Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-17

NPlSk e RI - ers11ultJ between Assyris
ard 2 gyp. The mas c{tlcir monune ut,
ncwaa Earepe reach only 70 the 9th. 18th
md 9Th centhlics b O.; and Major Raw
An<ea datesths moss remote Baby lonisil in
seripinn rel discovered only ia the 13tl
cenlary ,. G. Nj. q explained the man
nsr N which The story that the nasnc of the
rsnrlses Jonah had been found inscribed
!. "a s1s'ae Of the Sinesite monuments arose
and ilairuled sleidraly exhibiting the plat.
OF the 5isi CHI. CANNES.
PrRsIa --AH MahernmcJan history O
,Snes -ateccdent 10 them is perfect chaos
Classical history 10 confirmed by Major
EawlInson's labors; and the Oldest Perse
poli.an inscription il THAT On the tomb o!
tie grea. Cyrus. SIS years B. c. plates o.
which were exhibited. Major Rawlinsof
.s;nclined 10 believe that Cyrus was the in
vcnso- Of Persian alphabetical writing.
HrxposTax-Mr G. utterly demolished
fhe fabric raised by the forgcries Of the
HinIoo pundifs, aad imposed as genuine
apoa soma Of The earlier European schol-
srs. II the British Museum he had had
al opportunity of consulting the labors Of
the Saneis scholars of our day, who have
arrived at the following conclus;ons with
regard To Uindoo literature:
LIST. Date Of the Pursnas. between { e I'll,
and 18th centuries OF our era: the Vishnu
Paranas. 954. None arc a thousand years
old--son1e much less.
Ell. The Veelas. formerly supposed to be
ante -Abrakamic. True date. I'd century
of our e-a Date Of the Ramayana A. D.
500; of the Mahabharata A. D. 200.
Sd The laws ofMsnou. supposed to be
older than the laws ofM6ses, and TO have
gwen rise 70 them, were composed about
rhe 9Th cei'ary Of our era. and are. there
fore moi 1900 wears old. The Brahmins
p,aiHcd knowledge Of the books of Moses
after the Chrissisncra. and stole from them.
IS for the iIindostanic monuments, the
strrcIdous eroilo of Ellora is scarcely o
centcr, Sclder'han Westminster Abbey hay
ing been cit in the eighth or ninth century.
The Sanscrit language, descendant Of
the Pais tongue. was not perfected in the
form now known to us until the fifth cen
iury Of our era.
There are no Sanscrit inscriptions older
than 1900 years; IN it, ancestor the PAIL
thereis ono 3t5 BIC. and that's the Oldest.
CHfyA--Thc Chinese have been Sc
clulcd people in all time. /; is not true
fhat the ancient Chinese knew of the cxis-
tence ofthc Jews or the Egyptians. The
Chinese FIRST LEANED the cxistcnsc Of the
ltomanepmf between tie years OF 50 and
lp6sA. D. Anionlnns sent an embassy TO
China \. d. l65. Chinese records have
been kept better than those Of any other
natior. Their books were burned 2l5 b.
g.; but The works of Contncius and other
philosophers We're saved, and carry MS back
- The 22d century b. e. AUTOMATICALLY
hNed by an eclipse of the sun, in the 9th Of
the Emperor TcuouNe-kouxG. at y. c.
goo. From this point Chinese history
rseeids less certainly to the list year OF
fi0angii, asccraincd TO correspond with
t.. G, 2G37 Beyond that era no Chinese
srhalar pretcnds to fix with certainty
aa,e where lis involved in fable Enough
h"wcscr is established to slow that the
tipnest existed OF a people Il. C. 3i6s, OF
3lso years ago, which, as was afterwards
. shown, ITALICS with the length of time now
r'aip@d Tor the monuments of Egypt. The
ollcsi written records of China stiilcxtan
Erc dated ii the 18th century u. G.. and
ftc osdes; tiHncsc interruption eAtant is that
% the monument of Nu, ~ engineer who
altered the course Of the Hoang-ho. 1t is |
dl'cl BIC. Pays. The Chinese and Egvp-
AIRS. il,ru, are the only nations who can
date h;aAl with Historical certainty llSq
Neats
Vic lecturer ilcu returned 10 the valley
q tle aus, apolosling for tits depression
~ ia4hS d.e' Egypt's place in the hisio-
n 81 the world could only be determined
hg. caTra.iion with other nations Chi
nese History ceases at 2637 Is. c., the rest
icing hardly worthy Of the name. Egyp-
tan monumental history bcgins $500 years
r {. ltis thus 900 years older than thai
q CHINA. Ii asccnds beyond Abraham
1909 years. it is older than any inscription
ir.ad in Assyiia by Gotta and Layard by
22Q0 years; it leaves Greece and Rome
ECO years in thc rear; and the boastcd an
ulaides Of Hindosian are divided from it
Is a chasm Of 5000 years. Egyptian
monuments, sculptared by Egyptian hands
reach back $500 years, leaving the time
at which the L plans first came into the
valley Of tie Nile entirely beyond the
reach cvea o.. conjecture! Such is Egypt's
place in tie worlds History in the year
1851,
Ar. Glddon mex; proceeded to give a
s.e,ch Of The Chevalier Lepaius, who, at
the earnest request of Bunscn and Hun
bold,, was despatchedby the KingofPrus.
lia TO Egypt in 1912; aud Of his illustrious
colleagnesin England and on the continent.
Among them We're some of the most learn
ca nlen OF the age-men who, far from re-
garding their learning as the exd of educa-
ZION, looked upon it onlyss means of use
fitness, as the carpenter does his tools-as
the implement with which they were to
work. Lcpeius. with his party, having
royal commission and $4,000 in his peck
ct, landed in Egypt in September. 1912,
aud Immediately wen, to work. The fol
LOVING are the results often months labor
over the Mcmphiie Metropolis:
lot The discovery ot2S pyramids hose
existence had no, been known previously;
thus making 81 pyramid ,ombs Of Kings at
Memphis.
ID. The complete establishment of the
old empire OF Egypt, with the succession
ot;he Kings from b. G. $500 to i. c. 200
with infinite details OF the events of their
rsigns.
sd. Each pyramid being royal tomb,
the nobility We're buried around it. But
three Of these pyramids were opened in
Mr.. G,s time. lcPsius opened $50 phi
waite tennis Of persons of the highest rank,
who lived from 42oo TO $500 years ago.
fih. Heveniicd the existence OF the Lake
Moeris beyoad alldoubt. He also discover.