Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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> Hi Ants,
>
> I don't really think in dynasties. Using dynasties
> is a fake classification, which the AEs never use,
> as you well know. As to being end of the 5th or
> beginning of the 6th, well.... the difference is
> one year, isn't it? Or for example, mid 4th to
> beginning of 5th is only 50 years i.e. one
> generation only.
umm... that's two generations...lol.
>
> I don't put as much importance to the -Ra suffix,
> really. It seems to me to be more of a political
> thing than a true change in the beliefs
Quite likely.
> i.e. it
> may reflect more the nature of kingship itself
> changing.
Hmmm....
Potentially.
> Had the beliefs changed, the certainly
> we would see that on the Palermo Stone, eh?
No.
There's no reference to other beliefs changing on the stone. Why should a later copy (which is what the Palermo stone is, in effect) reflect anything but what they thought the beliefs should always have been?
Great historical revisionists, those ancient Egyptians....
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.