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erful king of the nineteenth Dynasty, as the Pharoah of the 

 Exodus; whilst others localize that historic epoch two or 

 three Dynasties later. In any case, the Israelites had 

 two or three thousand years in which to be influenced by 

 the Egyptian civilization which they applied to good purpose 

 in Palestine, and built up the stable fabric of the Jewish 

 civilization. Another race which was strongly influenced 

 by the Egyptian culture of the later Dynasties (from the 

 20th to the 30th) was the Ancient Greeks, and this inter- 

 change of art and learning between the two races was 

 greatly facilitated during the Ptolemaic Period. After the 

 death of Cleopatra, who was the last of the Ptolemies, in 

 B. C. 30, the occupation of Egypt by the Roman conquerors 

 enabled them also to obtain much benefit and inspiration 

 from the Egyptian civilization. 



The purpose of this lengthy introduction is to show that 

 the Jewish, Grsecian and Roman civilizations, which formed 

 the foundation of European learning and culture, owed a 

 great proportion of what was "brightest and best" to the 

 wonderful inspiring influence of Ancient Egypt. It is 

 declared by some that this wide-spread influence even reached 

 far away Scotland, which is said to be named after Scota 

 the daughter of one of the Pharoahs. 



In regard to the physical anthropology of the ancient 

 Egyptian, one of the most striking features I have been 

 able to ascertain is their small stature. This seems remark- 

 able when considered in conjunction with the warlike pro- 

 pensities of the race. All the mummies I have seen or 

 examined have been those of short people. Indeed, the thing 

 that strikes one on first examining a mummy is its remarkable 

 shortness. As a result of my investigations, I have come 

 to the conclusion that the average height of the Egyptian 

 male adult could not have been more than 5 feet 3 or 4 

 inches, whereas, as you know, the average height of a man 

 nowadays is about 5 feet 7 or 8. This, you will note, is a 



