The unopened tomb
of the unknown Queen at Giza

Last time I visited Egypt, as I said earlier, was in the days of my birthday. This next part took place the day after my birthday.

It was the afternoon, me and my mother were sitting in the hotel in Cairo. We could see the pyramids outside beyond the balcony through the mist of our modern day traffic. I doze of into them, feeling that they were so close and yet the traffic mist made them seem much further away. I turned and looked at my mother, she was putting clothe into a beautiful carved cabinet. I asked her if we should go up to the pyramids /Giza Platue, which she off course said yes to.

We started out by looking at the temple which is besides the Sphinx, a truly remarkable temple. Yet another monument which must have been built by a more ancient people with a more modest mind, because there is again no other writing upon this building (which the Egyptians were known for). Another evidence of this building not being the Egyptian work is the perfection which goes beyond anything even to this day. As you can see upon the pictures, they are cut in remarkable ways. This must make one wonder, why choose to do that? It is much easier to build a square like structure (block upon block). There seems to be a conscious choice to carving the rocks in curtain ways, displaying their knowledge in a completely new way to the modest mind. I would call it mathematical, shapes and numbers.
The line in the rocks, are now as important as the hieroglyphic are in temples, but this message goes beyond our modern knowledge.
I will leave this to your own judgment.
We had just finished looking at the ancient temple, and we choose to walk besides the Sphinx and a little bit further on. We were stopped by a man working at the site, he asked if we wanted to see something special. We looked at each other, and we nodded.
We started to follow the man over big rocks going up and down, as we came to a deeper drench, the man turned towards me and said “I have been waiting 1000 years for you” I just smiled. There were three openings in some huge rocks, three tombs. I just sat in front of them looking into the darkness. The man then walked a little bit further on, and told us that there was found yet another tomb which is supposed to be 3000 years old, and was probably a queen.

Private Archive #0091

I love to study about ancient Egypt, it is remarkable what they knew and how they constructed things. Everything seems to have a much deeper meaning behind it, than what first meets one eye. I celebrated my 32 birthday there, which I am very grateful for.

Here in the summer I read some articles about a pyramid, and how ‘lost’ it had seem to become - so I had to go there. There are only a few things left, but there is something left. Actually I would say that they let me see everything possible to see, right now. I was told that a ‘curtain’ excavation team has planes on investigating this site further, which I hope they do, soon. I do indeed look forward to hearing what they find, because there seems to be something; the elements themselves showed clear evidence of more being there, that was very clear to see. Actually a rather interesting terrain if you ask me.

I am writing some books, where I needed to see if my ideas made any sense. My mother and I stayed at the St. Joseph Hotel, a hotel that I truly like. I like the desert environment - the ‘alone feeling’, everything seems so distant in such an environment. I like to study the hieroglyphics upon the ancient walls, and the images.

The Decans

Let’s just skip into the very depth of ancient Egyptian religion, we grab into the Lords abyss, where we reach out and grab ‘The Decans’.
- Heard of them?

They are stars but much more than that, their complexity is more entangled than their great monuments. Each night you can find them, at each side of everyone, upon this earth. They are only revealed at the most holy of places, at our material death. They are guarded by many demons and other gods, that are all called ‘The Doorkeepers.’ Only in the Valley of the Kings, will you see them in their right light, only there in the deep desert sand, will the stars be revealed on to you.

The ancient Egyptians believed in the Sun, or rather the movement of the Sun and other planets such as our famous Sirius. But they recognized more planets than that. Actually they recognized the exact same essential planets which we so often use in our modern astrology readings.
Some Basic about ancient Egyptians:
They also divided the day-hours much like we still do - 24 hours a day.
RA - The Sun is the Day, and there are 12 light hours of the day.
SETH - The Moon is the night, and there are 12 night/dark hours of the day.


The Decans are the stars that are bound by the five(5) gods birthdays, and together they create the 365 days a year.
One week is made up by 10 days, making a year; 36 x 10 = 360 days;
Then the ancient celebrated 5 Gods birthdays, by giving them a day each;
which makes; 36 decans x 10 days + 5 days = 365 days a year.

The Decans could be seen as 36 weekly stars that the ancient would take notice of. The famous Sirius is the ‘Queen of the Decans’ and she marked the beginning of a new year.
The planets were called ‘The stars that know no rest’ and referred to the five planets;
Mercury – the star of Seth/or a form of Seth.
Venus – star of the morning/ the one who crosses’ or ‘God of the morning’.
Mars – Horus the red/ Horus of the horizon.
Jupiter – Traveling star/ Horus who limits the two lands/ Horus star of the South.
Saturn – Horus the bull/ Bull of the heavens.

This post can also be found at ‘The history of Astrology’, because it belongs to both.

References:
‘The Secret of Anubis; The Winter Triangle’ ISBN 87-991527-9-7

Poetry from ancient Egypt



Poetry is what can lighten up a heart, yet so powerful that it can pull out the worst of us. Here you have a poem from the ancient days of Egypt, For glory of Ancient Memphis and Love.
1.
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I am sailing downstream on the ferry,
(Guided) by the hand of the helmsman,
With my bundle of reeds on my shoulder.
I am bound for Ankh-Tawy,
And I shall say to Ptah, the Lord of Ma’at,
“Grant me my beloved this night.”

The river is wine,
Ptah is its reeds,
Sekhmet is its lotus leaf,
Iadet is its lotus bud,
Nefertum is its lotus flower,

There is rejoicing as the land brightens in its beauty;
Memphis is a bowl of mandrakes
Laid before the god who is beauteous of face.
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A Love poem
2.
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I shall go out [to seek my lover].
[I yearn] for your love,
And my heart stops within me,

To look at a sweet cake
Is like looking at salt;
Sweet pomegranate wine in my mouth
Is like the bitter gall of birds.

The breath of your nostrils
Is the sole thing which can revive my heart,
And I am determined that Amun will grant you to me
For ever and eternity.
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NOTE:
These poems /songs are from the Papyrus Harris 500 (British Museum 10060).
Anthony Charles Harris, 1790 – 1869, was a merchant and an official supplier for the army he served in. As an armature, he indeed collected very interesting papyrus scrolls. The papyrus is said to date from the Ramesside Period.

Reference:
‘The Literature of Ancient Egypt’
The American University in Cairo Press

One of the Judgment scenes of ancient Egypt

This is the Papyrus of Anhai
This is the Papyrus of Anhai who lived between 1100 - 1050 B.C.
She was a member of a college of Amun-Re at Thebes (Luxor).
This was in the period that is called the 19 Dynasty. In the period of 1133 – 1126 B.C both pharaoh Ramesses VII and Ramesses VIII were pharaohs and after them came Ramesses IX (1126 – 1108 B.C). The beautiful Priestess Anhai lived in a time of turmoil, much like many live in today (with the worlds co-called governments actions, so did she live in such a turmoil).


It is said that it is Anubis that is weighing the Heart of the Dead, but I actually believe this characters is really Duamutef, one of the seven sons of Horus (sometimes Osiris sons too). I identify this character to be Duamutef because of his clothing and his blue hair dress, which indicate to be that this is the Heavenly sons of Horus (or Osiris). Anubis is more shown as the Dog (Jackal) lying down, mostly upon a shine. Upon this Papyrus scroll Duamutef (Anubis) is in himself the scales, in that both of his hands connect to the heart of Anhai. The feather is a direct symbol of the goddess of Truth which is Maat (Matt), she is also that little character located on the other side of the heart, which is being weighed, the person’s heart is weighed against truth, to be a form of account for a person, weighing sins against goodness. Every inch of this papyrus is embedded with balance and harmony in every sense of the word. Just look at the colors, the light Green and Blue are balanced too.

A– Is called Ammut, she was a mythological creature, who was one third crocodile, one third Lion, and one third Hippopotamus. Her name literary means ‘Female devourer of the dead’, she is also called ‘Great of Death’. These gods and goddess were not worshipped in the normal sense, and there were no temples dedicated to them.

B– This is a more famous character from ancient Egypt, known under the name of Thoth. He is the inventor of geometry, and thus he holds the tools of that talent. Another one of his forms is the Baboon, which could be seen as Thoth in his more primal form. This kind of Baboon is always sitting, like the ancient scribers of that time.
On this papyrus scroll Thoth (B) is holding the scriber tools, and noting in his journal (he is writing about Anhai’s Ka). He is the witness to ones life, his book contain all things done.

C– This is the biggest character upon this papyrus scroll, as you probably notice that he has a Falcon head, which is mostly identified with Horus and/or Re. It could be either one. He is leading Anhai into the halls of the double Matt, into ‘the weighing of ones heart’.

D– This is the woman placed up in the corner of the papyrus, she is wearing the feather of truth, which belongs to the goddess Matt. In some periods of ancient times, she was said to be the wife of Thoth. She was a more primal goddess than Thoth, going back to the pyramid texts and such. Matt and another goddess called Mutt are much older than these gods which we are speaking about when looking upon this papyrus scroll. Matt and Mutt could be considered as ‘concepts’. It is Matt in this papyrus, illustrated with the feather over her head. If indeed she was the husband of Thoth, then she seems rightly placed, maybe she was the God of Thoth.


E– Is the other female character, she is holding her arms around Anhai. Anhai is standing in the ‘Ka’ position, her arms bend and raised towards the heavens. The female figure also has the feather of Matt upon her head, but also in the back of her hair. The Female depict a goddess called Imentet, which is identified by the hieroglyphic sign for ‘west’ above her head. She ruled the western regions of the dead.

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Crypts

Is a chamber that lies hidden, usually they are located inside the temple structure. They are usually only accessible through some sort of hidden chamber in either the floor or in the walls themselves. They are said to be uncommon in the Middle and New Kingdom of the ancient Egyptian history. They are mostly found in the later temples especially towards the Greek period.

These were chambers used for either storage of cult images, or text concerning secret rites. That type of ritual seem uninteresting (to some) since no one goes into detail about that, I have only found few books in French which I cannot read because of the language barrier.

A Video clip, a secret Crypt.

Who is Zoser?
(also known as Djoser)

Status; Pharaoh.
Ruling period; 2668-2649 B.C.
Location; Saqqara.

We have to go back to around 2668 before the birth of Christ, before we reach the reign of the pharaoh Djoser.
In those days, one was given a birth name, until one became of age and chose another name, which is referred to as a Horus-name, so did Djoser follow his ancestor’s path. He chose the name ‘Netjeri-khet’ which means ‘Divine of the body.’ We can presume that this name was the chosen one, because the name Djoser is found among the oldest of carvings, which would make him either a child or a very young boy, when those relief’ were made.
The start of his reign was filled with political inner turmoil, but he would change this through his reign. His name can be found as fare south as Aswan, he probably went further south than that; I base this idea upon the fact that more temples can be found further south, but they are hardly studied (because of inner conflict in those areas).

His dearest friend and highest official gave him eternal life through his mere visions. Imhotep created the great Step Pyramid complex at Saqqara, but complex seems too sallow a word for its creation.
Remarkable walls which seem like a lost generation of buildings, which kept away from both the circular shape and all the hieroglyphic upon their walls. A most noble mind must have reign in those days, because there are no pharaoh giving gesture to the gods upon the building or anything like that, it is anonyms in that way.

I cannot find that much about him in general, but rather more about the pyramid itself and theories about its purpose. Who Djoser really might have been in person, seems as big a mystery as his great vizier Imhotep.
The carvings mostly show Djoser engaged in the Heb-sed festival, where he performs the Heb-sed ritual.
Nor have there been found that many statues of him. If I understand everything correct, then Djoser' foot is the only part found of his body…

Even more remarkable is how suddenly such a huge and magnificent structure was build and with such complex attributes, which seem to have no deeper meaning, or do they? And there would never be another like it!