Bel, 95, 97 Belck, 33, 163, 166, 171, 174 Bellerophon, 183 Bes, 129 Beth-el, 147 Bezold, 28 Black Obelisk, the, 20, 21, 179 Bliss, Mr., 209 Boghaz Keui, vi., 34, 171, 174, 175, 178, 184, 195, 197 Borsippa, 78 Botta, 18 Boz Eyuk, pottery of, 171 Brick, use of, 113 British Museum, how it excavates, 39, 40 Bronze, 56, 59, 66; scimitars, 57, 65; earliest use in Egypt, 60; in Krete, 60; in the Caucasus, 60; origin of, in Britain, 64 Bronze age in Europe, 64 Burnouf, 13, 14 Calah, 18. _See_ Nimrûd Canaan, 126, 137, 190, 213 (_see_ Palestine); and Egypt, 177; before the Exodus, 187 _et seq._; Hittite pottery in, 179; neolithic age in, 146 Canaanite civilization, 150 _et seq._; dynasty in Babylonia, 142; deities, 152; language, 35, 89, 142; luxury, 156; postal service, 143, 189; pottery, 63; sacrifice of children, 148 Cappadocia, Assyrians in, 169 Cappadocian tablets, 171 Carchemish, 40, 172, 195 Careri, 9 Chaldæa, port of, 80 Chaldæans, 90 Chantre, 47, 53, 170, 171, 174, 178 Chardin, Sir J., 9 Chedor-laomer, 143 Cilicia, 173, 175 Clay as writing material, 111 Comana, 173 Cones, terra-cotta, 134 Copper, use of, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62; mines, 170 Copper in Sumerian, 58, 59 Cossæeans. _See_ Kossæans Crete. _See_ Krete Cros, Captain, 48, 55 Cubit, Babylonian, 122 Cuneiform a cursive script, 77, 84, 184; used by Egypt, 126, 190 Cypriotic syllabary, 182 Cyprus, 65, 140, 182; seal-cylinders in, 140 Damascus, 197 Darius I., 9, 12, 16, 35 Darius, how pronounced, 12 Deecke, 186 Deification of king, 95 Delitzsch, F., 35 Determinatives, 57, 84 Dieulafoy, 73 Dirk, 65; in Danube valley, 65; characterizes bronze age, 66 Domestication of animals, 83 Dwarfs, sacred, 127, 128 Ea or Oannes, 75, 79, 81, 119 Ebed-Kheba, King of Jerusalem, 196, 200, 201, 202, 204 Eden, 78, 79 Edin, the “Plain,” 78, 79, 93 Egypt, 47, 54, 102; Asiatic influence on, 125; excavations in, 42; and Babylonia, 101, 107, 110, 133 Egyptian irrigation, 102; chronology, 115; hieroglyphs, 104; language Semitic, 107, 110; letter of an, 207; neolithic culture, 125; rule in Canaan, 213; seal-cylinders, 112, 114 Egyptians, dynastic, 110, 114 Elam, 26, 46, 71, 73, 144; copper age in, 51 Elamite pottery, 47, 48; dialects, 71; race, 73 El-Hibba, 41 El-Kab, sculpture at, 117 Elwend, inscription of, 20 Erech, 93 Eri-aku (Arioch), 143 Eridu, 76, 78, 79, 81, 82, 85, 92, 118, 120; excavations at, 55 Erman, 107 Etruscan model of liver, 186