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Egyptians, Babylonians, and Assyrians is
known to us mainly through the Greek his-
torians, and for information about the Chi-
nese we rely upon the researches of trav-
ellers and missionaries in comparatively re-
cent times. The testimony of the Greek
writers has fortunately been confirmed, and
we now have in addition a mass of facts
translated from the original sculptures, pa-
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