Hermione Wrote:
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> Scott Creighton Wrote:
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> > I am presently trying to seek the original
> Edfu
> > inscription Aldred cites in order to
> determine
> > exactly what it says.
And are YOU gonna determine 'exactly what it says' ...? You are NOT qualified to do so (neither am I, and many others). You just gonna 'interprete' and 'translate' it the way you LIKE it, to make if fit nicely into your fancy theories ...
>
> That's a good idea, if it could be managed ...
> Sometimes one needs to get back to the original
> text itself, rather than any intervening layers of
> translation or interpretation. The problem here,
> of course, is that one would need a knowledge of
> hieroglyphs and AE language of the relevant period
> ...
>
> > Could, for example, "fell
> > from heaven" be read as "came from the
> heavens"
> > i.e. copied a pattern of stars in the
> heavens?
>
> I see what you're trying to say: but you're still
> considering the passage in terms of English verbs.
> The relevant hieroglyphs would have to be closely
> re-examined before it could be argued that "copied
> from the heavens" was the meaning that the scribe
> or author in question was actually trying to
> convey. I'm afraid that, unlike Ritva or Greg or
> Lee, I have no knowledge of AE hieroglyphs or
> language, so couldn't comment any further: apart
> from observing that, if there is an AE verb
> meaning "copy", and if the author of the legend
> really meant "copy", then why didn't he use that,
> instead of a verb meaning "fall" or "come"?
This is unbelievable ...! The Edfu inscription nowhere even mentions PYRAMIDS ...!!! It refers only to the very monument it was inscribed on ; the Edfu Temple. Why this deception ? Scott just LIKES to see that this inscription was some sort of 'architectural plan' for the Giza-pyramids. So, what is the use of discussing this ... 'stuff' ?
The inscription discussed here comes from the Edfu Building Texts. It is cited by Margaret Alice Murray, who was a prominent British egyptologist and anthropologist, in 'Egyptian Temples', page 162. It states that the TEMPLE was built according to a plan "which fell from heaven" (which phrase of course the Ancient Egyptians meant to be SYMBOLIC ... not literally).
Scott, are you gonna question the work on egyptology from a qualified egyptologist ?
Furthermore, Scott, HOW on Earth could you base and publish a 'theory' that thoroughly 'alters' our knowledge on Ancient Egyptian culture on an inscription of which you don't even know exactly what it means ...?
Ronald.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/01/2008 05:53PM by Ronald.