A treatise on the origin of the greatest ancient civilisation that of Egypt. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The rise of the Aryans or Sumerians, their origination and propagation of civilization, their extension of it to Egypt and Crete, Personalities and achievements of their kings. Historical originals of mythic gods and heroes with dates from the rise of civilization about 3380 B.C. reconstructed from Babylonian, Egyptian, Hittite, Indian and Gothic sources. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

L.A. Waddell's research into the Egyptian Civilization and theory that the first dynastic Pharaoh of Egypt, was Menes was identical to the son of "Sargon the Great: of Sumeria." His research shows that the empire extended from India to Britain and gives you the lists of the kingdoms and rulers of various dynastic peoples. Waddell's interpretations help with your understanding of other translators of the Sumerian materials that are available and of the enormous problem in translation of any language for understanding.

The long-lost origin and early history of our ancestors, the Britons, Scots and Anglo-Saxons, in the "Prehistoric" and Pre-Roman periods, back to about 3000 b.c., are now recovered to a great extent in this present work, by means of newly discovered historical evidence.' This book contains Waddell's historic interpretation of the inscription of the Newton Stone found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Laurence Austine Waddell was born in Scotland on 29 May 1854. He became a well known explorer and archaeologist, but his reputation as a Sumerologist gained no recognition and his various works on the history of civilization have caused much controversy.

Included in this rare text is a comprehensive catalogue of the multifarious inhabitants of the banks of the mighty river Brahmaputra from Lowe Tibet to the Bay of Bengal. This comprehensive ethnological database includes observations about six hundred individuals belonging to over thirty separate tribes, the author having taken twenty to thirty physical measurements of each member for inclusion in this book. Containing for the first time a systematic record of such attributes as skin and eye colour, coupled with photographs taken by the author himself, this book constitutes an ethnological first and, as such, will appeal to students of history and ethnology alike. Laurence Austine Waddell was British explorer, army surgeon, professor of Chemistry and Pathology, amateur archaeologist, and author. Originally published in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1900, this rare book is proudly republished now with a new introductory biography of the author.

Originally published in 1927, this classic book contains a wealth of information on the Aryan origin of the alphabet, and would be an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject.