Abstract
THE CAVE OF MACPELAH.—In the concluding issue for the year of Ancient Egypt, Sir Flinders Petrie discusses the probable position of the double cave below the Herodian monument which is described in the lately published “Hebron, le Haram el Khalil,” by Pere Vincent and Captain Mackay. Owing to the fanaticism of the present Arab population, the authors of this work were not allowed access to the subterranean parts. Our knowledge of these is derived from an account, written in A.D. 1136, of an examination of them in A.D. 1119 by the monks. Sir Flinders Petrie's conclusion is that the double cave probably lies to the S.E. rather than to the N.E. of the basilica-like chamber to which the monks penetrated. A point of interest in connexion with the superstructure is that while the internal proportions indicate the Jewish foot as the unit, those of the exterior conform to the Roman foot, the design being based on the fact that the two units can be worked together on a ratio of 10: n in the length or 11.5: 12.5 in the breadth.
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