THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL. 193 



But the late Baron Bunsen, a volumi- 

 nous writer on Egyptian matters, in his 

 Egypt's Place in Universal History (vol. v.), 

 has done worse; for not only has he en- 

 deavoured to disparage Scripture chrono- 

 logy in every possible way, but has lauded 

 Manetho up to the skies, affirming that by 

 means of this heathen scribe he had learned 

 TRUTH ! Thus he apostrophises him of 

 whose writings we have the merest 

 fragmentary notices, mentioned by a few 

 subsequent writers like Josephus, Afri- 

 canus, and Eusebius, the earliest of whom, 

 Josephus, notices him in these uncompli- 

 mentary terms " Manetho tells arrant 

 lies." Nevertheless, Bunsen is so excited 

 on his behalf as to give utterance to the 

 following 



" Manetho, give us your name ! 

 Grateful, I offer to thee whatever through thee 



I have learnt ; 



Truth have I sought at thy hand : truth have 

 I found by that aid." 



Egypt's Place, fyc., vol. ii., p. 392. 



Hence Bunsen carries out his delusion 

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