New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-07

.,a =. marta Of the uobest Of the artist This
photograph OF statue in wo9n One Fr rn' 3v"astW
OF sSis 'N work Of art Mariete justly rem ark
en DC plus rampant que Setts s Mile ans La
tess saTtout vertS rnStOsrs y t %
similar statue Of sS% ceo o. 'p seated statue in
granite Of prest OF the Fifth DYnss!y' no. any r =,
these fSsg extra European
is good in shape and sze the nose wen ,h not mora
Snn IN the highest lips rather
fun some but in these iess 30 ma ba Matched in
modern society. ,..
NO EGYPTIAN RECORD OF The pELuGE,
Tn our present archaeological evidence OF the an.
tiauty Of the human race, 1000 years seems Du'
period to be allotted to the earliest the oldes'
and governed community. That race witn' the phySok
nomoa characters here exhibited should have risen 80
"a thar high estate along Nile accords with the
upGue bessedness Of the soil aud climate OF Egypt anu
@ The ns
arbitrary for Egygsan records tell nothing Tsiss n1
SshsT San its overflow de
posts OF that overflow which wouia hs Ms pee.
s swsr S by diInvai wave, testify as strongly
the VOLCANOES OF Auvergne and the cataract T OF
dynamic at the sepusgintal date or any earlier. The
instructive layers Of the 6uve deposit ike the leaves
2, U9 OSEa Seen throughout
extent by later engineering operations Ihey tesy 10
POSITION IS the mythical period Of ManehO anterior to
kis historical period would require No hint is given in
f sns s into Esyp The Who
conscience Of the primitive people IN the ME Ss
and who suffered Is usual with such from tine evi
ones whose violence and rspne he rebuked was Autoch
thon; and. s the wont In the rise ana progress OF
g benefited human IsGe PC for
h0n) The deeds OF the great warrior Horus similarly
another Demigod; but likewise L. Egyptan-no sign
or hint Of being borrowed elsewhere. Inc oranaa,
facial and other ply characters OF those Egypa
rho ved led
and Demigods ceased in the mesh 10 govern Egypt
thew were colony of Asiatcs. Evidence is still
neededat least it is not yet forthcomingto demon
such advanced rnce In other lands There are doubt
less linguistic elements as In that which recognizes
tsS wof' a1 OF affinity with Tongues called
Semitic" But whether such affinity be due TO migrs
Whether to Egypt from any land. from Egypt
to any other land seems stll to wait Tor SOLUTION ger
init me to respass with the following remarks whch
seem In some TO bear upon this pregnant eth-
nOlogical question:
ENORMOUS LAPSE OF TIME INDICATED.
The Ishmus OF Suez is geOlogically recent bridge
between Asia and Africa 1t completed at the newer
miocene period Recent however, as this Is In geology
it was sufficiently long ago to allow the forces original
ing species establish such grade OF distinction between
large classes of animals dwelling respectively in the two
seas which the Gsthmus divides No she'll no isn lor
example, native OF the Red Sea Is met with In the Med
terranean and recprOcaliy. Only the geological nina
CONCEIVE to grasp the lapse Of sr
the rise OF such race as the photographs exemply
II Egyptian civilization sprang from an Asatic colony.
wheiher at earlier PERIOD the route Dy
land have been by the Tsthmus We have evidence
that As stat hs S a,r Auochhone
ta6sed themselves In the delta ana there founded
both cities in the delta stratecaly chosen against
succeeding immigrants and inyaders. here Is oonu
more directly, think, than the linguistic evidence
The proved Immigrants we're Syr9Aram@niaas migra
tSy sner aahns rGey at
aircr the Fourtsenh Dynasty about 200 years
ancient Pharaohs The earliest one might not be
far from country OF the mythical or prehistoric race
case Of the Hycksos the nearest point Of contact with
the Naderand Mother Country Is 1t In the delta
between the northern and southern extremity OF the
oldest empire at the locality to which the Greeks gave
T Tai in1e their B@otian TheIes II Maree Bey pese
veres explorations OF the mounds OF A6ydos which
Pharaohs of the First and Second Dynasties we
expect more light on at cbap St n ah
Manel bonian history Of Egypt. Subsequently. and
apparently 10 N WITH s woTk Ss
time nearer the sea than now tine capital IS moved
to within ten %es OF e e da cy
Memphis, with its great graveyards at Ghizeh and
sixth goes goes further south than the primitive capital
aud chooses the Isle OF Elephantine ! confess that
eneSaraSe sso The adoption Of any hypothesis
immigration under present knowledge Il do not
Of tbe rise and progress OF the earliest civilization
iu the world, but they justify an expectant atu-
ude and Deget determination TO persevering aud con
tnued research. Assuming that learned Rabbis best
know what their ancient writers meant In penning
have lust entered upon the 6S5h year OF the worlds
age and furthermore that the human species started
ooo wears after there arises chronological question
IN what period Of time the varieties OF such species and
eariie st date on scientihc grounds
Now here, as IN most Othef sclenllnc Prooens We get
the first help from Egypt.
THE SUBJECTS OF THoTMEs ILL.,
II were TO select from ancient history founder OF
chronological science, should take Tnotmes Ill of the
Eighteenth Dynasty He was the first and greatest
collector of chronological specimens. unconscious Of
course Of their relation to our science. TIE last Of
Marietta Beys pregnant discoveries is record 10y
ThOmes) detail than other OF the countries
localities and cities from which, in the Of his
pies OF human races as at that date established
Thotmes may thus s,n Giam to w pc the Oldest
racesl In what degree, had the human eharac
tiers deyiated from the NOachan or SyrO-Aram@an
Eipds and degrees Of such variations. How so % you
may ask BY colored figures Of his captves supplants
riebed with such irescoes The British Museum possesses
parts of at least 5000 years old with its coors
plated that priceless chronological testimony when
you honored us with your presence l., on Tues
tan subjects of Thotmes, his own people,
bronzed and tanned, but In form and features
ina gnicent scuptured representations of the monarch
himself. Secondly before HIM bow the RotennOu tribu
taries with lighter complexion and hair. with proin
nent hooked nose with the full beard and other eharac
ters marking them cOgnates OF the HycsOs. OF the
Palestine Palestine family, represented by modern
Jews and by the people whose features are in
Assyran sculptures. Thirdly, there IS the unmis
taxable typical negrOback skim retreating forehead.
fiat squad nose, prominent thick lips, receding chin
legs slightly bowed, poor calf, long tendo achilles
projecting heel, crisp woOlly hair, short scanty
beard These bear the gold ivory, leopard skins and
other characteristic productions OF the Soudan. You
veritabe progenit0rs OF the shaving and slave
making tribes Of late subjected TO the wholesome disc
pne OF Sir Samuel Baker With this evidence of
extreme varieties OF mankind 500 years b. C., which
subsequently have undergone little or amount Of
q that In lie OF