The second model, of the same size, is a restoration of the Temple of Solomon and The Temple of Herod, while the third, considerably smaller, represents the Tabernacle. These models arrived at Cambridge last December, but as considerable time and care are needed in setting them up, it will be long before they can be placed on exhibition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Semitic Museum Report. | 1/15/1904 | See Source »

...from the Damascus Gate stands a hill that looks exceedingly like a skull in the sunlight, and could well give to the hill the name, the "place of a skull" Close at hand have been discovered the remains of an old Roman road leading directly to Herod's Tower in the city from which it could easily be seen. Moreover, just back of the hill stands a garden, and along its edge runs a wall, pretty well buried under the accumulated dust of ages. Excavations have brought to light a tomb in the wall, protected by a rolling stone, just...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Peabody's Talk | 2/10/1893 | See Source »

...years. The Jews, long oppressed and maddened by the Roman rule were still clinging to their expectation of a Messiah; a king who was to overthrow the oppressor and give Jerusalem the supreme power. But at the time of Christ's birth, cruelty and bloodshed were constantly increasing, with Herod as their chief agent. The fact that the slaughter of the innocents is not noticed in secular history is significant of his career. No notice of the massacre of a few babies could be taken amid a series of murders, of his sons, wife, relations, courtiers and subjects, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 11/29/1891 | See Source »

...White. Tilson McBean, First colloquies-T. G. Adams, Arnet, Barnett, Bradley, Bunce, Dater, Greer, Hall, Hefflon, Hodges, Hopkins, Jewett. Kenerson, Marsh, Parker, Robinson, Sacket, G. F. Smith, Thompson, Townsend, Wales, H. L. Williams, Wright. Second colloquies-Aiken, Bailey, Barnes, Barrows, Billings, Brenner, Brewster, Cooley, Davis, Ferris, Forsythe, Gregory, Harvey, Herod, Horr, Howell, Ingersol, Jessup, Knox, Lloyd. McClintock, Moorhead, Castler, Penfield, Reed, Reynolds, Rorer, Russell, Weed, F. H. Williams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Junior Appointments. | 1/20/1890 | See Source »

...such determination and vigor as to make up for lost time. The names of the candidates are as follows: Cheney, Forsythe, Knox, Dunnell, Shaw, Wright, Cushing, W. McClintock, Hedges, R. Foster, Greer, Barnes, Childs, Young, Twombly, Sacket, Treadwell, Hall, St. John, N. E. Simms, Guy, Hopkins, Sears, Gage, Loomis, Herod and Gregory, '91, S. Besides these, N. McClintock, Poole, Root, Dalzell, and Dickerman, '91, S., are training with the University nine. The men are an unusually good set, and the competition for positions will he uncommonly close. F. C. Huntington, who was recently elected temporary captain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Freshman Nine. | 2/9/1888 | See Source »

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