Report of the Proceedings of the Second International Congress of Orientalists Held in London, 1874Trübner, 1874 - 67 pages |
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... scholars than in acquiring the different languages spoken in Europe - a task much facilitated by their having nearly one common mode of printing and writing the same sounds . It may be considered that the first step to unity among the ...
... scholars than in acquiring the different languages spoken in Europe - a task much facilitated by their having nearly one common mode of printing and writing the same sounds . It may be considered that the first step to unity among the ...
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... scholars have generally inclined to assign it . The views of Mr. Taylor will , however , have specially to be con- sidered , and the proofs he wishes to bring forward in favour of his hypothesis will be passed under examination . The ...
... scholars have generally inclined to assign it . The views of Mr. Taylor will , however , have specially to be con- sidered , and the proofs he wishes to bring forward in favour of his hypothesis will be passed under examination . The ...
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... scholars that ancient language , which , as far as our present knowledge extends , would seem to be one of the earliest members of the wide - spread Semitic family . Educated Europe was very slow to admit the genuineness of Cuneiform ...
... scholars that ancient language , which , as far as our present knowledge extends , would seem to be one of the earliest members of the wide - spread Semitic family . Educated Europe was very slow to admit the genuineness of Cuneiform ...
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... scholars . The following is an abstract of it in English : - ON A CASE OF SINGULAR LITERARY FORGERY . On the. THE DYNASTY OF MEDIA . Prof. Oppert explained his views on the second kind of tri- lingual inscriptions . The Persian kings ...
... scholars . The following is an abstract of it in English : - ON A CASE OF SINGULAR LITERARY FORGERY . On the. THE DYNASTY OF MEDIA . Prof. Oppert explained his views on the second kind of tri- lingual inscriptions . The Persian kings ...
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... scholar attempted to show that the real system of the Chaldæans consisted merely in the supposition that between the Deluge and Cyrus 36,000 years were elapsed . But the number itself is a forgery of the Latin translation of Symplicius ...
... scholar attempted to show that the real system of the Chaldæans consisted merely in the supposition that between the Deluge and Cyrus 36,000 years were elapsed . But the number itself is a forgery of the Latin translation of Symplicius ...
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