The sun., 1897-01-24

the wrath OF Manetho after . lapse Of tweu-
| " centuries. The vietors were known as
| tho "plnrues- or pests" aud every possi-
| bic crime and impisty was attributed to
/ them. But. tie brutsiities attending the
| original irruption once passed, the invaders
, soon iost their barbaric traits and became rap
idly civilized. Those Of them stationed In the
frontier encampment at Avaris retained the
military qualities and characteristic energy Of
their race; the remainder became Ess:EsI!atsS
TO their new compatriots. and we're soon
recognizable morely by their long hair. thick
boards. and marked features. Their sover-
eigns seem TO have early comprshsnded that It
was more to tier interest 70 exploit the country
than TO pillsgs II; as, however. none OF them
was competent TO understand the intricscles Of
the treasury. they were forced 10 retain the
services Of the majority Of the scribos who had
managed the public accounts under tho native
Kings. Il 10 an interesting fact that tho same
thing has taken place on every occasion when
Egypt has been conquered by an allen raee the
Achemenian Persians and Greeks made use Of
the native employees. as did tho Romans after
them: did the Mussulman Arabs and
Turks. Once schooled to the new state of af-
fairs. the Hyksos invaders readily adopted the
rennements Of civilized life. The court
Of the Pharaohs. with Its pomp and
It's assemblage of of1cisls. both treat
and small. was revived around the person OF the
new sovereign: the titles Of the Amepemhsts
and the Usirtascns, adapted 70 these princes
Of foreign lands" served to isGitimatize them
as descendants Of Horus and sons of the Sun.
They respected the local religion, and went 30
far as To favor those Of the native gods whose
attributes seemed to connect them with soms
Of their own bsrbarous divinitiss. The chist
at. nft bat o., uas In ~ If
all. . cruel and savage warrior; his resemblance
70 Sit, the brother and enemy Of Osiris, was %
marked that he WAS identified with the EEyp-
tian deity under the emphatic additional title
Of the Great Sit. His temples were erected In
the cities of the Delta, side By side with the
sanotuariss of the old fsudai gods. both At
Bubastis and at Tanis. Tanis. now sharing
with Memphis the dignity attached to the
capital. reopened its palaces and acquired fresh
distinction from the royal presence within It's
walls. Apophis, one OF the Shepherd Kings,
dedicated several tables Of offerings In that
city. and engraved his oartouehss upon the
sphinxes and standing colossi OF the Pharaohs
OF the twelfth and thirteenth dynastiss. He
was. however. honest enough TO leave the in
soriptiops Of his predecessors intact, and not TO
appropriate TO himself the credit OF work be-
longing TO them. Another Hyksos King, Khiant.
who may b the Ianus OF Mhnetho. was not %
easily satisfied in respect of artistic achieve
mont Tho statue bearing his inscription.
the lower part Of which was discovered
At Bubastis. seems to have been really
carved for himself or for one of his
contemporaries. II 10 said 70 Be . work DOS
sessine no origin aiity. though Of very commend
able execution. Neither does . small gray gran
ite lion. also dating from the reign of Khisui.
which. By . strange fate. found It's way to
Ha "A alaA MI Nvna nf h. naAa all ln~
OF animals In the Hyksos period. It 10 hsav, In
form. and the muzzls In no way recalls the nns
profile OF the lions executed By the Egyptian
sculptors Of earlier times. The pursuit. of
epoch TO have been moro enectuaiiy perpetuatsd
than the hno arts; treatise on mathematics.
OF wn'en COPY mas como down 10 No,
seems 70 nave oeen recopied' II not re-
modeIeo' IN the twenty-seoond year OF
Apophis ii. MAspero thinks, In nue., that
n We had more monuments or documents
treating OF this period We should per-
ceivo thAt theis soJourn on tho oanks OF the
Nile was Matrimonial In causing speedy
change In the appearance and character OF the
Hyksos. Tho bulk OF the strangers re-
tained to certain extent their coarse coun-
tenaness and rude habits; they showed no spti-
tude Tor uiiing the soil or sowing grain. but de-
lighted In tho mArshJ sxpansss OF the Delta.
whers they gave themselves MP To semi-sav-
age hfe OF hunting and tending cattle. The
nooles among them. on the other hand. clothed
ana sehooied aftsr tue Egyptian fashion, and
hoidins nefs or positions at court. differed but
littie from the native fsudai chiefs We SEQ
here . case OF what generally happens when
horde OF barosrians settle down In -
highly organized country which. By .
stroke OF fortune, they have conquered; a.
n " n . All VlI At q
sion OF Eeypt. Egypt In her turn. took posses
sion OF them. and those who survived the en-
srvAtlng ensct OF her civilization were all bot
transformed Into EgJptiAnA
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II. even in the time Of tho native Pharaoha.
Asiatic tribes had been drawn towards Eeypt.
whero they were treated as subjects, or aimost
as slaves, the attraction nich she possessed for