tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post109996868157649604..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: Somebody Loves Us In the Land of PharoahsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1100058681387661492004-11-09T21:51:00.000-06:002004-11-09T21:51:00.000-06:00It's possible, but then the earliest Marae (stone ...It's possible, but then the earliest Marae (stone temples) of Polynesia were... step pyramids.Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Fileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847781147692094361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1100008080163416022004-11-09T07:48:00.000-06:002004-11-09T07:48:00.000-06:00Actually, I have seen this theory around for some ...Actually, I have seen this theory around for some time that the polynesians were actually very adventurous egyptians. But doesn't it seem likely that with the development of language amongst ancient people, that similar syllables would come forward? Particularly if they had any interaction in later years with other peoples?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208095650375780838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1099977539417543902004-11-08T23:18:00.000-06:002004-11-08T23:18:00.000-06:00I am stricken, on rereading the Papyrus of Ani, by...I am stricken, on rereading the Papyrus of Ani, by some close cognates between ancient Egyptian and modern and archaic Tahitian:<br /><br />Egyptian: Aau<br />Tahitian: Faau<br />(Both mean "to praise")<br /><br />Egyptian: Ra<br />Tahitian: Ra<br />(Egypt's sun god, in Tahitian the literal "sun")<br /><br />Egyptian: Athi<br />Tahitian: Arii<br />(Prince or king)<br /><br />Egyptian: neteru<br />Tahitian: atua<br />(gods)<br /><br />Egyptian: aru<br />Tahitian: aroa<br />(presence)<br /><br />Egyptian: Tehuti<br />Tahitian: Tu<br />(a god)<br /><br />Egyptian: Maat<br />Tahitian: Mata<br />(a god)<br /><br />Egyptian: Ment<br />Tahitian: Mahana<br />(day)<br /><br />Egyptian: Aaui<br />Tahitian: Aui<br />(arm in Egyptian, left arm in Tahitian)<br /><br />Some words are very different, but others are eerily similar. I knew a shaman on Ra'iatea who swore up and down that the holy ancestral homeland of the Polynesians, which they called "Havaiki Nui" was actually Egypt. The Greek word for "Egypt", "Aigyptos", actually comes from the Egyptian place-name for Memphis (root HT-K3-PTH). I've been scrambling trying to find the Egyptian word for Egypt as a whole, or as a land, without much luck, but my old Tahu'a friend used to tell me it was "Ai Fit", which looks suspiciously like "Aigyptos", so maybe's he was more "on something" than "onto something".<br /><br />The language cognates are still impressive though.Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Fileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847781147692094361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1099974496859770422004-11-08T22:28:00.000-06:002004-11-08T22:28:00.000-06:00Or since you mentioned a ballsy Egyptian, let us i...Or since you mentioned a ballsy Egyptian, let us include one in the ancient texts of his land:<br /><br />"Amma aau en Ra neb pet athi ankh, ut'a, senb<br />Ari neteru <br />Tua-ten su em aru-f nefer em khaa-f em attet<br />Tua-tu heru <br />Tua-tu kheru<br />An nek Tahuti Maat ment ra neb<br />Kheft-k ertau en set<br />Sebau kher <br />Aaui-f qaus<br />Nehem en Ra ret-f<br />Mesu betes an un-sen!"<br /><br />Translated from the Papyrus of Ani:<br />"Ascribe praise to Ra, lord of heaven, the Prince, Life, Strength, Health<br />Creator of the gods <br />Adore ye Him in His beautiful Presence in his rising in the Attet boat<br />The beings of the heights shall worship thee<br />The beings of the depths shall worship thee<br />Thoth and Maat write for thee day and night<br />Thine enemy is given to the fire<br />The evil one has fallen<br />His arms are bound<br />Ra hath removed his legs<br />The sons of impotent revolt shall never again rise up!"<br /><br />...can I get an Amen?<br /><br />...or at least an Amun?Cigarette Smoking Man from the X-Fileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847781147692094361noreply@blogger.com