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Egyptology at Stonehenge - Page 3

© Arnvid Aakre

By now the blonde was smiling her most cunning smile, she had it all now. If it was my speech or the submarine - or the combination, I guess I will never know. But her husband was as lost as they all had been on the Chinese wall - so I had to find a way to get him back on track before the pub closed.

Okay I said to him, "tomorrow the sun will rise in the east". He sent me an angry look, was I insulting him? He knew that much!

I hastely added; in Ancient Egypt they called the sun rising in the east for Horus, the newborn Sun God. Luckily that additional information changed his angry look, so I hurried on telling them that when the sun was in zenith, on highest point during the day, then the sun was Amon, the strong and powerful Sun God. During the afternoon Amon turned into the Sun God Aton - the old and wise god. After Aton had set in west and gone into the Goddess of the Night sky - Nut or Isis, then the Sun God was Re-Horachte or Osiris who ruled the after life. Next morning he was born again as Horus.

Of course it was not different Sun Gods, but different "stages" of the same God.

A new "wow" came over the table from the husband, a bit insecure maybe - still he got it so far.

The same with study of Ancient Egypt, it may be archeology, study of the language, art-history or religion - first when you put together these parts it becomes Egyptology. So you don't become an Egyptologist if you don't know the language - or the religion - same way you are no real sun if you only go up, and up and up in the east and never makes it in crossing the sky.

I don't read Hieroglyphs, Demotic or Coptic - okay with a reference I can stumble through some hieroglyphs - but I have not even looked at Demotic or Coptic. Yes, I may know more than many in certain fields - and to be able from the translations of others to see new options. Still fact remains - I'm not an Egyptologist, but I do respect my Egyptologist friends highly. In my world they are the "high priests" among historians.

Strong interest for Egyptology will make you a true worshipper and hard work will let you in as an "sub-priest" - and that is not so bad?

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