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REVIEWS @ EGYPT: CHILD OF ATLANTIS was reflected in the placement of cities inspired other researchers to review estab- by John S. Gordon along the Nile, in the design of monuments lished chronologies of pharaonic lines and Inner Traditions, USA, 2004 and in the sympathetic magic practised by key events like the Exodus, which Osman ISBN 1-59143-023-2 (282pp tpb) the priests. Over time, the knowledge was dates at around 1308-1307 BC, not the later Availability: Inner Traditions website, corrupted, eventually leading to the demise 1200 BC. (We reviewed his more recent http:/Awww. innertraditions.com of a great civilisation. So while Gordon book, Moses and Akhenaten, in 10/02.) lhe Egyptian civilisation did not spring cannot prove many of his assertions, his His research led him to conclude that up from nowhere but had roots in an book opens up cross-disciplinary doors. Amenhotep III (son of Tuthmosis IV), in the ancient worldwide religious and social cul- second year of his reign, broke with tradition ture that went back many thousands of years | THE HEBREW PHARAOHS OF EGYPT: and married Joseph's Egyptian-bom daugh- before that. So says John Gordon, a fellow The Secret Lineage of the Patriarch ter, Tiye (who rates barely a mention in the F ‘ety j Bible). s Jos S aT eee Soe) in England. He Joseph next four Phaaohe as the maternal gran speculates Egypt was colonised from the Atlantic by Indo-Aryans who migrated via by Anmed Osman 7 ther of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten, who the Atlas Mountains of North Africa after Bear & Company, USA, 2004 (first pub. introduced the monotheistic Sun god cult— the destruction of Poseidon—Plato's 1987 by Souvenir, UK, as Stranger in the or did he?) and Semenkhkare and the great- Atlantis—around 111,500 years ago, the rem- Valley of the Kings) grandfather of Tutankhamun. Aye, who nants of which are the Canary and Madeira ISBN 1-591 43-022-4 (166pp tpb) A succeeded him, was Joseph's second son, Islands that we know today. Availability: Inner Traditions website, Osman believes. By this reckoning the Drawing on Blavatsky's mystical teachings http:/Avww. innertraditions.com description, a father to Pharaoh Seems apt. as well anthropological and linguistic com- n obscure passage in the Book of To back up his theory, he includes pho- parisons, Gordon suggests there once existed Genesis, where the Hebrew patriarch tographs of Yuya's mummy that confirm his two continents, Ruta and Daitya, in the Joseph says that God sent him to Egypt and Semitic heritage. Osman’ 'S ideas have lifted Atlantic that were wiped out 850,000 and made him "a father to Pharaoh", finally led another veil on our hidden history. 270,000 years ago respectively. However, Egyptologist Ahme Osman to make a sur- re looking at a relief map of the Atlantic, any prising connection after many years of such evidence is not apparent to me, study. The Bible says that Joseph was _ although there are signs of massive land- appointed to the exalted position of vizier to slides between the African continent and the —_ the Pharaoh on the basis of his ability to Canary Islands. Speaking of which, the tall interpret dreams (and predict a famine m statues of the Guanche kings in Tenerife fea- | enough time to prepare), but there is scant tured here are suggestive of a previously mention of him in the Egyptian records. unacknowledged Indo-Caucasian influence. And the only man referred to as "a father to The bulk of this book is an investigation Pharaoh" was Yuya, vizier to 18th Dynasty into the Egyptian cosmological mysteries king Tuthmosis IV and the only "non-royal" from a truly Big Picture vision. An under- to be entombed in the Valley of the Kings. standing of precessional cycles and celestial | Osman believes Joseph (Yussuf in the seasons was intrinsic to the Egyptians’ Koran) and Yuya were the same person. sacred science/religion and gave cohesion to Osman's book was first published in 1987 their society. It explained the cosmic hierar- _ as Stranger in the Valley of the Kings and chy and attuned the people to the divine. It has now been republished. His work has was reflected in the placement of cities along the Nile, in the design of monuments and in the sympathetic magic practised by the priests. Over time, the knowledge was corrupted, eventually leading to the demise of a great civilisation. So while Gordon cannot prove many of his assertions, his book opens up cross-disciplinary doors. 66 = NEXUS inspired other researchers to review estab- lished chronologies of pharaonic lines and key events like the Exodus, which Osman dates at around 1308-1307 BC, not the later 1200 BC. (We reviewed his more recent book, Moses and Akhenaten, in 10/02.) His research led him to conclude that Amenhotep III (son of Tuthmosis IV), in the second year of his reign, broke with tradition and married Joseph's Egyptian-born daugh- ter, Tiye (who rates barely a mention in the Bible). Thus Joseph/Yuya was related to the next four Pharaohs as the maternal grandfa- ther of Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten, who introduced the monotheistic Sun god cult— or did he?) and Semenkhkare and the great- grandfather of Tutankhamun. Aye, who succeeded him, was Joseph's second son, Osman believes. By this reckoning the description, "a father to Pharaoh", seems apt. To back up his theory, he includes pho- tographs of Yuya's mummy that confirm his Semitic heritage. Osman's ideas have lifted another veil on our hidden history. JUNE — JULY 2004 www.nexusmagazine.com