. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. te, no hieroglyphs have been dis-covered on any part of it, its age is, therefore, a matter ofconjecture. The features, though defaced, are Ethiopian ; theface is round and the lips full, and faint traces of colouringare yet visible on the lower part of the cheek and near theears. Though the face cannot be called beautiful according: toEuropean ideas, there is a calm, dignified
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. te, no hieroglyphs have been dis-covered on any part of it, its age is, therefore, a matter ofconjecture. The features, though defaced, are Ethiopian ; theface is round and the lips full, and faint traces of colouringare yet visible on the lower part of the cheek and near theears. Though the face cannot be called beautiful according: toEuropean ideas, there is a calm, dignified appearance, which,together with the massiveness of the head and body, fixes theattention of every traveller. The temple of the Sphinx THE SPHINX. 10: stands a few yards to the south-east, and is supposed to havebeen erected by Shafra, or Cephren, the builder of the secondpyramid; hence if the temple were devoted to the worshipof the Sphinx, the latter must have been erected prior to thetime of Cephren. Besides, it is well known that the oldestmonuments of Egypt are without hieroglyphics, the absenceof them, therefore, from both the temple and the Sphinxwould indicate a great antiquity. May it not symbolize both. ^S^L&iW-V* THE SPHINX. the king and the kingdom of Egypt ? The king was thesupposed fountain of wisdom, and he was the source of those times he was an independent despot, the life andwealth and time of whose subjects were under his control, andwe have only to look at the cartouches in Egypt and Arabiato see that the kings of Egypt boasted of their physical , likewise, was the kingdom, par excellence, in power and8 106 THE PYRAMID OF GHIZEH. wisdom. As the symbol of the king and the kingdom itreceived worship, and in return guarded the sacred places andthe country from foreign enemies. For more than fortycenturies that strange monster has looked over the rich delta;it has seen dynasty after dynasty rise and fall; it has receivedoblations at the hands
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