New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-01
LETTER, THREH THnrstHn YEARS Old.
From The baltimore American.

From Ine BaIlnofc NHcfcan
\ number Of students OF the WOmah's College ma
few ldcrs gathci.d IN m" chapel OF the First Meth
odit Episcopal Church Yesterday afternoon 20 hear
Professor Robert W. Rogers. Pm. d., of Dickinson Col
iecr. carlisle POM. fcturc. ms ,ibjcct WA A
bundle Of letters Thirty Centuries Old.' Dr. Roberts
Is nm energetic speaker, and his manner Is such that
willie 1t rnternin,. II al the same time impr"sSes IA"
meaning OF what Is said IN way ma j. lasting Alrr
and countries IN which they were written. and that
both ll,.atur, md history depended great deal on
ihe letter. of the pronnrt in all ages DR.. Rogers
de-, Jared That the history Of ancient Egypt Ass,ra and
rrhvlon would he made much clearer lf there w"r" -"
ter In cNirnc" written by III" kings and other officials
pago, of history ar" matter of cOn)"n'h", hld III"
Indlne Of letters written 10y two Of The Eg'pan hinss
SOM hiy cert ri's o r" eel over ~ list RI ms
aud archn .olofss throughout the void. These let
tce wor. written IN the Eabylonian hngnag" on cIw
tablets The characters were pressed into the clay with
small wrdg"shapcd instrument. aud III" tablets wric
then placed IN firr and bakcd. In this form they
have nst.d In way which all The Writings OF modern
lie then went on to stat" how letters found
women how IN az Mt OF tie Bilt.h Mu cum purchased
al Of them. ~ = In member and left instructions 10
met another list. who told him Of III" ind. The
agent hurried back to the mound and discovered that
Of the tablets are In the Royal Museum In Berlin
II In the British Mu-cnm. "a In the hands Of the Gov
paics In oder to Show what the letters related to,
Dr Rogers then gave slight u tn. history OF
"i he had numhr Of s"c Wives from his 'd d."
pcnd"nci:s in III" Valley Of M.Fopo',nIa by the
became Amrnophas " The latter hecam' n hereto
In the view Of the adherents Of the Egyptian religion
o. those days. and tried TO establish the fa u the
S.miiics Th" priests. however. drove him from
Memphis. the capital ~ Egypt. and he founded tho
city OF Khunaien which his dealt was destroyed.
In the ruins Of Khunaten the tablets were found.
Dr. Rogers said ihnt the tablets are Of different sizes
md nrc IN tbe shape Of pillows. He said: at II q
curious fact that the letters In the British Museum
follow those In the Royal MrSeum In Berlin. They
are n part Of The correspondence between both the
Amenonhas and their allies In the valley Of the
McsopoiamIa and the governors OF the provinces.
They neatly inscribed ard those written in
Egypt are fine nS those written In Mes0I otamia.
The nirodnctons Of all OF them models OF letter.
writing. and no finer examples Of Rraoiousness could
be found today. even IN the Orient. One Of them.
written by .Dusratta King OF Metanri after the In
troductio gets right down to business and. In an
swsr to written 10y AmenOph0s III asking for the
hand of his daughter. says: MY daughter Is not
pretty \ rather blunt statement OF fact The
same one SAYS that hs sister whose hand was Owen
by his father To Am"nophas III. Inns not been by
any since HAT time. Tint letter closes without
any delay. Amcnophas sends In answer TO II one
which 7 would not have believed conld have been
written In DAVIS mrch later thnn In If66 y. c.. which
Is the date II bears. Amcnorhns takes mp the ne.
goiI1iions from the beginning and carries them down
To the letter which have inst read. He srys that
Dusrattas sister " In his palace, enjoying tho bfst
Of health and can he sccn by any Dusratfa
chooses to send. Tie letter concludes with almost
demand for the hand Of Dusratta's daughter. llns-
rata replies that his daughter IS rcad at my time
| that Amcnophas may choose to send for her.