New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-28
for lie lEolIrs
MFR. cliddon's Lectures.


Its arare treat 70 have listened & Mr. GID
DoS's Lectures on Egyptology, which, calculated
by drawings fsbrics. mummies and specimens,
have been delivered in this City during the past
few weeks And although the attendance on them
has been highly respectable. including not only
seine OF our srrgus. bgt-wha, i very ercdtshlc 70
American chArscter-many Of the mechanics snd less
.,udious Of the citizens still aed with regret
that everybody 20; present 30 prof, by such unusu
Al opportunities To nave hundred tue-worn prsju-
does respecting hat extraordinary nation Who Peopled
the valley al the Nile dsleled to Be carried back into
gray antiquity farther than any other records save the
hicrosiyphic inscriptions Of Egypt enable Us u con
ccive sn5 be Al once delighted AMI sstounded by
graphic vision Of a great nation familiar with sciences
and arts which are OF recent culture with us-He
among the csults 10 auditor Of these disclosures
made % us by the Lectures Of Mr. Gliddon FOR Until
a,ely this know edge has been confined ~ few devot
81 and enthusiastic students who have made aborious
research into this department Of archaeology the bust
of their lives one who undertakes 70 popularike
this heretofore hidden knowledge, AID bring 10 our
doors here in the West deserves vel at our hands.
One faithful attendance the entire course would
be well repaid By listening to the explanation OF the oo
Jet OF the Pyramids alone which have gwen rise 20 30
many spccustions the part Of commen siors,
historians and superficial travellers part Of the state
ruenf reistn. % them that they were not construct
ed BY slaves under iyrann.cs and cruel king Ter the
ancient Egyptians were CSucasans by descent and
free intelligent and happy people But while erected
A. shown tor the nierment OF the monarch who had
ruled well and Justly they gave employment snd sup
port 20 great OF the people who Tor three months
Of the year were else thrown out OF their customary
occupation by the overflow % the Nile and in the so-
OF printing they served 10 transmit idea Of the
nations grandeur these lste times. q notice OF
this theme alone would require an article.
Then the manner in which the site Of the famed AXE
Mpri. was discovered and how is artificial formation
the means of adding 515 900 to the produc
tive land Of the country with its swsrmng population
would require another. 80 would a consideration OF
the snci en sacerdoia goverumentthe pety and oris
nal freedom OF the nation from dostry-the origin of
the mysteries IN their worship-the significance and
simplicity OF their frs, symbols-the rise aud res-
sons Of mouarchisl rule among them.
little iact like this - treasure 70 the multitude
That Csmbyses and his army invading sni driven from
Lydia By the people Ot the Nine Bows, were not
buried IN overwhelming sandior the desert consists
Of tables OF rock Of sand firm often refuse the
imprint of fcoi-bu probably persisted in their long
march, from want OF food aud water Or his that an
oasis Is not green spot in sandy waste, bat place
where the superintendent limestone rock being heaved
up, the repressed water IS permitted 10 rise Or this
that simeon Is not poisonous and fatal wind. but one
ireghled with impalpabe dust from which you may
| be easily sheltered by kneeng camel
These however are but little incidental illusions in
/ the midst Of most important revelations, which the
| limited number Of the lectures obliged Mr.. GLtJDoN
| greatly 20 curtAil
Perhaps Of the grandest pecuaritics of the new
facts which study of Egyptian science brings 10 our
nouce IS the age o. the nation and the long duration oil
It's dynastes OF Kings Among the lists Of IL Pharsohs
beginning with Menes who walked with Amun, down
10 the Greek and Sancenic conqucsts the history and
chronology OF some yet unsettled. Much, however
expected from the future publications OF the Prussar
LErFsius who stands In the first rank among the great
scholars-such Rosseilin Bunsen and Wilkinson. whC
have labored and lived who still sborng in this
ield OF interesting and valuable research where Cham
polion led the way For its chronology beginning far
Their back than entered into the computation OF now
exploded theories, makes startling developments, anC
"in introduce new system and era OF reckoning.
"a'ei $50. -" sre happy to know. the promise o.
A WORK Cnronost from me pen VI vi. uLIDuUN, q
whom our American public is much indebted wei
as OF an exposition year hence of later discoveries
We hope that his lsbors end learning will be at leas
partially appreciated by and that the be
has met with here may be increased tsnfod In the South
whittier. understand he is going on hs instructive
/ mission. III.