[108] History of Art in Ancient Egypt, vol. i. pp. 56, 57, and figs. 39-45.
[109] Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies, &c. vol. i. p. 139.
[110] Tiele, Histoire comparée des anciennes Religions de l'Égypte et des Peuples Sémitiques, translated by Collins, p. 222. The first volume of an English translation, by James Ballingal, has been published in Trübner's Oriental Series.—Ed.
[111] Ibid. p. 224.
[112] Tiele, Histoire, &c. p. 237.
[113] Hence the name Babylon, which has been handed down to us, slightly modified, by classic tradition. The true Chaldæan form is Bab-Ilou, literally "The Gate of God."
[114] History of Art in Ancient Egypt, vol. ii. pp. 399-400 and figs. 311-313.
[115] Tiele, Manuel, &c. pp. 77, 78.
[116] Herodotus, i. 99.