Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 By John Lord BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY. ANCIENT RELIGIONS: EGYPTIAN, ASSYRIAN, BABYLONIAN, AND PERSIAN. It is my object in th

Excerpt from Beacon Lights of History: The Old Pagan Civilizations IN this volume I have not aimed at original investi gation. No one man could hope, on such a

First published posthumously in 1902, this collection of the lectures of American historian JOHN LORD (1810-1894) is a charming rummage through 6,000 years of E