to go farther and. adopt the sentiment of the learned1 Dr. -Murray, that the; Egyptians
and monumental Ethiopians “ were of the same lineage, and probably, désoended from-ja
Libyan tribe.?!..:.-
- This view of the ease at once reconciles, the remark of Champollion, RoselliniyiHaeren
and Rüppell,' that they ediild detect the present Nubian -physiognomy; every whefu omthe
monuments; but at the same time it supersedes the 4ec'essity*of their inference.!thafeiî®tir
bia was the cradle of civilization,' and that the arts,"descending the river,; were (perfected
in Egypt. The latter question eannot be’definitively settled until the;archæôl©gis.ts:decide
on the, relative antiquity of the. Egyptian and Nubian ^monuments'. "ÿ§0 the present
State of the diScuslioh, however, therpEiphterance ofrfactslis greatly mrfsivqur of Egypt.*
Without attempting: ; to ; discuss 'this intricate. question - on . the presentioeoasiopsl iwiil
Merely add my oonviotibh : that the original - Meröites were ( neither Arabs nor. HindoM?
(although, as wfe shall explain,Ilhey became' greatly modified^,by-,these ■ nations«inbafteE
time): hut th a t thay formed an unequivocal dink in thu-Libyan chain of primitive Cats
oasiah nations.
T he F ellahs. ^-These pëéplè, also called Arab-Egyptians, arefoimd every wherein the
valley ôfrfhe Nile,' of which they are the-principal cultivators. “ Their beads,” Observes
Mt. Lari®, “ are a'fine’jdval, the forehead of'moderate size, net-high, but genéràllyapromit
nent; their eyes are deep sunk, black and brilliant; the nose is straight and rather thick-
the mouth weir formed; die lips are rather full than otherwise; the teeth particularly
beautiful, and the beard is commonly black and curly,- but scanty Xf They have a yellowish
complexion,. and are,, in general, a strong;laaLell -formed people. be
little question that the Fellahs are a mixture of the' Arab'stock with the old ru&^JÉj^-
lation'of Egypt; an amalnamation which dates <‘hicfly~lrorn the seventh century b t\W
era, (A. D. 640,) when the Saracens under Arnrou conquered the country,\and separated
it from the. Greek empire. The constant influx of Arab population from thaï
thé present must’have more or less modifiéd the featuresof thelpreVmïïS'ïnha^itants -. anîl
y e t‘bven now wè are assured- by'Jomard and others, that-the Fellahs (ff-ppfj’e ^ ^ y |, t
present a s t r i n g resemblance, in all respects, to the monumental .paintings add
tures. “ A l’aspect des hommes du territoire d’Esné,rf,'Om’Bo^ou'31î’E(]fofi,
environs de ’Selsélé, il semblerait (pour emprunter une image du plus eclebrfr'dey-
®PXiva.ins modernes); que les figures des monuments de Latopolis, d’bm lo sfô u I Ë H H
linopolis Magna, se sont détachées des murailles, et sont descendifelTcans -ftfecam- •
.pagne-î^j ,
. Mr ^Mdqn.’s, kindness has furnished me with eight Fellah skulls, of, .wlîicËLfivë"
are represented in the subjoined, wood-cuts. Threejpf them ..only are aduR^hnd all 'aie
small, ;and present a remarkable, prominence of the, face (termed prognathous by~Dr
Çrichard;) a .feature, whiqh appears exaggerated in the5 following’' outlines,~onS t a u n t
of the occiput and teeth bqing drawn on, the--same .plane/ •
* See Gliddon, Ancient Egypt, passim. ,
f îModern Egyptians, V o Ç p ^ p / â £ -
t ï ° marf. apud Mengm, Hiat de l’Egypte, p 5408 To this valuable memoir the reader re referred for vanofis additional
analogies which are unavoidably omitted on the present occasion.
' '‘The^r^rhbe'diH^fo^e^^^'Gbai^abteristi'C'bf^fethlA-rabs and Fellah® (and, as we
-seTfrr; o f ^% ^ |^ ^ l f e n b ’stlwheigreai{Semrfrcfehahi*of; nations;Jas^well marked in
®iW omlf^'H’cr.nna,u^^m'^wibl^th’e'llongl'apd'salient i ^ w ^ |
'tHTMifi1§eve?aibci#i^^t3Hf'e*il!#feS(tia!res>|S0fehA^b^^;w^^^miti(5^than Egyptian (A, -C,)
■^^^mhsl^EEndf'tlfe^reSsbh' hh,^^biptil$Sa^^|gi^efiK^l^tohqwrfar>-the'Fellahs will compare,
i®<'th‘e^dMails4fSp"hpsiGhift'6‘,fe|Pclet‘er,);with,tthe«f4nfe'VLibyan' or-Berbef tribes, remains for
futd?e-fti^h¥t^Sfipfi? Wh,e'fi"Alnf®^MI^aA.NdlJt^,'n^av(pmpli|licd,r-iftj;may be ‘found that
the Fellahs ancient E g ^ « P $ i of any ppopfe
no wiinfflb^tim§ ’the? valldv bfAh^Nw ||P |
■ 2.^Mya^nr..y(.li^i vc]], jam
y y ^ ^ ^T ^M 'tl^p ^o p lé^o ï^^ ^ î'lav gK ' -^1 i* earl y^ferhesiSie?‘fule'f^ of Egypt is
?mést sï(i:ry i/mT ™ i cfiCfifêÇhhutf 1 lmKv W.sdySasty was cohi-
jlpptif' f®®r xnirty-tv o'lHcTleiri^^R'PjeM*lvpfgg ^ ^ i ^ ”Hi^^)5i'A^Jm^'>^iy, i ) wlio’reigned
® e ' Atumbe’f'of either
Kings 1hés ihp|§ .filÉt
^ 5 lfc l > r u in ft) tFm \ t ifnl^tiyf ftion u m ehtaf é'vidéifèë';
ml& ând1 trai^ye^fa^ymmicToYdreigns, éïejTSBHR^
ùtn1^solEro^^hdi^iduah^'çf»tfc'àlu,jei:lk;ii(l?ex ^ ^ ^ m aâ^ffô)l’eavefli'ttlg- doûhî of tnè
gerprat nSeji^OT?tne"likene^âes'!i!i' Tfresé' e'ffigiës;' w@^® aiwnpwSîfelBlÿ jfre^efved îft
-the 'great w (ir]lsjof*-.GEifnipolIpn' ah^rReselIïiïîjpp ^ ® ™ 6 T O ( î ^ a f l R results.^
aut> et l i r o h * $ënJ
^ddjtièn tojthe^few? ^riia|Ks|ÿreacLÿ^ ma’de^in, .referenca^^iDy^se, o ^ ^ î 8 ter,^«-L mav °b^erve! that, the Pelasgi
were generally regarded as rowing àrôpensïti^ led theiBLto
extend Iheir migrations in various directions, until we find it difficult, if not impossîbtè, to distinguish between them and
the ajSiated tribes oft Dacians,» ‘Mâheddriiârisfâdc^TKfeiâhm^l^C^^^^ydffi^eÿ ra%|?dd riearly the whole country from
Illyria to the Black Sea, and gave the name of Pelasgia to all Greece; and, as every'one knows, the Greeks or Hellenes
wereiftKe^ 'me^l descendants. ■ S ^ ^ Mclia^^^sekrGlie i j ^ 'oI. IIIv, andtMrs. Gray’s History of Etruna^Yol. I., p. 86.
| éoryf&rag. 'p. ÎÎ4 . I
§ Foi* tliè’proofs that these effigies are really portraits of the persons represented, the reader is referred to Rosellini’s
chapter entitled, Iconografia dei Faraouni e dei re Greci de ’Egitto,” in his M. S., Yol. IL, p. 461. . Portraits,
of the same king sometimes differ very ’el'niÿWrailÿ from each other, I grant, but the instances are few in comparison,
amd may have been inifeeuded to designate different periods of life; nor are these differences greater than we are
^accustomed to se^ represented bn1 their-re^e^^e^c^nsmnd medals. But even
a r a B r o ci be demwdtrarecrroaOnl’ Mlÿ^jBlTÔtings a r e t r a i t s , it would n,ot'J®ninishlf tKeiF5ethnographic value, for
they at least delineate the characteristic physiognomy of the Egyptians. See also, Chàmpollion, “ Lettres éefifés cfë
l'Egypte et