Herod who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents in order to encompass
the destruction of the Infant Saviour.

The tomb of Hiram is another relic discovered at the village of Hunaneh
on the road from Safed to Tyre; it recalls the days of David. Hiram
was King of Tyre in the time of David. The tomb is a limestone structure
of extraordinary massiveness Unfortunately the Mosque of Omar stands
on the site of Solomon's Temple and there is no hope of digging there.
As for the palace of Solomon, it should be easy to find the foundations,
for Jerusalem has been rebuilt several times upon the ruins of earlier
periods and vast ancient remains must be still buried there. The work
is being pushed vigorously at present and the future should bring to
light many interesting relics. At last the real site of the Crucifixion
may be found with many mementoes of the Saviour, and the Apostles.

Professor Flinders Petrie, the famous English archaeologist, has
recently explored the Sinaitic peninsula and has found many relics of
the Hebrews' passage through the country during the Exodus and also
many of a still earlier period. He found a remarkable number of altars
and tombs belonging to a very early form of religion. On the Mount
where Moses received the tables of the law is a monastery erected by
the Emperor Justinian 523 A.D. Although the conquering wave of Islam
has swept over the peninsula, leaving it bare and desolate, this
monastery still survives, the only Christian landmark, not only in
Sinai but in all Arabia. The original tables of stone on which the
Commandments were written, were placed in the Ark of the Covenant and
taken all through the Wilderness to Palestine and finally placed in
the Temple of Solomon. What became of it when the Temple was plundered
and destroyed by the Babylonians is not known.