... [This is from another list I'm on. The annoying part is, I know what the person's talking about but, I can't scrape it off the tip of my tongue.] ... ...
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Kara-Teunth Alle'rynn
allerynn@...
Jun 23, 2000 5:12 pm
First, off, I'd promised myself that as soon as I have another question, I'd thank all of those who helped me with the last. So all of those who helped me with...
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ÉSzAH
eszah@...
Jun 23, 2000 6:25 pm
Hi K-Teunth, I have some ideas. The significance of red hair is that red is the colour of Seth, the enemy deity of Osiris and Horus. Thus the pharaoh - the...
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Kara-Teunth Alle'rynn
allerynn@...
Jun 27, 2000 1:50 am
... "pray of Seth."? You mean, prey? Anyways, why would the pharoah want to stick out to Seth? ((I have a feeling the answer lies within the Ancient Egyptian's...
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Born 2B Wide
b2bwide@...
Jun 27, 2000 11:05 pm
Hi all, ... No. As far as I may understand all of this , "wearing Seth's colours" has special significance. Just compare to Khasekhemwy, who used even...
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Bruce Grenville
inyotef@...
Jun 27, 2000 11:28 pm
... The people who dwell in Egypt today are mostly Arabs, and not the same racially as those who dwelt there in Pharaonic times. It is entirely possible that...
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dalycitylady@...
Jun 28, 2000 12:10 am
I believe blond hair could well have been introduced from the foreign members of the harem. While descent was claimed through the royal marriage between...
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jun 28, 2000 11:17 pm
... Sorry Bruce, but this is wrong. All studies (and logic too) have proved that the current Egyptians are the same who lived in pharaohs' time. Admixture with...
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Bruce Grenville
inyotef@...
Jun 29, 2000 12:12 am
... I disagree. Champollion when he was trying to decipher hieroglyphs found that the sounds expressed by the hieroglyphs have a very close resemblance to...
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jun 29, 2000 10:30 am
Bruce You are mixing between two distinct issues: language and racial/ethnic origin All Americans speak english, despite not all of them have British origin. ...
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ÉSzAH
eszah@...
Jun 29, 2000 3:41 pm
As far as my knowledge enables me to express opinion I think that the current Egyptians has nothing to do with the ancients if we talk about races. ...
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ÉSzAH
eszah@...
Jun 29, 2000 3:43 pm
Agree. In the age of the 19th dynasty many foreign ethnic groups had sneaked into the valley of the Nile. Even the pharaoh's family could have had foreign...
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Lynn Voedisch
lynnv@...
Jun 29, 2000 3:51 pm
All the research I've read supports the concept that ancient Egyptians were a mixed race of mainly Semitic (Arabic) peoples mixed with some Nubian (black)...
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jun 29, 2000 10:53 pm
Dear Eszah Are you basing these upon facts and studies that you have read, or just speculations? The reason for asking is that all are wrong (with due respect....
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jun 29, 2000 10:53 pm
Good God. This is almost what I have just posted. :-) Very true. Sameh http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/sameharab/index.html ... "Read not to contradict and...
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ÉSzAH
eszah@...
Jun 30, 2000 10:32 pm
Dear Sameh, My comments are based on facts and studies. And many consultations besides. What are yours based upon? All the foreign imigrants were mixed with...
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jul 1, 2000 12:40 am
Dear Eszah ... The first invasion/migration wave by the Hyksos has lasted about 200 years, besides being sheperds. Egyptians were known never to mix with...
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jul 1, 2000 8:45 pm
Hi again Eszah Here is a copy from a message I received from a friend who is more knowledable than myself in this subject. I have copied and pasted the message...
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ÉSzAH
eszah@...
Jul 2, 2000 8:58 am
Hi Sameh, Of course we are not dragged into political debate. :- ) But sometimes I am afraid your opinion is not left without national influence. I am...
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Sameh Arab
s-arab@...
Jul 2, 2000 6:41 pm
Hi EszaH I totally agree with every word you said. I believe the truth is somethng relative, and no one on earth owns it. There should always be different ...
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minnurs@...
Jul 2, 2000 7:24 pm
bruce died on june 1, minnurs's@... thank you...
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Brigitte Ouellet
ouellebr@...
Jul 7, 2000 2:13 pm
La Société pour l'Étude de l'Égypte ancienne - Chapitre de Montréal offre avec le soutien du Consulat Général d'Égypte - Bureau Égyptien des Affaires...
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Wolfgang Bauer
bauerw@...
Jul 9, 2000 4:39 pm
Hi members I like to inform you that I have updated my homepage http://bauerw.tripod.com/myth/mythen.htm This is a page in german that collects informations...
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georgi mihov
irregulae@...
Aug 4, 2000 9:43 pm
Hi anybody, I'm a kind of new in this group and I was wondering if the group is interested in only ancient egyptian culture or in other ancient civilizations...
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Dora Carleson
whiterose633@...
Aug 14, 2000 5:45 pm
What do you think about novels that are set in ancient Egypt. Do they stay true to that "spark" of Egypt? Here are a few: Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise...
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dalycitylady@...
Aug 14, 2000 7:15 pm
... Also, I recommend the murder mysteries set in the time of King Tut by Lynda Robinson....
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Dave Pullen
david.pullen3@...
Aug 14, 2000 7:27 pm
... From: <dalycitylady@...> ... Lynda Robinson. ... The only series of this sort that I have read is the Ramses series by Christian Jacq. He seems to...
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ÉSzAH
eszah@...
Aug 15, 2000 5:07 pm
Dear Friends, I love the novels set in the ancient Egypt, though some of them are not really precise about the description of the scene. But how could we know...
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Ralph Vaughan
ralph@...
Aug 16, 2000 1:56 am
The job of any author presenting an historical novel to a modern audience is to make the story seem "real" and yet be understandable. If that can be done while...
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Bruce Grenville
inyotef@...
Aug 16, 2000 4:32 am
Good morning, Tonight (Wed 16th August) at 7 p.m. I will be presenting a lecture on Books about Ancient Egypt, at the monthly meeting of Slightly Foxed. Venue:...
