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Nubia, at the edges of Egypt, which had off and on been controlled or occupied by Egypt off and on since the third millenium BC, asserted its own newfound power in a dramatic way, ruling outright from about 750 BC to 661 BC, and afterward surviving as as an independent Egyptian kingdom (Kush; capital Meroe) for a thousand years. Ethiopia, to the south of Nubia, controlled or occupied that region of the Nile for periods as well. peace maker Never despise the land of Africa, the land of Sinai. It was on soil now Egyptian that Moses received the Ten Commandments -- revered and honored by the adherents of three great religions of world history -- the religion of Jews, the religion of Christians, and the religion of Islam. And far back into distant antiquity, the Nile produced a civilization in some respects still never equaled. See America's Founding - Pyramidology and the Great Seal. For a modern Muslim who both loves America as well as offers some hopeful criticism (which I believe is fair and timely), see Anouar Magid, A Call for Heresy. Tehuti Institute. Never despise the land of Africa, of Mizraim, the Egypts, Cush and Ham, the "land of the South" as the Hebrew Bible sometimes says. Bin Yamin, son of the right hand. Moses himself had married an Ethiopian woman, and for doing so was attacked by his older sister Miriam. For more on Moses. Wallis Budge The Papyrus of Ani is a papyrus manuscript written in cursive hieroglyphs and illustrated with color miniatures created in the 19th dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. Egyptians compiled an individualized book for each person at their death, called the "Book of Going Forth by Day". This book is more commonly known as the Book of the Dead. It usually contained declarations and spells to help the deceased in their afterlife. The "Book of the Dead" for scribe Ani from Thebes is the manuscript called the Papyrus of Ani. (ie, The Egyptian Book of the Dead) Also, Tim Carnahan's Ancient Texts Make peace a reality that blossoms and lives. Make hope a code of conduct and endeavor ..... I repeat with Zacharia: Love, right and justice. From the holy Koran I quote the following verses: We believe in God and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the 13 Jewish tribes. And in the books given to Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord, who made no distinction between them. Salam Aleikum -- peace be upon you. [Anwar el-Sadat. 20 November 1977. Jerusalem] |