Show antediluvian EGYPTIANS the recent discoveries reported potted re as having been made in egypt in one respect at least are in line with those of the past pact twelve years in the nile basin working in ID the interest of scientists tisO that greatest of modern egyptologist professor flinders petrie is also aleo doing a great work in the interest of true religion by unearthing incontrovertible evidence of the historic truth of bible account the discoveries during a dozen years past have cleared many dark pages of egyptian history and have gone to confirm the truth of the bible narrative of the reigns ot of the Phara ob obe and from the summary at hand of the new development it appears that there la Is now strong corroborative proof of the correctness ness of the brief but expressive mosaic record of antediluvian peoples As stated in the short press dis dispatch the scene of the recent discoveries is the district between ballas and neja deb thirty miles north of thebes I 1 in a the ancient town of jeub professor petrie claims to have hare uncovered in the he ruins ruing the remains of several successive dynasties lose leae than a quarter of ef a mile away were the remains of another city the contents of the town are described so as being utterly different from anything heretofore discovered in egypt not only odly was a town found but also cemeteries of the people nearly 2000 graves graven being excavated the result was a complete surprise to the searchers as it promises to be to generally f for or not a single egyptian object was found not a scarab hieroglyph egyptian bead god or amulet such as are abundant in the neighboring egyptian city not a body was mummified or buried at full length all were contracted with wilb their knees bout bent up to their arms arm the remains were observed to possess characteristics wholly distinct from those of the ancient egyptians egyptian that have been revealed and there was left no doubt in the minds of the la in that th they Y belonged to a race which pre preceded eded pos allu vian egyptian civilization their stature was remarkable some being over six feet in hight bight their hair was brown wavy and not crisp there was the prevailing prominent aquiline nose and long pointed board beard the physiognomy of the raue was flue fine and powerful the remains of their domestic utensils etc show that t they boy were the equals or superiors or of the egyptians in many lines of pottery flint working and bead making yet drawing and sculpture were in a rude rud condition and no writing was known beyond personal marlis marks there were addee adzes needles and knives which showed that copper and other metals were known and worked with high skill at boub and on a plateau near by professor petrie found ruins ruing which be says are evidences of a race of men antedating all history by many thousands of years large massive flints beautifully worked and unworn were discovered of exactly the same forms as those well known in the river gravels of france and england their enormous age being shown by the black and brown staining on them while believed to be years of age show chow scarcely arcely Bo a tinge of weather ing from the most careful estimates he can make prof petrie says the human remains belong to an age not later than between the seventh and eighth dynasties according to egyptian history or about B C lie he found abundant evidence of ceremonial cannibal lam ism one remarkable custom was the eating of portions of the bodies of deceased pe pere reone oDB the head bead was almost always severed from the shoulder sand the hands bands were often removed pottery was placed over the decapitated deck in one place was a handful of ribs in another a handful of arm bones elsewhere a pile of vertebrae the bones of several bodies were heaped together and lines of bones were strewn around the pile each with their ends broken off and the marrow scooped out these signs are taken as implying an agnor ance of civilization and also the ex istance of a vicious and corrupt manor manner of life it to is suggested I 1 that hat this people may have overthrown the egyptian civilization at the close ot of the old kingdom and produced ther the dark ages age of the seventh and eighth dynasties when the egyptians Egypt iana seem to have been oppressed oppre Med by disaster dla aeter just what professor retried le now new discovery will prove with respect to the conditions of life among what he terms the prehistoric dwellers of egypt cannot be determined without a further examination in detail but one thine seems leema resso reasonably natly certain at present and that is they reveal a condition of barbarism barb arlem among the inhabitants of that part of the world such as aa to make their destruction by a deluge a justifiable it if not the only means by which an overruling providence could operate to people the earth with a purer class of beings being the record which the distinguished egyptologist ban bai brought forth in this later age of the world la is a fitting parallel to the description given in the chapter of genesis when it Is ie said eaid the inhabitants were mighty men but their wickedness was so great the thoughts of their hearts being evil continually that it repented the lord that he had made man on the earth and he destroyed dea troyed all except noah noab and they that were with him in the ark |