Megalithic Architecture and Egyptian Building Techniques + Egyptian Tomb Records of Buddhism and the Land of Punt + King David and Solomon's Mines + Hyksos-Kassites The Himalayan Connection by Brian S. McMillan   The tomb wall of King Thutmosis III brings us a wealth of visual information.  The Imi-duat texts represented on the interior of the burial chamber appear to show many historical facts secret to the ruling class and the priests.  Three such images that I have noticed;  two of which appear to show the same event in close proximity on the wall, seem to represent the 'Eye's of Buddha' found on the stupas of the Kathmandu Valley with the all seeing eye of Ra or 'Third Eye' center as well as a 'Stupa', or the Lords Chariot with the umbrella-antenna in a style almost exclusive to the Chaitya halls at Bhaja, Karle and Ajanta in the northern region of India.  These come from the Shunga and early Andhra periods respectively and appear to mirror the style of the Great Stupa at Sanchi India.  If this is true then it would indicate that Buddhism and in turn these particular archaeological sites are much older than previously suspected.  The third image of particular interest illustrated on the wall of the Thutmosis III burial tomb, shows stone blocks being floated on barges up what appear to be canals separated by locks.  This must be how the Ancient Egyptians used the hydraulic pump of the Great Pyramids to move water up out of the bedrock of the Giza Plateau to be channeled down through these locks and finally moving the barges up the lock steps of the pyramids themselves in order to move the monoliths to their final positions.  While I found this last image in a much older book published in 1971 titled, "Secrets Of The Great Pyramid" by Peter Tompkins on page 258 (also note the top picture p. 258, showing the hydraulic technique), without the tomb of origin, a more recent and descriptive printing of the image may be seen on page 235 fig. 139, in a book titled "Egyptian Art" by Malek, Jaromir / 1999.  Note: James Churchward stated that the unadorned serpent has always been the symbol for water... (He was right).  Furthermore, in 1994 while excavating a site for a hotel in Cairo Egypt, just such canal-locks were discovered leading from the Nile in the direction of the Great Pyramids on the Giza Plateau. (see URL click-on's below)  The use of water as a buoyant vehicle was deliberately pumped up through the connecting well from the drain in the subterranean pit; the lowest chamber far below the center of the pyramid, by the use of plunging stones down the ascending and descending passages of which were lined with hard granite for constant and repeated use.  In the case of the Khufu-Cheops Pyramid, the Grand Gallery \was obviously a modified invention of the hydraulic process which was to facilitate a long standing technique utilized throughout all historic periods where pyramids were constructed in Egypt.  I say this because most if not all of the pyramids in Egypt were accompanied by the construction of a descending passage and connecting well.  The use of the Portcullis of the "Triple Veil" located at the position of the Kings Antechamber was to act as a type of block and tackle in the pulling of ropes attached to the rigging within the Grand Gallery and gain leverage to pull the plunging stone or "Enclosed Vessel" against the slope of gravity and up the ascending passage and possibly to push the heavy wheel tied to the connecting arm of that chamber against the hydraulic pressure needed to force water up the connecting well.  This is why the notches in the walls of the portcullis are heavily worn even though they are of hard granite, because of the repeated movement of the heavy stone blocks acting as a counterbalance.  The early use of the Egyptian obelisk as a counter balance beam was not only employed to place the facing stones on the pyramid but was also utilized throughout later periods in the construction of pylon retaining walls acting as water reservoirs, where smaller chambers could be filled with water from the pylon reservoirs and thereby lifting the monolithic stone blocks up on to their supports.  These pylon reservoirs which were constructed first in front of the proposed monument by using the obelisk.  This is why these monuments all have obelisk positions in front of the pylon entry walls and also would explain why the pylons themselves appear to be so proportionately tall and slim walled in comparison with the rest of the temple proper.  The temples at Luxor and Karnak as well as the temple of Horus at Edfu are but three of the many proposed examples of the application of this hydraulic technique.   Coincidentally, a similar employment of this technique through the use of reservoir retaining walls was used by the Ancient Cambodians in Judah to build the Solomon Temple-Angkor Wat, as well as the other megalithic stone architecture of the region.   This is why all of the monuments of Angkor have a moat or canal running in close proximity to the construction sites.  This would be a consistent and reasonable proposal, since the peoples inhabiting Ancient Cambodia are really the descendants of the Tribe of Judah which came up out of Egypt with Aaron and Buddha-Moses.  A similar use of hydraulics may have also been employed in the construction of Sachsaywaman in Peru.   There is also common reference to Angkor as being the heart of the Khmer Empire; when in reality the word Khmer was taken from the longest standing and most durable stone structures in Kambu-Judesa... the temples.  Where these temples were maintained by the priest class mentioned in Zep 1: 4 of the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures as the "Chemarims".   Oddly enough, ancient historical reference to to the 'Cimmerian Hoards' may refer to the Siam-Simeonites or even the priestly class of warriors in the same way that KURU is synonymous with GURU in India and Tibet.  In addition to Angkor Wat being the House that Solomon built.   King Solomon's Mines should more correctly be called King David's Mines.  Since King David's real title is spelled King Udayadityavarman, and there is a statue on the Island of Sumatra to commemorate him.  The City of Palembang is near the ancient gold mines of Ophir as listed in the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures.  These gold mines were originally controlled by the Srivijaya Empire and taken over by King David-Udayadityavarman, where the gold was taken from Jambi down river or accross an ancient canal-join with the Musi River or to the mouth just below Malayasia and back up the Musi River to Palembang to await shipment to the mouth of the Mekong Delta and then up to Angkor.   I surmise that the reason for this was to prevent anyone not directly connected to the mine from knowing it's exact location.  Quoting, 1 Samuel 3: 2, "Sons were born to David in Hebron:  His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;".  Coincidentally, according to Wikipedia's Srivijaya web page, a crown prince by the name of Anan-ggavarman was the son of Adityawarman or more correctly Uday-adityavarman, with what in my personal opinion is a completely incorrect date.  This would not be too difficult to imagine, since the entire historical period for the so called Khmer Empire actually covers a date that reaches their zenith of power at least 2200 years previous to the 1200 AD designation which is currently accepted by historians.  This is where it becomes difficult to separate the actual descendants of historical personages from legend.  This is because of the displacement of war!  As the historical records begin to become more fragmented and sporadic.  At this point we must turn to the actual cultural records of the respective countries in order to fill in the gaps through record reconstruction along with careful but modest biblical comparison.   The c. 1400 tomb wall of Sennefer in Western Thebes also illustrates the Eyes of Re with the Third Eye present and Sennefer is holding the Divine Lotus in a manner of Southeast Asian Art particular to statues of Manjushri-Manjush Re.   With ancient Put I or Punt I, being located in the Indus Valley Civilization's Punjab of Northwestern India.  One of he first stops or ports in maritime trading between Egypt and the Shrivijaya Empire from the period of about 3000 BC to 2200 BC was near the mouth of the ancient Indus, but some evidence exists to indicate that the Southern tip of India to Orissa-Osiris or Konarak-Karnak was also used after Joseph-Hor Aha c. 3000 BC, and into the New Kingdom.  So when the Egyptians stated that they were going to Punt, it became standard to refer to one of their first stops along the way as the peoples of the Punjab.  Since the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization at the hands of Aaron-Arayan and the Israelites around 2200 BC, and after about 1900 BC, it would appear that the major trade routes and trading partnership shifted to the Karle-Bhaja group at Mumbai, India or Punt II;  which not too long after that also included the Ellora and Ajanta Cave Group's.  The reason that I say this is because, several works of rock cut art as well as paintings from these caves appear to mirror those of the Great Srivijaya Empire on Java, Sumatra and Bali, making these Ancient Indonesian Kingdoms major trading partners with Middle and New Kingdom Egypt via Western India.  At least one image of the tree of life containing human headed Ba Birds found at Prambanan is also found in the tomb of Panehsy and his Wife in Egypt, and as mentioned above the elongated stupa style from Karle is also found illustrated on the tomb wall of Thutmosis III, the successor of Hatshepsut.  When pigmies were brought into Egypt from Punt, the pigmy probably originated on the Island of Flores East of Bali.  Other artifacts found in Ancient Egypt claimed to have originated from Punt, include an inscribed bone boomerang which is thought to be exclusive of the aboriginal peoples of the Australo-Polynesian group.  Furthermore, during the Egyptian New Kingdom period during the reign of Hatshepsut, relief panels showing raised living quarters or huts on stilts associated with the Land of Punt would indicate that Egyptian maritime traders actually sailed to the Indonesian Archipelago where these type of huts were in common use.  The Hatshepsut era panels also show the wife of the ruler of Punt as having heavy folds of skin and fat which is likewise also shown in relief panels on one of the Indonesian Islands or at Prambanan on the island of Java-Joppa.  These same panels also show her wearing bangle arm and leg bracelets, identical with the Ancient Indus Valley tradition.  The hair style (shown on the Hatshepsut reliefs) with ribbon tied at the back of the head of the accompaning retinue to the royal party is likewise identicle with that of the so-called "Priest King" of Mohenjo-daro.  In a book titled "The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt" edited by Bill Manley, Copyright Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, p. 174, states in the left hand margin:   "Right; The chief of Punt, Parehu, and his obese wife, from the scenes in Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri".  The use of the name "Parehu" is again, employment of the ancient Hebrew word "parah" which is what the name of Ephraim is based upon, the name of Pot-phera priest of On-Oni is based upon, and also what the Egyptian title for Pharoah is based.  So this would indicate that the use of this term in ancient Egyptian records is not the persons name, but their title... Pharoah or God King of a rich land.  The use of the prefix 'Para' in ancient Indian-Hindu tradition, is many times used in reference to 'rich life', 'kingly', or even within a 'royal' context; as many examples exist within the Joseph-Vishnu Purana, one of the oldest of the Purana's.  Also, the Provence of Gujarat or "Gujjaratta" in India, may be recorded in Egyptian texts as Ta-Netjer, not only for it's association with the 'Land of God' but also for what the Egyptians designated for its proper name as the "region of Utjenet" near Punt.  I have to surmise that the district or city of Patan, within the Provence of Gujarat, as well as the city of Patan in Nepal may be related to the Ancient Hebrew name Padan as in Padan-aram as these are mentioned in connection with the same Biblical region of Mahanaim as is to Mahayana in Ancient Sanskrit.  Since it may be argued that Mahanaim is a region mentioned in the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures, while Mahayana is a Buddhist School... schools are seen as regions as well as people and vise-versa.  It should be finally noted that the remnants of stilt holes near a river in Northern India along with gray-ware shards would indicate that huts were also raised off the ground in and around these areas.  One final interesting note:  The region of Yam listed in ancient Egyptian records, was often used as the name of a place near or synonymous with Punt.  I wonder if reference to Yam meant Yamuna, as in the Yamuna River region near the source of the Indus as well as the Ganges-Jordan Rivers.   While the Kingdom of Yemen or Jemen 'may be' listed as Tjemeh in ancient Egyptian records.  "Harkuf's narrative" sometime during the Sixth Dynasty, states that it took approx. 7-8 months to journey to Yam and back to Egypt.  While no doubt along the voyage route to Punt-Punjab, Yemen long rich in the spice trade less the boomerang's and pigmy, would be a prime suspect for for Yam.   But then, even with a caravan load of spices and animals, and just a jump across the mouth of the Red Sea by boat, 7-8 months seems a bit long.   Last but not least, the Host's of Mara which was the army mentioned in connection with the attack on the Buddha, just happens to be what the Ancient Egyptians called Egypt itself.  The name Merah or more correctly, Ta-Mera is the ancient word for Egypt... no kidding.  So when Moses was leading the Israelites up out of Egypt, one of the first places that they were supposed to have stopped was the location of the 'bitter waters of Marah'.  Wow! Wow! Wow!  Futhermore, the Hyksos are really the Kassites... Absolutely!   The Ancient Egyptian word for Kassite is Hikau-Khoswet... heh, heh.  The Kassite gods are Shimalaya and Shuqammuna-Shakamuni... Really! Please note, the Mesopotamian city of Mari... I wonder if their connected. The reason that I am writing this is that, throughout history, all of the items that I have discovered have been highly sought as curtural information. Every single piece of information in the body of this material is considered the HOLY GRAIL of HISTORY! Each of these discoveries as been hidden from the minds of humanity since long before the birth of Christ. If your going to do a literary work or movie about anything, it should be as accurate as possible, and if one does not know of the existence of certain pieces of information then any documentary or feature film will be inaccurate. I will do a movie about these discoveries. Please note: Hyksos-Kassites in the body of the work below. Until now no one has been able to correctly identify the Hyksos invaders of Egypt... nobody. Except myself, really... The Hyksos-Kassites were originally Buddhist-Ammorites from the Himalayan Mountain regions related to Tibet and Northern India long after Ptah-Buddha-Moses died. If this is true, then it is true impirically, that is aside from any authority or intellectual body. However, if any material or body of research is not recognized or at least investigated by an independent or collective body of individuals... what's the point. If no one knows where to look, then one may not begin to find it. Anyone, from any walk of life, can discover anything at all, all they have to do is look! I know that you will find this material very interesting. Signed, Brian McMillan Copyright 1994-2006, Brian S. McMillan   Next:  Egyptian, Cambodian and Buddhist Influences in Olmec and Mayan Art   by Brian S. McMillan P.S. There is a Mayan ceramic bust picturing Queen Tiy's head, Hat and all!  Wow.   Overview of Thutmosis III Tomb art   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV34 The 'Eyes of Ptah-Buddha-Moses'   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Egypt.KV34.07.jpg Manjush-Re Chariot-Stupa, with The 'Eyes of Ptah-Buddha-Moses'   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Swayambhunath_stupa.jpg Pyramid blocks on barges   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Egypt.KV34.05.jpg Aaron as Anubis (Seth)? with his staff taming the snakes (controlling water).   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Egypt.KV34.06.jpg Also:   http://www.godkings.com/godkingstourimages.html http://www.godkings.com/biblekings.txt http://www.godkings.com/mainpage.html http://www.godkings.com/info.txt http://www.godkings.com/ http://www.godkings.com/ufo.jpg Narmer-Ephraim Edit+Yashodharapura Edit-Jerusalem I, II, III, IV. Joseph-Horus Edit+Egypt and the Ancient Middle East+ Ephraim, Scorpion Zodiac edit + Forbidden City and Angkor Wat Design, by Brian S. McMillan Jerusalem I, II, III, IV. by Brian S. McMillan Over the centuries, the kings of Judah and Israel were not necessarily born within the exact geographical boundaries of the primary kingdoms themselves. And apparently some kings came to power from the frontiers of bodering territories. Extending suzerainty through the self appointed military might of whomever the 'Divine Lord' chose to rule them. The Book of Jeremiah, 36:20-23 in the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures; describes the securing of the "scrolls" from the chamber of "E-Lish-ama" the secretary, also mentioned in the Ch'in commentary as the former Zhouish historical "Classic of Documents" and the "Classic of Songs" -the later equal to the Psalms of David or Songs of Solomon- destroyed in the "Burning of the Books" instituted by the statesman "Li Ssu" and described in the Holy Scriptures as ordered by King Jhihuangchin's predecessor King Jehoiakim, as he sat in the "Winter Palace". Since Angkor Wat is really the King Solomon Temple, then this would make Kamboja ancient Judah. And the ground plan for the Forbidden City's sacred architecture in Bejing China being based upon that of the Angkor Wat design would be no mere coincidence. Because of what I have discovered... the assignment for the ancient locations of Jerusalem have been detailed as follows, with the scope of Israel and Judah changing only in relation to the amount of territory held by those kingdoms. All include the designation of Tibet, China and Southeast Asia as Canaan. Jerusalem I. Sikkim-Shechem, Osiris-Israel-Lasha-Lhasa-Rasa-Asar in scope including Lhasa as capital or ancient location for Jebus possibly related to Beijing-Jebus. Jerusalem II. Judah-Camboja, Simeon-Siam, Yashodharapura, and oddly enough the names for Joshua-Shiva-Hoshea-Houchi may have a relationship to Yashodharapura and therefore, the name of Yashovarman... including Angkor Wat-Angkor Thom, as capitol and Angkor Wat-Solomon Temple built upon a representation of Mount Moriah-Meru. Jerusalem III. Pekah-Peking, Beijing II China-Canaan, including Bejing as capital and the last ruling city of King Jehoiach'in-Shi-huangti-ch'in before the final exile. This is why this location is referred to as the "Forbidden City". Jerusalem IV. Modern Israel, post-exile. SHABTI, EGYPTIAN NEW THEORY by Brian S. McMillan From "The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible, Edited by Henry Snyder Gehman", p. 351, quoting: "Bronze statue of Baal, the chief fertility god of the Canaanites." This description is listed under a photograph of a bronze statue as part of a collection of objects in the "National Museum of Aleppo, Directeur General des Antiquites" Syria. Close examination of the bronze statue attributed to Baal from the source quoted above, reveals that the pose, dress and the crown of upper Egypt... even the style, are all identical to the Pre-Dynastic figure of King Narmer shown on the famous "Narmer Palette", circa 3000 BC. A side note is that I have found visual and artistic comparison between the Narmer Palette and the Scorpion Mace Head that would indicate that the personage represented on both were engraved by the same artist, which would dramatically increase the chances of both king's being the same person. Furthermore, I have found linguistic, artifact and genealogical comparisons indicating that Narmer and Scorpion are really the Zodiac Names for King Menes, who is really Manasseh, the son of the Biblical Joseph, and that Joseph is really Hor-Aha the Horus, the Son of Osiris-Israel of the Godkings of Ancient Egypt. Since writing the above work, I went back to the "New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible" and took a closer look at another so called statue of "Baal"... What I have found is that the other Baal statue shown on page 82, listed as a bronze originating from "Ras Shamra (ancient Ugarit)", and currently at the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, has the horns and ears of a "Bull", which are the symbols associated with King Narmer. Since there may be only one "Shabti" per king and this reduces the chance of "Scorpion" and "Narmer" being the same person. Which leaves Narmer as Menes and the best candidates for being Manasseh. Although the symbology for bulls is also used in the Holy Scriptures in refering to Ephraim.... of which the name for Ephraim in ancient Hebrew is actually pronounced "parah", which means "to be fruitfull" and according to the "New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible" p. 273, "The name is a play on the old name of the fruitfull mountain region where the larger tribe of Joseph lived". And oddly enough the word "parah" could be the basis for the formal name Pharoah. So it would appear that King Hor-Aha as Joseph-Horus is the father of most, if not all of the Horus Kings of the First Dynasty of Egypt. So who was the king with the Zodiac name of Scorpion?... of which Shabti or the so called "Statue of Baal" is shown on page 351 of "The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible". And which Egyptian king was Ephraim? Since, Manasseh was older than Ephraim, even though Ephraim received the greater blessing from Jacob-Osiris-Israel... This would mean that King Menes-Manasseh would probably have reigned before Ephraim. _____________________________________________ I have finally pinned it down. Since the above hypothesis for Ephraim as Narmer being my second choice, I have now moved that choice to the first and final position. I don't usually use the internet to aid in the finalization of a historical discovery, however, we don't choose discoveries, discoveries choose us... and it was precisely because of the use of the word "parah" (which I found in the "The New Westminster Dictionary of the Bible"), as a name for Pharaoh that leads me to this announcement. In retrospect, I should have immediately seized upon this comparison alone for my choice. But alas, I was not yet convinced... so I took a closer look. And this is what I found: I was browsing the internet with a few moments to spare before Starbucks closed. I typed in the name Narmer on Google and Wikipedia came up as one of the choices. Quoting: "Narmer (Ancient Egyptian Na3imu "Striker")" I wondered if the name "Na3imu" is related to the biblical name "Naaman" or "Naamah". This led me to: http://www.BibleGateway.com New American Standard Version; "NAAMAN" Quoting: "1. Son of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21)"... Wow! Were in in the right historical period for the Bennin and Oni of Ife, priest of On. But not there yet. So I went to: "NAARAI" on BibleGateway, Quoting: "1. One of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:37)" "2. Also called PAARAI" BINGO, WOW! WOW! WOW!... "PARRAI" for "NAARAI". NEXT: "NAARAN" Quoting: "1. A city in the eastern limits of Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:28)" QUADRUPLE WOW!!!!... look more. "NAARATH". Quoting: "1. A city on the southern boundary of the tribe of Ephraim (Joshua 16:7) Compelling for Narmer as Ephraim... Thus: the Zodiac name for Asar-Osiris-Israel-Sirius... or Dog Star, "The one who sits on his mountain", the Jackal God. Thus, the crossing of the arms of Osiris as Israel or Jacob (McMillan 1997) during his blessings for his grandsons Ephraim and Manasseh is now given new clarity with regard to the GODKINGS of Ancient Egypt. Even though I am using later date nomenclature for making these comparisons. It is precisely in this historical context by which Hebrew family tradition is established... or any family tradition for that matter. BibleGateway.com, (Genesis 48:13-15) Quoting: "13 Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him." "14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn." Except quotes: Copyright 1997, Copyright 2006, Brian S. McMillan "LUCKY MAN" _____________________________________________ Furthermore, it would appear that "Pot-pherah priest of On", also contains the term "parah" at the end of his name. Since the Egyptian site at Abydos, is the location given for the "entourage of Horus" or "Shemsuher"; that is the family decended from Shem the son of Noah or the "Shemitic", "Semitic" family of Jacob of the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures. And Joseph was given the falcon god name of "Horus"; probably the first usage of this title for a king. And since the symbols for his royal name as recovered on a fragment show an early style "Ankh", which is actually a 'spoon' being inserted into the side of a "Stupa" shape, which looks suspiciously like the shape of a "granary", which would be Joseph's greatest historical legacy as attested to in the Book of Genesis. Genesis 41: 56 "And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt." From The "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT" "REVISED EDITION" by Margaret R. Bunson pg. 373, Quoting: "Shunet el-Zabib A double walled FORTRESS called "the Storehouse of Dates" and located on the northern boundary of ABYDOS at Umm el-Ga'ab, this necropolis area dates to the Early Dynastic Period (2920-2575 B.C.E.)" Which is exactly the same date assigned to the period of rule or reign of "Hor-Aha", whom I have found is the legendary Joseph of the Old Testament of the Holy Scriptures. And listed on pg. 14 of the "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT" as "First ruler of the First Dynasty (r. 2920-2575 B.C.E.)". So it would seem that grain was not the only commodity that was stored during the "famine", it would appear that "dates" were also kept as stored food stuffs. Another bronze "Baal" statue from a different source... not quoted above, reveals just as striking of a similarity to Rameses III of Egypt as represented on the south wall of the first pylon at Medinet Habu in Thebes. Since it is already known that one of the previous kings... King Rameses II waged a military campaign against the Hittites during the 12th century BC, and since the bronze statue of the so called "Baal" appears to be of Egyptian New Kingdom style manufacture in the type of statue known as the "Shabti"... which are currently recognized to be used exclusively as funerary objects which accompany the royal personage into the afterlife. What would the Hittites be doing with a shabti of Rameses in their possession? It has been stated from various sources that King Hor-Aha established trade with the Hittites as early as 3000 BC. Again what would the Hittites be doing with a shabti of King Menes (Scorpion-Narmer) in their possession? During one of the military campaigns of Rameses II, it is known that the Hittites pillaged the base camp of his troops before help arrived. What if... the "Shabti" that we currently recognize as strictly a funerary object, was actually a "Talisman" used by the royal personage or pharaoh during the course of hunting or war etc., on a daily bases while they were still alive. In this case to be used by Rameses personally or by his troops as they went into battle with the "Soul" of the "Godking" at their side. If the bronze "Baal" statues really represent the two Ancient Egyptian Kings that I have listed above. That would make the age of these statues more than 1500 years different from one another. Which would also mean that the war between Egypt and Hattusa, that is the Hittite Empire, would have been going on for more than 1500 years. "Cultural Influences From Early Summerian Egypt" by Brian S. McMillan. A book called "Ancient Iraq: (Assyria and Babylonia)", by P.R.S. Moorey and published by Oxford-Ashmolean 1976. P. 14 contains a photograph of Northern Mesopotamian pottery fragments which are from "Arpachiya" near the Upper Tigris River and tentatively dated to the sixth millennium B.C.. This date is based upon a compairson with a style of pottery found at Tell Halaf, in the Northwest of the Upper Euphrates. And the date for the Tell Halaf style pottery was established, based upon the same style discovered below the late "Ubaid" period of 4300 B.C. at "Tell al-Ubaid" Eridu and also at Ur. The shard in the center of the picture, center row, illustrates the existence of the hieroglyphic "ankh"; known to be exclusive in origin with Egyptian language. Because the use of hieroglyphs in Egypt are recognized to emerge at about the end of the fourth millennium B.C. This brings into question, not only the date, but also the cultural influence assigned to the location for the Tell Hallaf style pottery fragments of Northern Mesopotamia. Furthermore, since the pottery fragment design, appears to contain a linear "pattern" of the Egyptian "Ankh" in a later period simplified style. And the ankh, represented in this way, is known to be associated with flowing water... the sustainer of life. I have tentatively identified the fragment as part of a drinking vessel. And since the fragment was found so far north on the Upper-Tigris, it had almost no chance of being re-deposited by flood waters and almost certainly arrived their through trade or occupational manufacture. I say this because fired ceramics were usually considered worthless next to gold, livestock or slaves aquired through spoils of war. But the later is not completely ruled out. Since the ankhs painted upon the Tell- Halaf pottery fragments are in a later Middle or New Kingdom, cursive egyptian style. This would have to mean that these younger Tell-Halaf ruins were washed down river and deposited upon the older settlements at Eridu and then more ancient ruins associated with Tell-al-Ubaid were then redeposited upon these. Copyright 1995, Copyright 2001, Brian S. McMillan "LUCKY MAN" Visit: http://www.godkings.com/mainpage.html Visit: http://www.godkings.com/info.txt