Thursday 17 March 2016

Is Khufu the Pharaoh of exodus? Interesting new evidence!

I have uncovered some interesting new evidence regarding the possible identity of the pharaoh of Exodus, though I am not sure whether or not it really means anything significant. The main conclusion that can be drawn is that Khufu was a rather oppressive man: subsequently associated with Pharaoh of Exodus!

The information below comes out of Appendix  A in my book. (See Below)

The nature of legends

Legends are not reality or history. What often tends to happen is that entertaining details of the past are retained but names are forgotten, or retained until replaced by more interesting names, Robin Hood, for instance. That set of legends appropriated a whole branch of earlier outlaw legends, some dating back thousands of years. In the Bible we do not have information about pyramid builders. Instead we have information about Pharaoh, who oppressed the Egyptians: the common theme. Herodotus tells us quite a similar story, about a king who actually seems to have been called 'Pharaoh' (of the royal house? or 'per' for palace, as in 'pyramid') who was not of the people. Instead he was of a different religion, and who oppressed a group of people within Egypt.

The man's name was Khufu.

Ignoring the term 'Israelites' we may again look at the story with new eyes. Does the story of Exodus incorporate an earlier story which was rather similar? Herodotus mentions people oppressed by Khufu, with temples shut down to build up the Giza necropolis instead. In other words the Giza necropolis was a different religion, to that represented by the Egyptian temples. Herodotus specifically mentions that he was told that the kings did not appreciate the Egyptian gods. Who were these kings then? It is a great mystery! People often remark that the pyramids are not compatible with what we know of the chronology of Egypt, and may be based on technologies acquired elsewhere. 

In fact is is rather clear, as one researcher, Ralph Ellis points out in his self-published works, that pyramids have been written out of the Bible.

Or have they? Has Khufu been written out of the Bible?



Khufu: Pharaoh of the Exodus, or simply another oppressor?


The Koran


The Koran preserves some exceptionally early details. It provides us with some interesting legends on the architect of Babel. This was supposedly Haman. I was utterly taken by the resemblance between this name and another, found in history! Fascinatingly, a man called Hemiunu was architect of the Giza pyramids! Does it seem that somehow, the story of the Great Pyramid, found its way into a religious text, was incorporated in the Koran, and thereafter brought forward for posterity? The name Haman is not found in the Old Testament.  

The Koran preserves the idea that Pharaoh (Khufu?) and Haman were of a different religion to the oppressed peoples: it states that Moses tried to invite them into monotheism, but they rejected his call. This is a second piece of evidence which shows Egypt was a mixture of cultures, one oppressing the other.


 


Hemiunu. Whatever his background, he was the architect or project manager of Giza in Khufu's time.


Did the Fourth Dynasty Oppress the remnants of the Third Dynasty?


Despite what is usually claimed: that Egypt was peaceful, free of invasions (not many warlike grave goods) and therefore everything, including pyramids developed within Egypt with little outside contact, it is quite clear that there was huge cultural change across the dynasties. It is not perhaps for nothing that the Third dynasty is coincidentally almost Sumerian or Mesopotamian in their style, but this perhaps represents a progenitor style shared with early Sumeria, easterners who settled in both Egypt and Mesopotamia at the same time.

So in some ways these could well be the invaders from the East, who became kings in Lower Egypt, built their own style of pyramids, and were subsequently oppressed by fourth Dynasts, a new culture who made their very own style of pyramid as a smooth shape. (Pyramid builders were already well established around the world) Later on the story of this became or was incorporated into that of the 'Israelites' being oppressed by 'Egyptians.' I suggest in my book that the fourth dynasty special of a smooth shape pyramid was inspired by the smooth shape mounds of Eurasia.







A Third Dynasty Pyramid. There is an obvious relation link between real King Zoser of this pyramid and Joseph of the Bible, which has been pointed out on many occasions. I am not saying they are the same. The Bible may merely retain a memory of Zoser. Following on from Joseph, of course, was 'Pharaoh'






A Smooth Fourth Dynasty Pyramid, that of Khufu. I suggest it is based upon the Earth mound style of Eurasia, from European mounds to Stupas of Asia. One cannot make a mound from Egyptian earth, as in Europe. Stones are required.





Silbury Hill. England. It's a step pyramid underneath, but has been smoothed over with soil.


If you would like to read more about some of my ideas regarding all this, please have a look at my book, In Search of the Origin of Pyramids and the Lost Gods of Giza, available cheaply in Kindle edition. It is also available in paperback edition for those who wish to make notes. I guarantee you will see info found no-where else.)

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