Sufficient records are extant to make it evident that the fundamental training of Egyptian, Indian, assyrian, Greek, Roman, and Druid priests was in the magical or occult sciences.
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
A seated figure of the Pharaoh Seti I. surveyed him with a scorn but thinly veiled; beyond, two towering assyrian bulls showed gigantic in the semi-light.
"The Sins of Séverac Bablon"
Sax Rohmer
The designs were classic and familiar; the cruisie, for instance, I saw in use the other day in Kintyre, shining on a string of fresh herring, and you see it in museums amongst Greek and assyrian remains.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch