The Seven wonders of the world, with their associations in art and history . s have lately been made known,has deciphered the inscriptions on forty-five of thetombs at the foot of the great pyramid of Jizeh, whichuntil his exploration were of iinknown date. Themost magnificent of these mausoleums, or rather vaultsin the rock, belonged to princes, kinsmen, or chiefofficers of those kings near whose pyramids they lie;and in some cases there are regular series indicatingthe succession of father, son, and grandson, supplyingcomplete pedigrees of those distinguished families thatabove 4000 years si
The Seven wonders of the world, with their associations in art and history . s have lately been made known,has deciphered the inscriptions on forty-five of thetombs at the foot of the great pyramid of Jizeh, whichuntil his exploration were of iinknown date. Themost magnificent of these mausoleums, or rather vaultsin the rock, belonged to princes, kinsmen, or chiefofficers of those kings near whose pyramids they lie;and in some cases there are regular series indicatingthe succession of father, son, and grandson, supplyingcomplete pedigrees of those distinguished families thatabove 4000 years since formed the nobility of theland. Among them, one in fine condition was buriedin the sand, which belongs to a son of King these tombs we obtain a knowledge of the oldestdeterminable civilization of the human race. Thearchitectural forms appear matured, and sculptures ofwhole figures of all sizes, in high and low relief, arein surprising abundance. The painting, on the finestlime-ceating, is often beautiful beyond conception, and0^ fresh as if done THE rnAlios AT ALEXANDRIA. THE PHAROS WATCH-TOWER, OR LIGHTHOUSE, ATALEXANDRIA, IN EGYPT. *From the blue waters to the deep blue skies,Earth-based—sky-cappd—those stately structuiies exulting warriors, as their swift keels glideProudly triumphant oer the heaving tide,Eye with delight their much-loved, long-sought home. Alexandria owes its origin and name to Alex-ander the Great, who, about 332, gave orders toDinocrates, a Macedonian architect, to erect a citybetween the sea and Lake Mareotis; and tlie under-taking appears to have been one of the most noble thiscelebrated conqueror ever executed. Having journeyedthrough Egypt, and seen the highly productive state ofthat country, watered by one of the largest and mostfructifying rivers in the world, he thought its onlywant was a convenient harbour. Munificent and liberal,even in his follies, but ever alive to the realization ofa great puipose,
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