Evening star., 1924-10-10
SAYS THAT CULTURE
FLOURISHED YEARS AGO
Civilization of Egypt Then Held
Superior to That of Many Parts
of World Today.
From the London Post.

From the London Post.
Twelve thousand years ago Egypt
had culture of its own. IA culture in
advance Of that to be found in many
parts of the world today. This reve-
lation is the substance of discoveries
Of the greatest historic Importance
made in the Assiut district during the
late Winter season by the two camps
of the British School of Archaeology
Hitherto. when reference has been
made to prehistoric culture, the
.'eriod indicate; Il has been somewhere
between 5000 and 5000 3. c. But
1000 years even before that remote
age man had worked down from the
'aucasus through Sinai, settled in
Egypt and had advanced far beyond
the primitive state. He had developed
the soc al instinct; he had organized
ms towns ard cities, and he had been
fdken through successive intellectual
courses until he had embellished his
sense of the beautiful. Twelve thou
sand wears ago art had been born and
was hourishlnS in the northern dis
tr cts of the Nile Valley.
This discovery sheds light on the
Inhabited world OF 100 centuries ago
"or 1t has long been known that for
numerous centuries before the latest
prehistoric period Europe was in
iabited by human beings. But such
evidence of their mode of life as has
been secured has indicated that they
existed in fairly primitive style. They
apparently attempted to fashion and
create bat their efforts appear to
have been the unframed groupings of
the inherent artistic instinct Now
as The result of this discovery. their
inspiration and their work becomes
more COMPREHENSIVE.
1t seems aS If Egypt in those early
times had imbibed the spirit and the
dclicacy Of the Solutrean culture and
mad amended ii as her own individua!
art expanded. Situated even then at
the gateway of the peoples of the
earth. she impressed her ideas and
her achievements upon those who
nassed by the Nile and across the
desert sands, infusing her visitors
with her own conceptions. which in
time were reflected less delicately in
the outtIin settlements OF Europe
and Asia
There has been no Undue haste in
giving the facts of this important
discovery TO the public In the iirs,
weeks of 1928. when public interest
had been stimulated III Egyp,oIogy
oE the thrilling news concerning thr
treasures in hte tomb OF Tut-anhh-
tlien, the British Schools camp at
Qdu, III the Assault district, stumbled
- one OF those fortunate chances
upon some fossilized human remains.
taking advantage or momentary
iull at Luxor. ! hastened to ASSN.
Dut the story had not been cleared
un, though the available authorita-
'ive details were published in the
Morning Pos, early last wear
Al the end of the last season | was
favored with a few more details at
AFRO. and short article in the
morning Post on May /, 1924. fore
Swallowed the deeply interesting rev
elatlonS to follow. since early in
80 Prof. Sir Flinders Petrie. the
active head Of the British School of
Archaeology. with his colleagues. has
pcen working on the informatin D.
aimed at Qan. Hamamieh and Badary.
anu they are now able to release the
news OF this discovery after proper
study of the facts.