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...Royal Raphia Family, of ancient Babylon on the great river Euphrates. AmRaphael being the First King mentioned in the Bible, Book of Genesis, 14th Chapter, Verse I 'Amraphael, King of Babylon' and his descendant Nebuchadnezzar being the First World King; whose wonderful Irish-Phonecian Sailors, rounded Arabia; founded the great City of Raphia. on the Mediterranean; Sailed through the Pillars of Hercules and discovered 'New Raphia' the America of today, the 'Atlantis' of the ancient Greeks; Our Greater General Alexander the Great, who favors we now capsize the oppressive power of modern Babylon like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Nay | 5/20/1935 | See Source »

...Nabu, god of scribes and historians. Nabu's staue was gone from the central shrine where once it stood. But on the stonework bordering the steps was a prayer addressed to Nabu by King Sargon. There were carvings in wood and ivory, some of Egyptian inspiration, others bearing Phonecian winged sphinxes, bronze hinges engraved with images of bulls, men, centaurs, mermaids; an ivory fragment depicting a woman staring out of a window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 8/6/1934 | See Source »

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