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Who knows? But one day I saw a woman come out from the back of her house and empty a basket full of dust and rubbish right into the temple at Luxor, where a dark green god is seated, three times the size of a man, buried as high as his waist. WHO KNOWS BUT ONE DAY I SAW A WOMAN COME OUT FROM THE BACK OF HER HOUSE AND EMPTY A BASKET FULL OF DUST AND RUBBISH RIGHT INTO THE TEMPLE AT LUXOR WHERE A DARK GREEN GOD IS SEATED THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF MAN BURIED AS HIGH AS HIS WAIST
t little knowledge, a tale or theory of how men and women lived in unknown ages in the faith of forgotten gods. Such a people lived in Timgad and left it probably about the time that waning Rome began to call home her outposts. Long after the citizens left the city stood on that high plateau in Africa, teaching shepherd Arabs what Rome had been: even to-day its great arches and parts of its temples stand: its paved streets are still grooved clearly with the wheel-ruts of chariots, and beaten down on each side of the centre by the pairs of horses that drew them two thousand years ago. When all the clatter had died away Timgad stood there in silence. At Pompeii, city and citizens ended together. Pompeii did not mourn among strangers, a city without a people: but was buried at once, closed like an ancient book. I doubt if anyone knows why its gods deserted Luxor, or Luxor lost faith in its gods, or in itself; conquest from over the desert or down the Nile, I suppose, or corruption within. BY FANCY MIXED WITH BUT LITTLE KNOWLEDGE A TALE OR THEORY OF HOW MEN AND WOMEN LIVED IN UNKNOWN AGES IN THE FAITH OF FORGOTTEN GODS SUCH A PEOPLE LIVED IN TIMGAD AND LEFT IT PROBABLY ABOUT THE TIME THAT WANING ROME BEGAN TO CALL HOME HER OUTPOSTS LONG AFTER THE CITIZENS LEFT THE CITY STOOD ON THAT HIGH PLATEAU IN AFRICA TEACHING SHEPHERD ARABS WHAT ROME HAD BEEN EVEN TO DAY ITS GREAT ARCHES AND PARTS OF ITS TEMPLE STAND ITS PAVED STREETS ARE STILL GROOVED CLEARLY WITH THE WHEEL RUTS OF CHARIOTS AND BEATEN DOWN ON EACH SIDE OF THE CENTER BY THE PAIRS OF HORSES THAT DREW THEM TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO WHEN ALL THE CLATTER HAD DIED AWAY TIMGAD STOOD THERE IN SILENCE AT POMPEII CITY AND CITIZENS ENDED TOGETHER POMPEY DID NOT MOURN AMONG STRANGERS A CITY WITHOUT A PEOPLE BUT WAS BURIED AT ONCE CLOSED LIKE AN ANCIENT BOOK I DOUBT IF ANYONE KNOWS WHY IT'S GODS DESERTED LUXOR OR LUXOR LOST FAITH IN ITS GODS OR IN ITSELF CONQUEST FROM OVER THE DESERT OR DOWN THE NILE I SUPPOSE OR CORRUPTION WITHIN
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