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THE interesting collection of antiquities from Tell Duweir, the ancient Lachish, in Palestine, on view at the Wellcome Research Institute, Euston Road, London, N.W.I, from July 7 until July 29 bears eloquent testimony to the organization of detail by the leader of the expedition, the late Mr. J. L. Starkey, which enabled the members of the Wellcome-Marston Archæological Research Expedition to carry on without interruption after his murder on January 10 last. By that time the expedition had already arrived as near a solution as is likely to be possible of the problem of the great shaft, 80 ft. by 70 ft. by 80 ft. deep, at the south-east corner of the Tell upon which investigation was engaged at the close of last season. Tunnels driven along the sides at the bottom and up to the centre show that this great seventh century work was never completed, but that it was probably intended for a reservoir similar to that at Gezer. Excavation of the Bronze Age temple has now been completed down to bed rock, two pieces of evidence leading to redatings.
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Excavations at Lachish, 1937–8. Nature 142, 168 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142168b0
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