ILLUSTRATIONS 



HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS (Photogravure) Frontispiece 



MAN AND THE ANTHROPOID APES Facing p. 10 



THE SUN EMBARKING FOR HIS DAILY JOURNEY THROUGH 



EGYPT " 36 



TWELVE STAGES IN THE LIFE OF THE SUN AND ITS 



TWELVE FORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY .... " 40 



SHU SEPARATING SIBU AND NUIT " 42 



THE SELF-PROPELLING BOAT CONTAINING THE SUN, 



UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE TWO EYES . " 46 



THE WORLD AS CONCEIVED BY THE CHALDEANS . . " 62 



CHALDEAN MAP OF THE WORLD " 64 



ASSYRIAN BAKED CLAY PRISMS, WITH INSCRIPTIONS OF 



KINGS SENNACHERIB (705-681, B.C.), ESARHADDON 



(681-668, B.C.), AND ASHUR-BANI-PAL (668-626, B.C.) " 68 



THE MOABITE STONE " 86 



MEXICAN PICTURE-WRITING " 88 



REPRODUCTION OF A FRAGMENT OF THE EGYPTIAN BOOK 



OF THE DEAD " go 



OLD BABYLONIAN INSCRIPTION " 96 



PYTHAGORAS " 114 



HIPPOCRATES " 170 



ARISTOTLE " 182 



ARCHIMEDES " 198 



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