. Secrets of earth and sea. Science; Natural history; Archaeology; Art, Primitive. 194 SECRETS OF EARTH AND SEA. Crete and the other Greek islands. The same culture and the same race is revealed to us by the discoveries of Schliemann at Mykenae and other spots in Greece, and at Hissarlik, the seat of ancient Troy. The Mykenaean art seems not to have been trans- mitted to the post-Homeric Greeks, nor to Egypt, nor to Babylonia and Assyria. The Swastika seems, like the " flying gallop" of Mykenaean art, to have travelled in very ancient ^?^ f-"^^^^, ^°"'. CyP™= times by a nor
. Secrets of earth and sea. Science; Natural history; Archaeology; Art, Primitive. 194 SECRETS OF EARTH AND SEA. Crete and the other Greek islands. The same culture and the same race is revealed to us by the discoveries of Schliemann at Mykenae and other spots in Greece, and at Hissarlik, the seat of ancient Troy. The Mykenaean art seems not to have been trans- mitted to the post-Homeric Greeks, nor to Egypt, nor to Babylonia and Assyria. The Swastika seems, like the " flying gallop" of Mykenaean art, to have travelled in very ancient ^?^ f-"^^^^, ^°"'. CyP™= times by a north-eastern route (Mykensean Age, circa 1200 , ' ); painted with lotus, to the Far East. I have given bird and four swastikas some account of the latter, with (Metropolitan Museum, New illustrations, in "Science from ^ an Easy Chair," Second series. Like the representation of the galloping horse, with both fore and hind legs stretched and the hoofs of the hind legs turned upwards, the Swastika is found in the remarkable metal work (Fig. 43 its) discovered in the necropolis of Koban, in the Caucasus, dating from 500 The Swastika and the " flying gallop " probably travelled together across Asia to China and the Far East, and so eventually to India on the one hand and Japan on the other Fig. 42. — Terra-cotta —the Swastika thus escaping alto- spindle-whorl marked gether, as does the pose of the " flying gallop," the Near East and later Greece. This is a very remarkable and interesting Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929. London, Methuen & co. ltd
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