Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
MEMNON
"The traditions concerning Memnon are interesting as well as instructive. He was claimed as a king by the Ethiopians , and identified with Pharaoh Amunoph or Amenhotep, by the Egyptians. A fine statue of him is located in the British museum in London. Charles Darwin makes a reference to this statue in his the 'Descent of Man' which is well worth producing: 'When I looked at Amunoph III, I agreed with two officers of the establishment, both competent judges, that he had strongly marked Negro type features.'" P.33-34, ETHIOPIA AND THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION by John G. Jackson, edited and illustrated by Dr. C. S. Moore (2015)
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