CHAPTER IV. viii. 3 I HAVE pointed out that the power of the Elamite Pharaoh, Ramses XII., extended from Ecbatana to Thebes. The Elamite flag must, therefore, have floated over all the fortresses within the Eastern Empire. How is it possible, then, that David, according II. Samuel to the Biblical records, could have secured dominion from the Euphrates to Egypt without deposing the Pharaoh? When, therefore, the inscriptions disclose that Ramses XII. was deposed by his vizier, bearing the name of David, it becomes absolutely certain that the David of the Old Testament is identical with David, the vizier of Ramses XII. As David styles Brugsch, vol. himself a prince of Cush, and the inscriptions inform us he ruled from the Euphrates to Ethiopia, it stands to reason that the flag of Cush now waved over all the fortresses, from the Euphrates to Ethiopia. ii. 200. Genesis xiv. It will not be disputed that David was a lineal descendant of Abraham and Moses (i.e. Apepi); and as it is recorded that Abraham overthrew Chedorlaomer, the king of Elam, the two rival flags are very vividly before us; and, as it will assist the reader in following my argument, I will trace them forward to the Roman occupation of the empire. List of dynasties ruling in Egypt from the XIIth dynasty to the Roman occupation of the empire, framed on the list Brugsch, vol. of Pharaohs drawn up by Dr. Brugsch, to which I must refer the reader : ii. 341. The reader will notice that this dynastic list discloses an entirely new historical view. It certainly receives no support from historians, and is apparently inconsistent. with the Biblical narratives. But we must bear in mind that all our conceptions of ancient history have been derived from the priestly writers; hence, if it can be shown. that the records themselves are inconsistent, the whole priestly fabric falls to the ground. Perhaps the most important and unambiguous record handed down to us is that which informs us that the world was dominated by the three paramount races of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Undoubtedly, then, the world's history must be centred in these three races. Is it not glaringly apparent that they have been obscured by the priestly writers? My dynastic list, massively confirmed by authentic inscriptions, certainly discloses the dominant Semitic and Hamitic powers; and we might possibly discover the Japhetic race in the northern races, obscured under the names of Teutons, Slavs, Goths, and many other designations. Let us now return to the great revolution which overthrew the Elamite power. ii. 191. We certainly gather from the inscriptions Brugsch, vol. that Ramses XII. ruled over the entire Eastern Empire; but it is more than probable that the high seat of government was in Elam or Ecbatana, and the Pharaoh was |