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81 from tne Richmond (Va,) Despatch we again
CLEAN extracts from lecture of Mr.. Gliddon on
Egyptian Ethnology, delivered subsequently to
tlle one which we quoted few DAYS since. -
As there Is much valuable information and
curious speculation in bis observations, we the
more willingly present them.-Nat. Courier.
On the question of the unity of the Human
race, Mr.. Gliedon thus states his position:
That while be did moi considerable .Diversity'
OF human origins, when viewed as If il were al
ready an accomplished fact in science, to be as
yet in 1851 irrefragabfy proven: ON the other
hand, bis personal inquiries had hitherto encoun.
tered no argument in support of the "Unityn
doctrine, that could endure the scaipel Of arch.
9ologlcal criticism; simply because exceedingly
lew OF the expoHents Of the Jnitary Dostuafe
were at all aware of the enormous efhnological
resources and facts, adverse to their preconcep.
lions, furnished by The primeqal monuments and
cemeteries of the Nile.
He exhbefed chart, on which we're delihea
ted the colored heads Of ty distinct individuals,
corroboraled by the plates of Moron's Crania
HgyptiGna, and an infnude of other authori-
ties, besides mumnies, skulls, &c, &c. These
heads are fac SMILES o. the families of mankind
known TO The ancient Egyptians; dating between
b. &. 2200 and b. G. 1900; and establishing the
same diversity of human species, primordial or
ganc types, 1000 years agn as exists in Egypt
at This day.
In the age Of King Menepfha Sethei T. the
10th ceRtury B. e.; that is, before the DAYS OF
Moses, The Egyptians had already classified all
the nations existing around their own geograph-
ical centre, into fur categories, viz: the Red
race, or the Egyptians; the yelloao, and the white
populations Of Asia, from the Nile to the Cas-
u ha Arahi 81.
the lndo Germanic tribes the latter and lastly.
the Black race as the fourth snbdividel into
the same endless mulatto grade that throng the
bazaars OF Cairo at this hour. These were all
the nations with whose existence the Egyptians
were then acquainted; Mongoan, Malayan, Po-
lynesian, and American races, not having been
yet discovered, were utterly uDknow ! in the 10th
century D. G. 10 Egyptian geography.
This point estabIished curious comparison
was instituted between these Egyptian ante.
Mosaic sculptures, and the sense of the origin
al He6reU IertS of the 0tk chapter of Genesis,
as explained by the most profound Hebrasts OF
Europe, whence it appeared that under the sym.
bolical nomenclatures "Shen, Han, and Japhet,"
the ancient Hebrews, circumscribed in know-
edge within very limited geographical area,
had designated only those three varieties Of the
Caucasian family, whose existence was then
known to them corresponding perfectly to the
red, yellow and white subdivisions of Egyptian
eihnography; but emitting altogether the black
so that the older Egyptian system is quadru.
pie, while that in the 10th chapter OF Genesis
is trpartiie. Ample combinations of this crit.
ical view exists trnughout the original He6re,C
tert, in no part of which are our anglicised
terms, ethiopia" or ethiopian" found We
these words, from the Greek AIexandrian trans.
tators; because. during the anterior Homeric
are, say from b. &. 600 to 800, these words
had generic and not strictly geographical
application: inasmuch as they were given by
the Greeks Gin the sanec Of "Sun- burnt faces
to ali nations whose skins were darker than
their own, irresper,ively of the ha5itats Of such
nations in Asia or Africa
In the Hebrew text, the word, mistranslated
in cur version s.Ethiopa," is Kush or CuSh:
which name IN no part os the Scriptures crosses
the Red sea ito Africa, but is applied by the lie
brew writers exclusively to the CuShie Arabs
OF Snuthern Arabia, the darkest of all Caucasian
families: while geographically speaking, the
name Kush stretches from the "rivers OF Kush,''
on the Istbmus of Snez eastw ard so far as Me-
sopolamia This view, Mr.. Glddon stated. is
established by the highest biblical critics OF our
dar.
In consequence there is no "Ethiopia," nor
are there any "Eihiopians" in tile original He.
brele tert of the Bible; nor from Genesis to Ma
lachi is there single mention of black or negro
species Of mankind. They are absolutely omit |
ted, together with all Mongnlian, Malayan, Po- |
lynesian. and American races. 5a3.l 50a
Dir Gliddon expressed very decided opinion
also upon another point. He asserted that Chi /
ma and the Chinese were utterly unknown 10 the /
Pliaraonic Egyptians and TO The Hebrew Biblical /
writer's. This opinnnha been disputed in con- /
Of certain little Chinese vases, which I
DHce held perlumery, having been frequently ex- |
humed at Thebes from tombs OF the 18TH Dy- |
nasty, whence an irresistible conclnsion was I
Ora ~n, that Egypt had intercourse svitiI China /
as Ear back as the 18th century b. C., thirty
hree hundred years ago, even prior to The days |
f Moses.
These vases Mr. Gideon. however. proved 10
De most egregious fraud, for on exhibiting them
or examination 10 the first Sinoiogists of the
iay, it was at once ascertained; LIST. that the
inscription on them is written in the character
ermed ThSaO tSeu toei. (cnrsive writng,) which +
VAS first invented in China in the second centu-
" after Christ; therefore these vases could not
possibly be more than 1000 wears old; 2dlv, that
he said inscription was verse from Chinese
,oet Wang gan chi, who wrote in the year 1868
q. d.; therefore these vases not being 832 years
I'D. could mt possibly have been placed in the
ombs at Thcbes 3.3o0 years ago!
1t has since been established that these vases
ire imported yearly from China ria India. at the
Arabian Mecca. and thence brought over BY the
Pilgrims, are collected by Arab anti
unity mongers, who selthem'te travelling in,be-
ilities at fhebes, as ayertabe ante diluvian
Egyptian antiques, -
The only proof brought forward to establish
ncent intercourse between Egypt and China,
hus turns Out to be modern imposture
s Chinese history. the most valid of all in this
question:, proves that, until the year log after
thrisf, The Chinese never knew oi the existence
f any countries located North and West Of Per-
la. Between the years SO and lO6 A. DIN
lie reign of Ho- Tia vast Chinese army halted
N the shores of the Caspian sea. and there and
hen, the Chinese heard, for the first time, from
he Parthians, Of The existence of the Roman
mpire; whIch the Chinese General did not ad.
ance to invade, because the parthians told him
he expedition wnuId take him three years! His
ommissariat beiag insufficient, lie marched
ack to China.
I'm the other hand. The arms oe Rome were
lot extended towards Persia. until about SO b
~ The Pro Consul Grassns perished by Par.
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