Ancient boundary markers 185 Stone ouches, or door-sockets 192 The famed Black Obelisk, which confirmed record of Jehu 193 Hamath inscription 195 Small ivory lion from Ahab’s palace 200 Fragmentary frieze showing ancient chariots 201 Hittite inscription 208 Egyptian funerary papyri 209 Monuments of Petra, showing ruins from one direction 216 Monuments of Petra, looking in opposite direction 217 The rough approach to Petra 240 Approaching Petra by way of the main siq 241 “El Kahzne”, the Temple of the Urn 248 Building carved from living stone 249 El Deir 256 Additional view of El Deir 257 En route to the “High Place” 264 The Altar of Sacrifice 265 CHAPTER I The Premise Stated In the romantic vocabulary of the twentieth century few words are more potent to arouse the interest of the average man than the fascinating word “archeology.” A flood of volumes has come forth from the press of our generation covering almost every phase of this now popular science. After one hundred years of steady plodding and determined digging, this school of research has at last come into its own and today occupies deserved prominence in the world of current literature. This science, which deals exclusively with dead races and the records of their conduct is, to many, the most fascinating field of investigation at present open to the inquiring mind of man. Nothing is of such interest to the human as is humanity. The study of the life and record of our own kind rightly means more to us than can most other subjects.