SCA Histon op Tite Prranoans,"—By Avthur Welgalle Vole 1, the First Bleven Dynasties. With and stoat Thornt Butterworth.
Nothing, perhaps, hi cause of so much speculation and controversy than the early of man; for though nearly every race has its own mythology, but few if any of them agree as to it origins within several thou-Biblical history dates jon as less than 6,000 years ago; the mythical "five monarchs" of an early Chinese dynasty ave said to have reigned some 4,500 years ago, though dated Chinese history is' well under 3,000 years old; but Egyptian history carries us back 5,300 years, and even at that, early age the archeologist who suddenly opens the door on the Nile Valley finds himself, to his great surprise, staring ata civilization in fall swing, and at a court which seems to be enjoying the culture of a life already matured in wealth and power. He is "like a man who has come late to the play and beholds before the great spectacle of the Second Aet, but does not know what has gone before, except insofar as the brief and bald statement upon his programme can serve to enlighten him.
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