. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. [Egjptiau Scaiabsci.—Back and side views.] his attention as specimens of the earliest talis-manical figures which now exist, and which ClIAP. NOTES TO JACOB. Ill. [Egyptian Scarabeei.—Eiigraveil under surfaces.] unquestionably must, at some time, have beenknown to the Hebrews, the fact will not beoverlooked that they also offer the earliestspecimens of engraving on stone; whichcurious and difficult art the Hebrews certainlydid bring with them from Egypt. The shapewhich these articles bear, and
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. [Egjptiau Scaiabsci.—Back and side views.] his attention as specimens of the earliest talis-manical figures which now exist, and which ClIAP. NOTES TO JACOB. Ill. [Egyptian Scarabeei.—Eiigraveil under surfaces.] unquestionably must, at some time, have beenknown to the Hebrews, the fact will not beoverlooked that they also offer the earliestspecimens of engraving on stone; whichcurious and difficult art the Hebrews certainlydid bring with them from Egypt. The shapewhich these articles bear, and the engravingswith which they are charged, will spontane-ously suggest to the reader that they mighthave been used as seals or signets ; and to thisuse it seems that they were in fact applied,although other engraved stones were also usedfor that purpose. In like manner, while webelieve that the old Babylonians engravedcylinders, which have lately engaged so muchattention, were astral talismans; there appearsalso to be reason to conclude that they wereused as signets. These talismanical stonesof the Babylonians seem to have exhibited ahoroscopical representation of the constellationof the heavenly aspects, under which theparties who owned them were born
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