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    【】hadbeethepastparticipleofaverb.afterseveralhundred

    years,theegyptianslostsightofboththeseaningsand

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    letters.ashortsenten.here

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    hieroglyphics.{illust.}

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    alking.

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    itispartoftheoldsignlanguageoutofhehieroglyphics

    developed.

    yououulty.

    ``ibelieveisawagiraffe.

    havingiedthissysteheegyptiansdevelopedit

    duringthousandsofyearsuntiltheyuldeanythingthey

    essages

    tofriends,tokeepbusinessatsandtokeeparerdofthe

    historyoftheiruntry,thatfuturegeionsghtbe

    bythestakesofthepast.

    thenilevalley

    thebeginningofcivilisationinthe

    valleyofthenile

    thehistoryofnisthererdofahungrycreaturein

    searchoffood.whereverfoodanhas

    travelledtokehisho.

    thefaofthevalleyofthehavespreadat

    anearlydate.froheinteriorofafridfrohedesert

    ofarabiaandfroheepartofasiapeoplehad

    flotheirshareoftherichfar.

    togethertheseinvadershadfordaneehcalled

    itself``reor``thenjustasetisa

    ``godsory.theyhadgoodreasoeful

    toafatetothisnarroripofland.

    inthesuerofeachyeartheuedthevalleyintoa

    shalloheersrecededallthegrainfields

    auresost

    fertileclay.

    iakindlyriverdidtheillionnand

    deitpossibletofeedtheteengpopulationofthefirst

    largecitiesofistruethatall

    thearablelandplicated

    systefsllalsand

    theriverleveltothetopofthehighestbanksandaneven

    reintricatesystefirrigationtrenchesspreaditthroughout

    theland.

    anoftheprehistehadbeenobligedtospend

    sixteenhoursoutofeverytself

    andtheersofhistribe,theegyptianpeasantorthe

    inhabitantoftheegyptianselfpossessedofa

    selfny

    thingsthaterelyoantalandnotintheleastbit

    useful.

    rethanthat.onedayhedisveredthathisbrainwas

    capableofthinkingallkindsoftho