The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-02-25


lion Of those atuPendOuS monuments d
Egypliah Architecture against which u.
vicissitudes Oftime hav asaiIsd nOlhing.-.
There they haze stood fOr many csnturis,
wonders n lbe world, eliciting Ire d.
plause &c mankind Ior tho Ingenuity, skiA
and industry Of those who designed and
erected them. But while they have evsr
been regaTdedas specimens Of the iagenui
" Of hose who planed.theui they haSsGL
50 been looked pon - sPlendid'monu.
ments Of their folly ana ambition. ItAm.
been stated that the use tprwhlch thsy
were reared, was to furnish TepOsilB1
for corn, during the days of Joseph, ba
his hist and ths circumstances connected
with their structure have fully disPrOueH !
this opinion -OtherS have supposed BY IL.
tbystical sylubols inscribed opOh lhsir ON.
face, that il was the method which they'd.
visea to transnitio coming agss ilo histu.
ryOf Egyptand L aehievemenEs in science
I'D the arts, but the lact Of III symbols
themselves being obscure and uninteIligi.
Bic to others and therefore an uncertain
means Of conveying correctly to POsteriB
the incidents intended, exposes the fallaCy
Of his conjecture. Oilers have again as
serted that theywere reared as observatO
ries for astron omical discoveries, 70 obtain
a more correct knowledge Of the heavens
but this opinion has been contrOvered BY
the fact Of their having been situated in
low, fiat country, the erection Of sucha
number of equal height, which would BE-
unnecessary for that purpose, and the d&
Guilty (if not impossibility) Of access to their
highest summit. But the opinion that has
hitherto most generally received the belief
of learned and investigating men is, that
they were constructed as mausoleums SO'
Egyptian princes. 1t was their belief thai
Z after dissolution, the soul become connected
with the body Of various other animals Of
terrestrial, aquatic, and winged kind, and
that after the lapse Of three thousand yean'
again united with the human bOdy-and
they therefore reared those royal sePuL
cheers for preserving the former habitatiOn
OF the soul during that period. For this
purpose it is supposed founded on doctrine
so supcrsttious and unreasonable, was@
much wealth exhausted, labor expended
and so many millions Of men doomed to
drag out miserable life Of incessant toll
A modern author after summing up all tho
facts substantiating the latter opinion has
declared with reference toit; @there seems
but'little occasion for argument or reasOno
doubt" But recent inve stigations haE'
combatted, even this plausible and hitheapI
generally accredited opinion, as is statedh
a late communications Professor CrOssS
the Louisville Courier. From his letter.
|, which for the want Of room we canhOtiE
scrt in our columns we cOndehse the fol-
: ginginloFmatiOn which it furnishes.
NJ. Persignay after various scientific el-
periments, and close investigation has as
certaiued thai tie structure Of the pyramids
adapts them to the protection Of the VALLEY
Of the Nile from the bursting in Of the sand
when driven by violent winds. This OPiH
ion he has sustained by powerful arm
! of arguments drawn from the laws Of 2
ture and the eht Of science, in which ,
shows that their structure is peculiarly 50
ted Eorthe object which they were deslg
ed to accomplish. Theft situation he az
assert Is e1acty suited for the more CD
cient projection Of that fertile body Of land
Such be asserts Is the injurious effect .
the sand the Pyramids are designed tore
sist, that, but for their erection, the vallsJ'
the Nile would. long sipce. have been
barren as the deserts Of Arabia. u
conclusion is therefore arrived a, that
protection Of thisland was the real Oo''
Of the Egyptiansii constructing those eng
nous piles, and that mankind has aith''
labOred under delusivs opinion rPla'i"
then.
The learned professor shove alpoe
Justly declares, aosdpsiDg 70 this 'i''
the subject. thess colossal STRUCTURES .
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