The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-10
FOURTH OF THE SERIES.
mn. BPEAsTED's TNTERESTTyG DIS
COURSE ON THE NEW EMPIRE.
He Tells Of the Conquesis Of Holmes, and
Gives Some Graphic Descriptions of
the Tombs and ,iummies.

who has already made SO favorable an
| imprel Sion upon many people In this city
| as an instructive ana entertaining lee
turer delivered the fourth OF his Sc
ries Of lectures on "Egyptology' in the
chanel of Richmond College last night
the sneaker was greeted by another
large audience, who paid close attention TO
the discourse. and manifested a genuine
interest and appreciation
The lecturer took as his general subject
"The New Empire This theme was d.
yided into several headings, each Of which
was treated in a most interesting manner.
lie first gave an account OF the expulsion
of the Hyksos, telling Of the rise Of
Thebes. the wars OF the Eekenen-Res
with the Hyksos, and the King Ahmes
and the Admiral Ahmes. lie related In
a most interesting way the story Of the
successful overthrow OF the hated for
clgner by Ahmes, how the conquered
foe retreatcd into Palestine, and how the
Egyptian king. for the first time In fol-
lowing him, carried the campaign INTO
Asia.
THE STATE.
DR. Breasted next took up "The state
and referred to the military condllons
existing The Pharoah stood at the mead
OF the military state with absolute pow
er. and Egypt had for the iirst lilne III
her history a standing army.
Passing on, the lecturer touched upon
the great conquerors OF the hln
Dynastry and the Conquest ana spoke OF
the new age. the disappearance or ,ne
old isolation. and the first word ehple'
Thotmes / and the advance 20 the ku-
pirates were introduced III an lutete''
inc yvav. and the conquest OF Ethiopla
was set forth by the speaker. He also
told NJ the conquest Of Syria and the feo
Sea expedition, and then passed on 10
Thotmes III. and his great Asiatlc cam
paigns.
Dr breasted gave graphic account OF
how Young King ThotmeSIll. snrmouh' ca
an dificulties. and. despite the dlsanN.'n
tareous circumstances mar1hed throus q
r1rrow mass. gave battle to the hostile
Asiatics. and won a complete NlS'V's.
Tho city of Megiddo surrendered the h7A'
dav and the victorious army or the youns
Linz returned homeward' with enormous
boo,v Not less than fourteen great cam
naiens were directed against Palesthe
and syria bv Fhotmes III. after TINS lis.
great success, until she gradually SUBJ ue,'
All Asia along the eastern emo OF w
Mediterranean. which was hro' POI "'NN
into his empire Of Egypt, -e.,,,,ooD
a
rhn iecturer explained the great IN
0renco Of this manifold foreign IRE so
common in Egypt. and pointed out us
eroct unon the natives in handsome uit9s
onA evtravaeaut tastes as contIasleu
with their old time simplicity. lie ll''
took I'M the religion and the PrlesthoVu,
showing the growth OF religious IDEAS ana
thel ascendency of the priesthood ihe
tennis made by the kings OF TINS perou'
said he. were hardly less wonderful IMAM
the pyramids themselves
They had vast chambers connected vy
lono galleries and excavated from the
solid rock extending sometimes huhui'N7
of feet into the mountains
Or Breasted gave an account OF the
reform of Amenophis ". Who said ne
Jeff no son 10 carry on his work. OF
nossiblv his reform might not have cnd-
al so inploriously He gave very IN
terestino- account of the Nineteenth Dy-
nasty. presenting a very clear ldea vi
The life and customs of the people or
that time with a graphic picture OF the
great battle between the Hittite KING ana
his big army against the Egypuilhs III
which the Pharaoh by his personal cour-
ago inspired his soldiers VINO railleu az
the last moment and won a glorious VIC
tory
The Hebrew Exodus was taken up by
the lecturer. who gave a vivid picture OF
the manner I'm which the workmen made
bricks and erected the great wall Tor the
temples.
DIR. Breasted treated Of the decline and
fall of the New Empire. giving an ac-
count of the XXth and XXI 81 dynasues.
ALREADY under the many Rameses OF
the XXth dynasty. the incursions OF the
grave robbers among the royal tomos III
the valley west Of Thebes had become
intolerable." said he. Despite the pro-
secutions the robberies in the royal tomos
continued, and the priest kings finally
found it necessary 10 remove all the
ROYAL mummies from the tombs IN the
valley and conceal them.
A WILD VALLEY.
The spot selected for the concealment
was a wild and lonely valley not TAR
from the temple Of Ha't-shepsut. Ihere
they dug a shaft 80 feet deep from the
bottom Of thise shaft a lateral passage
with some wndings was pushed over
200 feet into the mountain az us terml-
nus a large chamber was eNcaNdled ana
there the great kings of Egypt were lell
To slumber side by side, In peace az last
From this room after six days OF con
tinuous labor they were brought lorih IN
1881 To greet the eyes Of the astounded
nineteenth century and bid them look
upon the faces OF the mighty conquer
ors who made the Oldest history the
world knows.
Upon the coffin of seti T., is written
the scribe's record Of the removal IN the
usual methodical fashion Of the Egypt
ians Later in 1891 similar conceal
ment of the Priests OF Anon was FOUND
In conclusion the speaker SAID me
DAYS OF Egypts glory are over the
nercenaries overthrow the priest-kihGS
with little difficulty and Egypt passes
under the rule of the stranger. FROM
that time 10 this with one or two triillnB
exceptions. the land has always been
governed by aliens. The words OF the
Hebrew prophet. there shall be no more
a prince in the land Of Egypt" have been
literally fulfilled She gave her wealth
To her priests and her sword 10 strangers
that they might win her battles and the
result was the onervation and luxury
which have been the ruin OF many a
nation since. Thus two hundred years
before the foundation of Rome closed the
characteristic history OF this antique
people, and long before the forests Of
Europe had awakened out of prehistoric
slumber, the drama Of Egypt is I'm
ished
The lecture was illustrated by many
interesting views which were explained
in a charming manner. Throughout the
discourse the lecturer was given close
attention and was frequently applauded.
srhe last Of the series of lectures will
be delivered at the college tomorrow
night and the subject will be:
Egyptian Art, its Lesson and its