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It is interesting, however, that no traces of the belief in reincarnation can be found among the ancient Egyp - tians or the Assyro-Babylonians.

DEATH AND IMMORTALITY JACQUES CHORON 1968

Cakes were offered by ancient Egyptians to their moon-goddess; and these had imprinted on them a pair of horns, symbolic of the ox at the sacrifice of which they were offered on the altar, or of the horned moon-goddess, the equivalent of Ishtar of the Assyro-Babylonians.

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Assyro-Babylonians, for instance, of which substantial traces have been recovered, is hardly, if at all, more effective, though far more systematized, than that of many a wild and unlettered tribe that may be observed to-day.

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Meanwhile, as the refugee problem broadened, the High Commissioner's mandate was broadened to take in Assyrians, Assyro-Chaldeans, and Turkish refugees.

Nansen International Office for Refugees - History of Organization 1938

Assyro-Chaldeans, and Turks, and since 1935 some thousands of

Nansen International Office for Refugees - Nobel Lecture 1938

There is also no agreement as to whether the basis of this Phœ; nician alphabet is of Egyptian (hieroglyphic and hieratic) or of Assyro-Babylonian (cuneiform) origin.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

The Semitic languages may be divided geographically into four groups, viz. the southern: Arabic and Ethiopic; the northern, embracing the various Aramaen dialects; the eastern or Assyro-Babylonian; and the central or Chanaanitish, to which belong, together with Phoenician

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

A bronze demi-rilievo of Assyro-Phænician workmanship would also suggest that Dagon played a prominent part in the doctrines concerning death and future life.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

The native population accepts the name of Atoraya-Kaldaya (Assyro-Chaldeans) while in the neo-Syriac vernacular Christians generally are known as

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Owing to the neighbourhood and to the influence of these countries on Palestine, it is highly probable that the score of substances called in the Bible "desirable stones" (Is., liv, 12) must be contained in the fairly long list of the precious and ornamental stones of the Assyro-Babylonians and the Egyptians.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913