European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10the stars and stripes sunday May 10,1992 archaeologist Jones on Trail of lost Ark. Trio Cryll that match the Rai Qumran occupied West Bank apr a Texas Bible scholar digging in desert caves said Friday that he found ritual incense from the ancient jewish Temple and May be close to finding a bigger treasure the Ark of the covenant. Many orthodox jews and Christian fundamentalists believe that finding the lost Temple treasures would Lead to fulfilling the biblical prophecy of rebuilding the jewish Temple on Jerusalem a Temple mount now the site of Muslim holy shrines. The texan Wendyl Jones said he found the incense in the same Complex of caves above the dead sea where in the 1940s Arab shepherds first discovered the dead sea scrolls containing some of the most ancient known biblical writings. Jones 62, from Arlington Texas said chemical analysis has shown that the Fine Reddish Brown powder from one Cave contained several spices used in the Temple incense. He used As his treasure map the so called Copper scroll part of the dead sea scrolls. He said the scroll lists 64 places where Temple treasures were hidden from the advancing romans in the 1st Century including the Ark of the covenant that tradition says holds the ten commandments. Jones and a group of american volunteers Are digging in a seven chamber Cave about a Quarter of a mile North of Qumran. A we found Over 30 Points of refer ence in the scroll that match the Cave a Jones told reporters Friday. However some israeli archaeologists Are sceptical about the quest of the former Baptist minister no says Indiana Jones in the movie raiders of the lost Ark was based on him. Amos Kloner an archaeology professor at bar Ilan University said Jones is wasting his time. Quot in a sure the Temple treasures were destroyed a he said in a Telephone interview. Obelisk dedicated to Queen oldest to be found in Egypt Sankara Egypt apr archaeologists have discovered the world s oldest known Complete obelisk dedicated to a Long forgotten Queen who in her time was so beloved and famous that she became a goddess after death. A twin obelisk broken in three pieces was also unearthed. The obelisks were dedicated to into a wife of pharaoh Pepi i Egypt a ruler almost 4,300 years ago. Her name was lost in Antiquity. But inscriptions near the obelisks speak of in Tyr a ascension into godhood after she died and excavators found eight offering tables in her Honor. The Green Limestone obelisks stand 7 feet 3 inches. They adorned the entry to a funeral Temple leading to into s Pyramid. The French egyptian team discovered the pyramids ruins earlier but lacked in Tyr a name until they found the temples remains and the obelisks. T the site is part of a Large Pyramid Field built for at least three of Pepin a Queens. They were buried alongside their pharaoh in South Sankara a Royal cemetery on desert ridges 20 Miles South of Cairo. The obelisks Are Small compared with those erected by later pharaohs but egyptology its said their discovery provides rare clues into one of ancient Egypt a Best known but least understood symbols. Large or Small obelisks have a mystical Aura. A True obelisk is a four sided single piece of Stone tapering gradually As it rises and ending in a Small Pyramid. The ancient egyptians who created them considered obelisks to be sacred to the Sun god. Some egyptology its Trace the origins of the obelisk to the Ben Ben a sacred Stone embodying the moment of creation. But few obelisks survive. Dozens were taken from Egypt. They decorate the Banks of the thames in London italian and French avenues even new Yorkus Central Park. Pollution has erased Many of their messages. Nobody knows who made the first obelisk where or Why. A we know there were earlier obelisks than into a Zahi harass antiquities director for the pyramids area and Sankara said thursday. A but we done to have  until now the oldest standing obelisk has been from the reign of pharaoh sesostris i who came to Egypt a throne 284 years after Pepi. Antiquities inspector Orban Aboul Hassan examines an obelisk dedicated to into a wife of pharaoh Pepi i Egypt a ruler almost 4,300 years ago. German conservatives reject tour bus crash plan for Liberal abortion Law 17 Pep a in Basque area Bonn Germany apr parliamentarians took a Long stride Friday toward settling an abortion Law dispute that has divided Eastern and Western germans since unification nearly two years ago. But the proposal was immediately attacked by Western ultraconservative and created new strains within the embattled coalition government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Before West and East Germany merged in october 1990, negotiators from the two nations were unable to agree on whose abortion Law should remain on the books. As a consequence two vastly differing sets of abortion regulations Are still in place in reunited Germany. Women from former East Germany can get abortions pretty much upon demand within the first trimester. But West German women can legally have their pregnancies terminated Only if they fulfil a list of conditions such As proving that giving birth could endanger their lives. On Friday a special panel of parliamentarians from All but one of the main political parties proposed a Compromise that foresees a Law nearly As Liberal As the one valid for women in Eastern Germany. Under the proposal women would qualify for abortions within the first 12 weeks with Only one stipulation that they first consult with doctors about alternatives. The Compromise culminated months of efforts to Bridge differences Between the two abortion Laws. The panel said it would present its proposal to the bundestag parliaments lower House later this month. Politicians who signed the proposal Are from Kohls Christian democrats the free democrats Kohls Junior coalition allies the opposition social democrats and Alliance 90, a collection of activists who helped overthrow East Germany a stalinist leaders in 1989. But the Christian social Union the ultraconservative bavarian sister party of the Christian democrats opposes the Compromise As too Liberal. Wolfgang Botsch a Christian social Union Leader said that late thursday lawmakers from his party and Kohls met for four hours to discuss the abortion Laws but no Accord was reached. Botsch on Friday said lawmakers who agreed to the Compromise had a a deceived coalition members who reject the plan. Trouble within Kohls three party coalition also arose after the april 27 announcement by foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher a free Democrat that he was resigning. Another free Democrat current Justice minister Klaus Kinkel was named to replace Genscher. But the Christian social Union which covets the foreign ministry portfolio has attacked Kinkele a qualifications. Barcelona Spain up a seventeen people died and 31 people were injured saturday when a Long distance bus careened off a Highway near the Northwest Spanish City of Vitoria Basque regional police said. The French dutch danish and portuguese riders were travelling on the Lisbon to Paris bus on their Way to euro Disney outside of Paris. Authorities said that the injured were taken to a number of hospitals in the Region and that 12 were in serious condition. A spokeswoman for the Ert Zaitza the regional Basque police said the Accident occurred Early saturday when most passengers were asleep. The bus Slid off the Road a new Highway in the Region and ended up on its Side in a shallow Bank she said. The bus had been carrying 48 passengers and two Drivers. Basque police said the Accident might have been caused by human error. They said two passengers had told them that the Driver appeared to be a half asleep just before the bus went off the  help sought for ukrainian nuclear disarmament Kiev Ukraine a Ukraine will Likely have difficulty withdrawing its strategic nuclear weapons before 1995 without Western help the Deputy defense minister says. It. Gen. Ivan Bizhan said Friday that the trickiest problem will be to safely Dis pose of liquid fuel in 130 strategic missiles that Are to be transferred to Russia for destruction under the strategic arms reduction treaty. The fuel represents a a great ecological danger a he said. A it is my opinion As a military specialist that there will be certain difficulties in meeting the deadline Bizhan said. A if. Additional resources Are made available perhaps by Western countries interested in seeing this process completed More quickly i think it should be  Ukraine is believed to have 1,000 to 1,400 strategic nuclear warheads. Bizhan reiterated Ukraine a intention become a non nuclear state saying it to enter further disarmament talks with United states Russia Belarus Kazakhstan. He said the former soviet a Black sea Fleet was already non nuclear