between th®. E thfcj^sadr8ans©rii by Dr.H B H
Mr. ludor** 7 • • , • . *, , .. '
Dr. Prichard, whose-) profound-investigations into, this, .and al-L ethnography,
command our highest-respect; while ‘he Hdmitsi that gm tc d if lM ^ f tM s e n t
themselves inrthe jp^enfc finery,- remarks, “ that aWammQ»;Q?igi%^ n^& th e em e s
■ E at S S o f%e mentai ojgoth of the'm, hasfhemrowedand
that the ,p!eople.df India and ofs %y,pfc derived f r o m . o n ^ ^ t h e firstnprjpipies 3
all their peculiarities.oflthou’g h tta n ^ ^ c x p jó f their religaSqsi andksqcial-
civii andjpohtieal insUtutionsihahd Jhatotjies^épciplos had even ihe^develoWMh a
considerable extent, before, the natian^hemsdlyes- were; e n t i r e l y ^ ofiffrom comrSnicL
, tXQa with each other or wi thaarcomhioh-eenfre: ”r|:| ; ,
^M S bBbM Pro^ d tbeiphite^phic Heeren, that Meroe- was S I grand emponunSf
thè trade between the jnqhestf ands m ssfjp ^ u c tiv e portions of the earth; - the/go Wcouit
toes of .eastern!;Africa, the spied la n d s tcW d i^ andothe.regionl-Qf-Msklncense a n d .ie -
cious Stones.m southepnA.-rabia. He hg^ shown;jthat ■the^pomrairiicatiên' between.-these
Mnntrieswas established m the most ancient periods, pdi.continued without-interruption
thsoughosu e'defss%e ages of time dlha^thea-uins.of Adule, Azab, and Axum, -yet mhak, the
caravan rpnfe between Meroe and Arabia Felix; and that
trom India by a n ,^ n * se a , is yet, connected .with it byfnatu^dm-an extrac^d£fiaryj m n -
ner. ©pe-halftofthe year/’J^etadds, dJifrpm spring, to autumn, th>e>i4ttdssesMa-rly sets
in and wafts theyessel^from Arabia .to India ;k lte^h e r, half, fromüaptumM M H B H E
as regularly èa&msjgBm baekfrori*India,-to Arabia.” $,jt k0 >oo*bi'wahti W - l -
truth, w hat Diodorus sa y s,W g 9 p ë ^ è fi early EgjifU..CQm.merce’a ^ S o tó ïe s t
by .sea. n e e d le « ^ lo n g e r regarded as fabulous,-although A ejW%dlike} i t ó h A a i è
glean fromAhe, remoter history of a'Ihbéathén nations, are fohberheGëiyéd.with f B B B |
■ ■ ;te s ds-thateSesostrisi (Ramoses III.),fitted 1
ïnr the.Aigibian g$^j®ifh whieh-he conquered- all the tcouptrjesi bord
rearysea;, as, far yas I^ uw h e n c e d h p . led -an army|beymd>the iQanges«HntilBI£g(ainr
rehphed the^ e a® . This -account is not «Sefftfc be
lrom-aj^reefc'historian; and we-may safely regard it as an -iKhcatipjafofAba't'jextensive
maritime enterpnse-in which the Egyptians engaged with the s o u th e rn -n a tó ^ s ia » .
W enrthe Romans,under the guidance,ofvHippalus; eightyr>carsafterJtheirIcoh«nesbof
Egypt,, began ttfïtrhde-with India by way of the Red Sea,and.Malabar, H H M ‘
established the ancient-route, which had been long forgotten amidst the-.chabsiê)Söli.t(eal “
revolutions. In fine, ifjthe Egyptians had beeniheir own historians, we shOTiM^bbably,
l^ rn that they-vyeré as familiar with.-India in-ancient as the English are-in-ymodemitirn'es'^-
'*T ra n s. ó f Literature, 1.,' p}i73!Wi&mkSsj *1Sj
efftPHchi®S;tEe8earèhés,^^nI,p. 318. ‘ 1
raoLAennterDritfriCan the Ind°-Eur°Pean ra<* (of which the Hindoos a r e a branch,) has been among the
■ W M B a M a M H a a i dlstnbuted natlons W Ê is incontestably proved by the prevalence of the Sanscrit
n e J r r i T « 7 / m n 7 ng“ageS fr°m HiDd0stan westward to the shores of Iceland, and eastward nesian Isles— Malte Bran;.Geography, .Vol. L ,p . 660. fJ- : 1 >- to the Poly- I
J it is cu rie u ste observe that although the Hindoos in our day have little intercourse with Nubia and the adjacent |
f f i f * B B I 0f those incentives to commerce which existed in antiquity; but Burck-
mi d fd r nbeS Ï 6 rkemamS,°f Indlan traffic as B “ en in Mecca anl Djidda, in Arabia, where the Hindoos yet sell the
manufactures and other productions o f their ow ^ ^ iS tr y .—Travels in Arabia, p. 1 4 ,119.
53
While wAbhrilhi'd’e, therefore, that the Egyptians were a distinct people from either
tt®§ AraBs«or Hindoos, we cannot deny those resemblances which are too obvious to be
mistaken,-Kye^TOt^tbhbe’faecounted for wit bout - difficulty; nor can there be a reasonable
doubtttlw thetpebple of bdth these nations formed an important part of the once multi-
tuSinou^wpiilatiod’of Egypt.*'
''tL 5 \.' T&E HYKSHOS.
J H'here is. no faejpih'history more familiar than the rule of the Hykshos or shepherd
Mi-figs ®fbEgypt.,i The wd^Eniksho's' is the same as wè. have seen (p. 38,) both in the
-Egyptian‘and Berber or5'LfDy^n’/tnngifes; and signified a shepherd or a wanderer. It was
-applied^' to"1 All those forcignprs^wln) 'at different times displaced the native dynasties,—
Scythians,-.'Hellenic remes^Pïran-icfmis, and’ öffidrs'. - i
'' Reserving some rémafkg fora, futTjife'ipart ofith'fi'nieftioir, we shall briefly observe that
there is no monumental MSmjtbpl moie llnu on* o^thc'-e sovereignties, namely, that which
was eXpell|||Ky>- Amunoph the First oP-t&irgl^eënthi dynasty, about eighteen centuries
jDqfqre|®wj^t.,. rIibtsefpepp]ig ^ lip s e jpaane yva^.heldjihvexecration by-the Egyptians, are
s.aiji 1,-1)v-. Herodotus qand^t^he^historians tp^<hg^g possessed a fair complexion, blue eyes,
and.redmsh hair. , Thafe^'he^.were oftlhSs^nc^Mafi-jvacei there is no question; but the
firauecifng traits «pWR euiallv- to tly' jSpy»lhiansy.*ilhe Phenieians, and the Edomim or
E dem^^ .an d ; it,isj'ji^^a-blo.j^liat ;lhe shepherd „dynasties of- Manetho embraced kings
tBeéjsoujces.t
^ W S poi-tfa^qAbese inlSus'ivo kings, as recently discovered' in various parts of Egypt,
not onfej^e^ht^aqdiysiqgnpmy entirely dif^^ from that o f the'legitimate monarchs,
but: the- rolimon is also differenty bein^,“ thei'^m, whoseJrays terminate
in human Jiands,” while tiie accompanying.feieK)Mq)hic legends make no allusion to the
Egyptian jxWbjM-t- rlioTjr fc>atur.e^,observes Mr.^Petring,) from: whom I derive these
f a c t s , . . n o t at,all resemble, the Egyptian;,„and, though much defaced, are evidently
the same as those found on the pjopyla^of Karnak, where we may recognise a similarity
»mt^^egjtall, white, slender,» blqq^eyed^mid red-hairedsj-race, painted on the soles of the
'-Egyptian Vanslals, and appearing- also:on^.the.-,monuments, where they are emphatically
called the wicked race o f Scheto.”t . Qlrdi«Shesft;effigies is found only on. fragments of
stone which nad|pertainedAp«i;emplesr antepqdenf’ tp. fhé eighteenth dynasty, which structures
were overturned,,J}y- ille g itim a te kings of that and the succeeding reigns, and
* The^piniïSïis, of Sir 6 . Wilkinson are eminently entiued to respèet-ori' all Egyptian questions; and I need not apolo-
gizsftffljfflniting his opinions’ (H'dwevef theyRtny'diffler from those just4givenVlWs' briefly expressed in the following pas-
S%'éi?|^Sï m'aBn'erhV laiigfla'gef'and nfinVuithef, resp’êfcts,' Egypt was ceïi»iMy:moreAsïati6 than African; and though
there ii^ n o »aopearance of the- HtoSo®ah d Egyptian religions'.having been borrowed from one another, which many
enghtlaSl ïïii^ S lm conclude from theuwieat.anaIogy m some pointslyet it» is! not improbable that these two nations
may liave p'r^eed^d from thé same s’tocK^HH'mve mig’raf’e'd'’southward from their parent country in central Asia.”
-H®G®t-E^yptf;ytil.Vh-;)ip., 8. n
f St. Augustine, states that the Punic qi'Phfjnipian.tongue’ was ini hi« day (the fifth century) a living language, and
m&.Canaanitish language was mediate between the Egyptian and the Hebrew. Mrs.
H. Gray. iffitJ^Etrafiafq). 124.
t .Transactions of the Jloyal Society of Literature, VoEW| p. 140.