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

their meaning 1893; rightly discerned and persist
entity advocated by Boucher de Pertnes in 1888,
finally confirmed by Prestwitch have multiplied to de-
monstration will only remark that the shel mounds
OF the Andaman Islands excmphiy tho grade anu mooe
ID eteo % 81 tSS 81 the ehns
mddens" In the North Of Europe 10 tmes.
Ny SS Of aSs Es PERMIT
me briefly premise evidence OF the antiquity OF Ths
want Of this preliminary has yitiated studies akin to
my own and far superior to them In extent and deyo
S Sn e. 81 1S ns
which the honored name Of Morton Is associated nne
aSyrintSio sepulchres Of Egypt but Of their Te Ia
evidence-none certainly that can be called r re-
liable Ia regard to the first six Gymnastics Inc
figured In Morton's great work are OF ancient
nave sd 81 ssy p1s mercy y
Of Zoo yCaEsea Ty es not Of their
remains only but may say o. the the y hrd Fourth
F Fd1s nnss
to such perfection that remote period that eacn nG
tGss Of the %1 ,om h has ss distinct
physioenomcaI character and would be worthy OF tne
ssd WITH q
individuals named Associated inscriptions 10 tne p
reigns Of the Phras under whom they lived ana aeu:
II remains to determine the period Of suen re,g m
p paa ssS small GSia ancient
that be paraeled with Arguments
nprs in ethnology or the scientific his.
OF saSe and hsn
the Greek dynastyhe records VIZ written ana Pre- $;
yaSes Gs 5ns THROUGH POe@y hdps
these FIRST by the Greek foundations ne caseo W W
made, became the property OF the human in'eiiec'
EGYPrs EARLIEST HISTORY
In the evidences and beliefs of the respective antqn
tics of these people SO recorded there great dscrep
sncy Egypt had risen from Q long, misty. mythical
period to a kingdom ruled and administered by one
mortal Phra or Pharaoh. at period OF Time according
TO Manetho cotemporapeous with the creaTn or tMo
EGypian Chronicle when he Whole world under
brew %e chronicle What ought 30 the attitude of the
ethnologist before the Msnethonan ana the septEa
nature as ana &
crust Of our globe and o. tue %s answer
cast away all RsTsty 70 Tns saenpt.on or pre-
on Of the saperior Claims to recognition Of the
origin of the one or Of the Other 70 tess tne oy
eating faculty. OF man can found scientific conclusions
The sthnologst can no otherwise attain 70 @
Seen comparatively recently applied by the Organiza-
on Society in the Initiation OF Which mnd aDd
acceptable to Biblical scholars like Investigation OF
the remains of edces. works OF art monu n aGn
records akin to that the MOablte stone mas peen
carried in Egypt for longer PERIOD anu MIN H
aysi myself Of this opportunity to express homage
Of gratitude Lepss tcheers my deep sense OF tne
oiosy. in trying travel with risks to life and health.
guided by the highest linguistic attachments espe pc
cially of the hierOgyphiC characters, and Dy Tue
rare gift instructive 4 seems OF the @ IN 'nS ~
Of signs Of gn da not p should be
did not, at the same time, acknowledge my aeeP u
for such sS soornn a IN to
the worthy Of Leps IN the 10
a% ss4sse Of Ssy
Mnsenm of Autia,tties in the Petrne Babylon. now
suburb of Cairo. From the specimens win %niGn ne
e~Sibt taken Believing that the succession of Kings
and Dynasties could in great degree ana w IA a
tlques yet the periods or duratons OF reign resi- oh
tho MInethOnian lists
TRUTH OF THE RECORDS.
We're the records yielding such lists truef Tue FOL
lowing have afforded the most instructive tests and
answers TO the question First. the Turin Papyrus, or
list of rulers Egypt from the Mythical period to the
Nineteenth Dynasty; secondly, the karnak IaDet OF
fresco OF Thotmes III, now In Paris; thirdly the IKE
Museum fOurthly and above ALL the mortuary inscrp
from tomb Of the priest Ioufar- now IN t Ie
the fragment first in testing the transcribed rec
OF Mapetho confirms it. The second mas neped no 10
nasty again. in the main In accordance WIN Maneno,
not adj S ds Of ines Of
Eighteenth Dynasty and seryed, under the sagacous
tan history Of the classical sesostrsthe sesortasen or
osrtasen Of the grand Twelfth Dynasty Of the Ancient
to test it's accuracy the summary Of sebbebytic
Scribe and the sacred chronicles when ne tIasaeu,
come out as verdca The most regrettaDe denciency
in our Table OF Abydos" is the commencement OF the
series of defunct Phras to whom Ramses pays
homage for what testimony more conclusive l OF ,9e
genuneness of lists OF kings and regns preserved IN
the priesty archives could be adduced than tna tne
Of ase nSs aa
e 9 srDs B. 800 CO. should tally
with the lists recorded by priest who DIED IN the reign
and Of priceless value to the EsyptOogist that such
records should have been handed down. Iaithrny
STUDIES changes Of dynasties ushrpatons wars inva
sions and partial conquess OF the land OF
men from Sakkara which with the statue of Cephren
OF itself worthy OF visit to Carof me eptaph or NOR
the High Priest TOunar, who lived and died in the long
reign of Rameses H., proclans the deiunet to be
sion to which defunet kings were admitted: or this
assembly the Priest gives 81 namss mo dono.
succeeding each other between Menes and Rmses but
nor R%eses ali
their predecessors in their complimentary frescoes
~. ns ss y tw Inss Of the First Dynasty Of six
kings Of the second eight kings of the Third Those
mHneseS OF the Dynasty It re to
upon the usage of Manethos previous record by
With making dynsstes successive which had been CO.
temporary &c. but this was imputed on no foundation
tain chronology resting on scientific basis, be
cepted being Divine revelation and any statement
opposed thereto must be put down or explained away
SO living professor OF history IN reference to Synce
luss reduction OF ManethOs chronicle to 365 years be-
fore the conquest OF Egypt by Alexander, remarks
Even this vlew however, seems TO be exravagant Tor
IL nlaces the OF Menes in the b. C. $685.
which IA considerably before the Deluge. according to
the highest computation. REV. Canon Robinson, Trans
latiOn OF BerOd0tus, vol. 2, n0te 2, al p H.
wEMUsT NOT SHUT OUR EYES TO EVIDENCE
Neither Josephus Eusebius understood the hero
civ characters but historian OF the present day
has not this excuse for closing his eyes to the evidence
OF the monuments Of people who exceed all others in
the pains they took to leave iDpershabe records OF
hAfnrn this Iesfinnnv and