From the April 25, 1936, issue
By Science News
WAR TOWER IN BIBLE WAS “OLD-FASHIONED” EVEN THEN
Imagine the same warfare tactics used for 3,000 years!
It is hard to believe in this age of inventive speed.
That time amazingly stood still in this way in ancient Bible lands is revealed by latest excavations at that famous site, “the oldest city in the world,” Tepe Gawra in Mesopotamia.
When King Abimelech met his death attacking this round temple-battle tower, it was then an ancient war device at least 3,000 years old. According to the story, Abimelech was mortally wounded by a rock hurled by a woman from the wall above. In a drawing by the artist Dore, he is begging his armor-bearer to kill him so that death might not come from the hand of a woman. The ancient prototype of the round battle-tower, as found at Tepe Gawra, is shown on the front cover.