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locked them, and his servants .... took a key, and opened them. The modern key of Mosul, in the vicinity of what remains of the ancient Nineveh, is a long bar of wood, with two projections towards the end about a foot in length. As one traveler remarks, it is well qualified, not only to open a door, but to knock down any one who might attempt to enter without permission. The invention is ascribed by Pliny to Theodore of Samos, 730 B. C., but keys are mentioned in the siege of Troy, 1193 B. C. The bolt of the lock mentioned in the Odyssey was moved by pulling a latch-string which passed through the door and hung outside. Denon has engraved an Egyptian lock which no doubt had a key. The Roman keys were very various (see f g h i, Fig. 2742), some like the old Egyptian and others like the modern. The ring, or bow, stem, and bit are all there. Some have hollow barrels, like our trunk keys. Thirty varieties are shown by Montfaucon. The keys found at Herculaneum show that th