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Title: Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910
Subjects: Progress Inventions
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ARCH OP TITUS, ROME. we know a good deal of the history of these Hittites from the records ofEgyptians, Babylonians, and Assyrians, their origin remains wrapped inobscurity. The Hittite characters have not yet been deciphered, althoughvarious attempts of interpreters have been made. The last of these is thatof Professor Peter Jensen, of the University of Marburg, who believes thatthe Hittite language is a prototype of the modern Armenian. Although anumber of prominent scholars have acknowledged their acceptance of theJensen system, it cannot be said as yet to have been definitely established,nor is it likely that a satisfactory key will be found until a large bilingualinscription containing a record in Hittite characters with a translation,
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HITTITE INSCRIPTION FT?OM .IKRAIUS. i>44 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY perhaps, in Assyrian or Aramaic, shall have been found. Such a find may beexpected at any moment. Meanwhile, it may be said that from anethnological point of view, it seems more plausible to regard the Hittites as apart of the Turanian stock rather than belonging to the Aryan or Semiticraces. The exploration of India, China, and Japan can scarcely be said tohave more than begun. The notable series of inscriptions that recall theperiod of Indian history connected with Acoka may be regarded as aspecimen of what we may expect when once those distant lands are asthoroughly explored as the countries situated around the Mediterranean sea.Roman Ruins. — Coming to the last and greatest of the empires of antiquity,Rome, a word should be said about the activity that has characterized theexcavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii, and recently in the city of Rome,which are carried on so successfully by Rudolfo La

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