Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-15
LIGHT on ASclEsr HISTORY


LIGHT o. ANCiENr HISTORY.
Aasro. biological researches on the
ai.o' OF ,ne once famous cities Of
Chal.w are progressing, the mysteries
of the dim past are cleared up and We
obtain a better understanding Of the
wonderful civilization Of nations buried
In oblivion for Thousands Of Year,. Tho
North American expedition under tho
direction Of Professor Peters Of the
University Of Pennsylvania has within
the lasl five or nix years discovered not
less than ton thousand engraved tablets
aui other objects, most Of which have
been tont 10 this country. Tho work
Of declphorlug these precious records
aud presenting their contents TO
the public has boon entrusted 20
a German ofIcn,alist, Mr. Hnprcchi,
who has already spent two years on
the gigantic tack When completed
the work will on ten volumes, giving
fio.simllcs Of the inscriptions, accom.
pauicd by Plantations aud common.
taries.
one Of the most Interesting discover
lee Of this distinguished arch tc llogis, l.
the history Of group Of kings who
ruled at Babylon c1naiduubly more
than three thousand years before our
era, as near as eau DO ascoglhinci from
the present uncertain chronological
data 81 hand. These early rulers Of
men woro corquerou, commanding
armies at the head OF which they
pushed their way through syria and ~
far rs the boundaries " Egypt, which
shows that intercourse between the
Countries Of the ancient world cannot
have lecn 10 difficult ~ some have
imagined. The recor. ilto us back O.
a umo when the human race on tho
eastern hemisphere must have been IA
ita Infancy. Already ~ that time two
distinct tendencies were at WORK. Their,
was a centrifugal aud a centripota
force. Man was under tho necessity Of
finding now locations, ~ the groa
ccnlori became crowded. New c0un.
tries were discovered anu settled, ant
a feeling OF Independence must have
developed as the distance from On,
seats OF tho rulers Increased. Attn,
samo time, monarchs Of the old
countries adhered T. tho policy
Of Capitalization. aiming nt IA,
supremacy Of the colonies a. wei
rs OF tho mother country. Expedi,
tons were started for that purpose
Armies followed Ia tho wake o
tho emlgrnls. Conflicts Of varlou
kinds q suoI, aud Ia tue commlllou
new nations were born while other
peilshVd; tho conditions were formed
la which the dcvelopmen. OF human
progress found a starting pliuL Aud
it 10 exceedingly interesting anu In,
slruolivo to notice that ever auorwafd.
similar conditions have brought abou
similar results. Tao history o! our
own country with iA settlement b.,
Europeans and successful struggle 70
iudependeucewl.h subsequont progress
Ia every direction Is but a repotitlo
on a larger scale Of tho events recordt,
on thosoanoieni brick tablets found la
the ruins Of BlbylonlAn cities.
Tho history Of ono of those earl,
kings derives peculiar Interest from
the fact tha. s)m5 critic, have pre-.
tended TO hud Ia Ii the source Of the
Biblical narrative o! a caf,ain ovonl ir
tho early career Of Moses. GA ia,
podoital Of % d,aluo those critics nav,
discovered that sharguni.shat.all
whose mother wa, a princess but via,
had mo knowledge OF his ather, was u
his infancy put IN a basket aud lB't d
the tender murCips OF tho waves Of tb,
EuphfRlos, In which condition no wa.
found by gardener AMI teniorly
raised until b. good Duuuo be
was placed on the throne
Nr. HilYgoeht ha1 found the
name of this hitherto unknown
father Of shurgsni, aud all the clrclm
stances indicate that tho s,Jry 10 puu
invention. Tho inscriptions on this
subicut are much mutlaIeI, but To,
theory s thu, tho historian has alau.
at hldlng tho otB,ure and purhap.
iguoolo origin VI o mighty monarch In
apiece of romantic fiction. Critics hay,
evidently ,ogn Ioosnxious to iiud some
thing detrimental to tho biDgnpher Of
Moses. Sound criticism dcfcu Judg
mcul til the facts are known And
90 !ar the facts are all IN favor Of thu
Inspired records.