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A Will 5,000 Years Old

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
January
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

A last will and testament ovar 5,000 years oíd has recently been fimnd in Bgypt. The testator, Sekiah, executed it in nis ovra handwriting in favor of nis brother, a priest of Osiris. The property disposed of was to go to Sekiah's danghter npon the brother's death, the internal evidence of the document plainly showing that even in those distant days the Egyptian recognized a woinan'8 right to own, administer and disDOse of oronertv.