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Show The Chaldeans The Chaldeans were not Egyptians Egyp-tians but were a Semitic tribe, similar sim-ilar to the Babylonians, who probably prob-ably migrated from Arabia into lower low-er Mesopotamia about 700 B. C. They were absorbed in the great Persian empire and some of their descendants probably remain in that part of Asia. They were poly-theists poly-theists and noted for their knowledge knowl-edge of astrology and occult science. sci-ence. It appears quite likely that the Wise Men from the East were Chaldeans or Babylonians. |