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triumphant tolr from b4by louiA 70 Tel Z
Am4rl4 wlth h-s camels loaded down
wsln IVORY, gold, sweet spices aad precious
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Tacre are also ia this notable collection
ielleFs from tne ruler OF Al4sLia, ao un-
known country, aud numerous reports
from Egyptian Governors a. Slcon, J~r4'
Ascaion aid other places GA tie fle1ician
coast and IA the IUte siOr OF Palestine, writ
ten ia the Baoy -Oalan language, showing
that Il was tho polite lansaaSe or tie
tine, aud that the domination Of Egy pt Ia
that day was far extsuded Prof Jastrow,
VITO contributes 70 the Nation . detailed
description OF the mud, Is inclined 10 tie
belief that II is only tie beginning Of most
important revelations concerning tue early
history OF Batyioui@ aud Eg5pt, aud says
There - little re4soa TO question now that
/ the SOIL OF Egypt contains further treasures
/ such a. have been found az Tell El-AmaFua
TIE discovery Of this remarkable CORE
| spOndenee Is as rich IL the promises II holds
I out Tor Ine future a. II the direct gaia which
+ results from u. few years asO several
I cylinders inscribed with cuneifcrm characters
were found Ia Egypt, which upon oxAnina
tioa, proved TO be documents deposited by the
+ great Nebuchadnezzar IN the sixth csutsrS
while in Egypt IA .eOmmomoration OF bis
campaign against the land or the Nile. BE
tween the days OF Burnaburiash and those
I OF SebUehgdneZZar sthe contact between
( MesopoJ2mls and Egypt now more close. now
, less So now OF a friendly, nov Of a hostile
character was never entirely broken. We
may coundently look forward 10 having one
day 4 our possession tolerably complete rec
ords of this contact
Apart from the historical, geogra phica
and chronological value Of these document Is
now coming 10 the light Of day after theiI
sleep OF three thousand years in the Egyp
tian mounds there Is a peculiarly romantic
interest connected with their discovery
says the Chicago Tribune. They bring Us
face 10 face with the men and women whC
lived ir the days OF Abraham and Jacob
The Aryan race had hardly begun its great
Inigrations 10 India and Europe when these
letters were written. The TeutOns were
savages roaming about the huge forests
in skins Of wild beasts. 1t is doubtful
whether the English islands were pOpu
iated at all. Greece was unknown, for hei
traditions DO not run back 10 that time. Old
Homer had not yet sung his immortal epics
R0mulus and Remus had not sucked the
wolf. The great Caesars were not born
The wealth, rehneuent and civilization OF
the world were contained within that com
paratively small area through which flowed
the Nile on the one hand and the Euphrates
and Tigris on the other. And now, after
three thousand years have passed away
these little bricks with their cuneiform in
scriptions appear among the railroads
steamboats,, telegraphs, telephones and fast
mails of to-day to tell Us that although the
material world advances and human skill
and knowledge increase human nature re
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