Ave Maria, 80 Aztecs, 75 Baal Lebanon, vessels from, 145, 146 Babylonian characters, 99, 186 Babylonians, 105, 157, 208 Bark, picture-writing on, 58, 59, 67, 68 Behistun rock-inscription, 94, 95, 101, 128, 181 Belts, wampum, 45-51 Benefit of clergy, 22 "Bible," etymology of, 10 Bible as charm, 19 Bite, written charm against centipede, 19 Black letter, 219 Body, parts of, used for measurements, 101 "Book," etymology of, 10 "Book of Breathings," 119 "Book of the Dead," 117, 125, 200 Borchardt, Dr., 116 Brahma, 16, 17 Budge, Dr. Wallis, 119, 123, 127, 130, 133 Burckhardt, 180 Bushman rain-charm, 34 Bushmen rock-paintings, 30-32 Cadger's Map, 57 Cadmus, 17 Cædmon, 224 Cave-man, art of, 24, 25 Census-roll, Indian, 71 Champollion, 129, 130 Charms, written, 16, 17, 19, 20, 119 Chinese characters, 83 " determinatives, 85 " picture-writing, 83, 84, 103 Clay tablets, 89 Cleopatra, 130, 131 Clermont-Ganneau, M., 146 Clog almanack, 45 "Code," etymology of, 10 Cords, knotted, 39, 43, 82 Corean alphabet, 87 Creation tablet, 110 Cretan hieroglyphs, 167, 184, 195 " linear characters, 171, 173, 175, 184 Crete, Mycenæ and, 182 " origin of Ægean civilisation in, 192-94 " relics of script in, 51 " Syria, Egypt, and, 159 Cuneiform writing, 89-112 " " discovery of, 93-97 " " meaning of, 89 " " mode of, 98 Cursive characters, 217 Cypriote's syllabary, 178 Cyprus, civilisation in, 179 Darius, 93, 95, 127 Della Valle, 90 Delphi, 162 Deluge tablet, 111 Demotic writing, 115, 127, 216 De Rougé 139, 142-45, 226 De Sacy, 93 Determinatives, 85, 100, 103, 122, 170 "Digits," etymology of, 101 Dikta, Mount, slab from, 171 Diodôros, 196 "Diploma," etymology of, 11 Disease, barbaric theory of, 60 Edwards, Chilperic, 112 Egypt and Babylonia, 112 Egyptian art, 115 " demotic, 115, 127, 216 " hieratic, 115, 125-127, 139, 155, 194 " hieroglyphs, 41, 114-124 " numerals, 210 " writing, stages of, 115 Enchorial writing, 127 Eshmunazar, sarcophagus of, 140, 153 Eteocretans, 184 Europe, continuity of man in, 24, 189 Eusebius, 137 Evans, Arthur, 25, 51, 154, 159, 177, 189, 193, 195 Fingers as pictographs, 101 Flinders Petrie, Professor, 116, 177, 185, 186, 202 Frazer, J. G., 193 Gardner, Prof. P., 158 Goulás, 162 Græcia Major, 199 Graffito, 161 Grave-posts, Indian, 53-55 Greek alphabet, 199 " papyri, 198-206 " settlements, 198 " signary, 185 Grotefend, Dr., 93, 101 Gurob, 177, 202