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Bibleland archaeologists have long suspected that the tiny Arab village of el-Jib eight miles northwest of Jerusalem hides fascinating secrets. The village stands on an oval man-made mound, and the experts think that it may cover Gibeon, an ancient city whose inhabitants, according to the Book of Joshua, made a deal with the invading Israelites and so were not slaughtered, only enslaved. For four years, Professor James B. Pritchard of Church Divinity School of the Pacific, whose passion is checking the historical accuracy of the Old Testament, dug at el-Jib. He found many interesting things, including...
...pots belonged to the middle Bronze Age well before Joshua and the Israelites invaded the Holy Land about 1200 B.C. Dr. Pritchard not only bought the pots but hired the woman as his "consultant." After a little coaxing she took him to her tomato patch on top of the mound, showed him a hole leading to a rifled Bronze Age tomb. More coaxing persuaded her to probe with an iron rod (a traditional tool of grave robbers) and show the archaeologist a series of circular stones covering more tombs...
...Steve Dalkowski was midway through his best season, with six wins and ten losses. He was leading the league in strikeouts, with 170-and, of course, in walks, with 162. Manager DeMars was almost hopeful. Said DeMars: "If I could sit in a chair behind the pitcher's mound and just tell him not to get nervous, he'd be a major leaguer right now." As for Steve Dalkowski, he wanted only to live down his own legend. "It's no picnic," he said, "watching every other batter walk to first...
...white linen slings and carried it the half-mile to the village churchyard where Russia's endless war is fought even in death-some graves bear tombstones with crosses; others are surmounted by Communism's red stars. Panting and perspiring, the pallbearers deposited the coffin on the mound of freshly dug yellowish earth beside the open grave, within sight of the blue onion domes of the Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration. Several weeping women bent over to kiss the lifeless countenance. It was time for the funeral oration...
...Poet's Grave. As Chukovsky stepped down from the mound, several young men pushed through the crowd. One proclaimed: "Over the poet's open grave his verses should resound," and began a recitation. Another said something about an "unpublished book," and there were uneasy glances and scattered cries of "For shame!" The coffin was sealed and lowered into the grave and a symbolic pinch of dirt thrown...