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period so blended with exotic nations that their distinctive features must be chiefly de- 
rived from the monuments, unless the catacombs of Meroé should hereafter throw addi- 
tional light on the subject. Of the monumental evidence we have already spoken: we 
have seen that the proper Egyptian physiognomy, the same which abounds at Thebes, is 
every where conspicuous on the tombs and temples of the Merdite * or monumental 
Ethiopians. That these people had no affinity, even in the remotest times, to the Negro 
race, would appear from the evidence already adduced, and also from other facts which 
remain to-be noticed. Among the paintings of the Grand Procession (epoch of Thotmes 
IV.,) at Thebes, Mr. Hoskins remarks that the Negro is represented with all the cha- 
racteristic features of his race, but that the Ethiopians are painted red like the Egyptians, 
having their hair dressed in curls above their foreheads, and in ringlets upon their shoul- 
ders.t (Plate XIV., Fig. 22.) So also in the voyage of Scylax, B. C. 360, the Ethiopians 
are described as a beautiful people, with long hair and beard; and the distinguished 
English traveller just quoted remarks that the heads sculptured on the pyramids of 
Meroé have a nearly European profile. Two of these, which are associated with the 
same legend, are represented by the subjoined figures.} The one to the left hand (that 
of an unknown king) has mixed lineaments, neither strictly Pelasgic nor Egyptian; while 
the right hand personage, who appears to be a priest doing homage, presents a coun- 
tenance which corresponds in essentials to the Egyptian type, although the profile ap- 
proaches closely to the Grecian. 
The annexed head, also.of a king, and bearing some resem- 
blance to the one above figured, is copied from Mr. Wadding- 
ton’s § drawing of a group over the portico of the Fifth Py- 
ramid at Djebel Birkel (the ancient Armada) supposed to be 
among the oldest sculptures in Nubia. 
We have already alluded to the opinion of Prof. Ritter and 
KTR ? I, YT \ others, that the old Bejas and the modern Bishareens were de- 
rived from the Berber or Libyan stock of nations. I am ready 
* Tuse the word Meroé in a comprehensive sense for all the ancient civilized region south of Egypt. 
+ Travels in Ethiopia, p. 329. Wilkinson, M. and C, Vol. I., Plate LXI. 
{ Idem. Plate X, 
} Travels in Ethiopia, Plate XIV. Sce also Cailliand, Voy. * Merog, and Hoskins, Plate XXIX. 
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