. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . fter very long periods. Many other cere-monies also took place, at which the king presided; the greatest of which was the procession of shrines of^the gods, which is mentioned in the Rosetta Stone, and is often repre-sented in the sculp-tures. These shrines were
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . fter very long periods. Many other cere-monies also took place, at which the king presided; the greatest of which was the procession of shrines of^the gods, which is mentioned in the Rosetta Stone, and is often repre-sented in the sculp-tures. These shrines were of two kinds: one was an ark, or sacred boat, which may be called the gi-eat shrine, the other a sort of They were attended by the chief priest, or prophet, clad in the leopard skin; they were borne on the shoulders of several priests, by means of staves sometimes passing through metal rings at the side, and being taken into the temple, were placed on a table or stand prepared for the pur-pose. The same mode of carrying the ark was adopted by the Jews (Joshua iii. 12 ; 1 Chron. xv. 2, and 15; 2 Sam. xv. 24; 1 Esdr. i. 4); and the gods of Babylon, as well as of Egypt, were bonie and set in their place in a similar manner. (Is. xlvi. 7 jBaruch vi. 4, and 26,) Apuleius (Met. xi. 250)desciibes the sacred boat and the high. ^^
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