Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt

e wondered what kind of a country Egypt might be, and tried to pict

his home among the quiet hills of Canaan, so suddenly found himself an inmate of a pa

n the hillsides and the magnificence of the city of Pharaoh, and how strange a romance it is to think of the littl

by famine to come to Joseph as suppliants for food, and, in their descendants, presently to beco

o stay awhile in Egypt, they were lodged at Tanis, a royal city founded by one of a succession of kings which for 3,000 years before Abraham'

sculptured monuments which are scattered all over the land, and to know that in the hieroglyphic wr

or besought Pharaoh to liberate his people. We may ourselves stand in courts where, perhaps, Joseph took part in some temple rite, while t

in a heap of ruins, extensive enough to show how great a city it had been, and from its moun

re fresh discovery has thrown light upon the subject the independent record of history found in hieroglyph or papyrus confirms the Bible narrative, so that

t country in the world-the oldest, that is, in civilization. No one q

nations, and although the ancient Persians, Greeks, and Romans successively dominated it, these

uated midway between Europe, Africa, and Asia in the old days of land caravans, most of the trade between these

on than any of its neighbours. Learned men from all countries were drawn to it in search of fresh knowledge, for nowhere else were there such seats of learning as in the Nile c

les as well as building new ones; but all the Roman remains in Egypt are poor in comparison with the real Egyptian art, and, excepting for a fe

e Copts (who are the real descendants of the ancient Egyptians) still preserve the primitive faith o

historical remains and the beautiful art of the Mohammedans. The times of the Pharaohs are in the past, and have the added interest of association with the Bible; this period of antiquity is a special study for the historian and the few who are able to decipher hieroglyphic writing, but the Moh

part of Arabia, in a very few years they had become masters of Syria, Asia Minor, Persia, and Egypt, and presently extended their religion all through N

cco, and Spain. The Moslem churches in Cairo are extremely beautiful, and of a style quite unlike anything that the world had known before. So

n, for, while the whole Bible history from Abraham to the Apostles covers a period of only 2,000 years, the known history of Egypt commenced as far back as 6,000 years ago! From the sphinx at Ghizeh, which is so ancient that no one knows its or