Excavations at Tel-Abraham Forbidden

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 12, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 46.

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Excavations at Tel-Abraham Forbidden

THE sultan has withdrawn from Mr. Banks, the American archæologist, permission to make excavations in the vicinity of Tel-Abraham, holding that it is sacred ground, the supposed burial place of Abraham. Permission had been granted through the American minister in August last.