Nader Bakkar, spokesman for the Salafi Nour Party, rightly says, "...there are traditions and beliefs in the country, so respect them." Well, traditionally, the ancient Egyptians were great imbibers of alcohol, as many tomb and temple wall reliefs make clear. In my opinion the present rule...

Heartening news, WI. A good post to see. Here's to those freedom fighting females.

Let's hope it was mummification -- and not a brain operation.

And a very merry Xmas to you too, LLL. I hope you enjoy a lovely one.

I enjoyed your writings RaMont. I'm not educated enough or informed enough re: Egyptology to really refute or argue with you on any points. Personally I think you nailed it. Any other tidbits or theories you'd care to share? Love to read them if you do :) :) :) Thanks for your comments on my ideas,...

If only we could have the original Alexandrian Library back, complete with all of the texts it held before Christian fanatics put it to the torch. Mmm...

I will add that I view the damage to the cartouche which identifies the father of Amenhotep III with some suspicion. The obliteration of those strokes of plurality is extremely convenient in that, if I'm correct, it not only conceals the true name in the cartouche but at the same time it reinforces ...

Additional evidence to support my theory about the misplacement of Thutmose IV is provided by Yuya, father of Queen Tiye the wife of Amenhotep III. Rightly, in my opinion, Ahmed Osman identifies Yuya as the Old Testament Joseph. [ 1 ] To demonstrate that Yuya was an Asiatic, an alien to Egyptian soc...

So far as those Egyptians who compiled the kings lists were concerned, then, geography took priority over genealogy, probably because the latter didn't always apply anyway and their north-south pattern gave better order. And so, if Thutmose IV is recognized as the son of Amenhotep III he becomes bro...

Glad you think so, LLL. Of course, a typo above had me associating Amehotep II with the white crown of Lower Egypt, which should have been the white crown of Upper Egypt (direction was never my strong point... sighs). I've a fair bit more to add and I hope people will find it all worthy of considera...

To continue... I absorbed all of Ahmed Osman's works and was greatly impressed with his vision. With his identification of various key biblical figures as being historical Egyptian ones, many mysteries were solved for me which allowed my own work to move forward. But something else didn't fit well f...

Thanks for the responses, LL and WI. As to how I came to realise that Thutmose IV was wrongly placed in Egyptian chronology, like my pyramid theory, I don't think I can disclose one particular piece of evidence just yet. However, I can happily outline my thinking and give several pieces of evidence ...

Something else I've discovered during my researches over the past years is that Thutmose IV wasn't the father of Amenhotep III, he was that king's son. Thought I should put that on record here to see if it's of interest.

R.J.T.

Winged Isis, here's one that might provide something of what you're looking for:

http://www.egyptological.com/welcome/leader

What an amazing discovery. Our ancestors do keep the surprises coming.

In fact, Dayan looted Serabit el Khadem in 1956 and in 1969. In the earlier one (actually three visits) he made off with: "an inscribed stele, a large obelisk and a few more pieces." The stele, damaged on being loaded into a truck, apparenly bore the face of Hathor, so perhaps it became co...

It would be wonderful if the Israeli government would also return the extensive collection of Egyptian archaeological artefacts stolen by their General Moshe Dayan in the course of his illustrious career. He amassed a considerable collection, which was sold to the state after his death in 1981. They...

I'm glad they eventually had good sense enough to take that loan. Egypt needs all the financial push it can get while it slowly recovers from what went on before.

Banning books is just a step away from burning them. This is very worrying and one wonders what is in this particular book to cause the Orwellian-sounding 'Print Censorship Authority' to be so afraid of it.

Thanks for the reply Ra-Mont, :) I read your link that Kevin gave you, but I am not sure what I am suppose to make of it or even how it supports your theory, maybe I have missed something? Horus, I posted that link so that you could compare the bright vibrancy of an Old Kingdom royal tomb with the ...