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3^rd MILLENIUM BC (2999-2000)

                       Nomadic tribes continue migrations from Central Asia across the landmass towards Southern Asia, Europe and Nth India, over time they diverge to create different races. Possibly this is the time that Egyptian Hieroglyphs are first inscribed on the walls of temples and pyramids. By the end of 3^rd millennium, Canaanites in Byblos will have developed a syllabic script modelled on these Egyptian hieroglyphs. Palestinian urban culture at this time sees great development. The cities of Jericho, Megiddo, Beth-shan, Ai, Shechem, Gezer and Lachish come into existence. (173)

                       THE HEBREWS (this term is no longer used except to refer to the Hebrew language) a nomadic people and whose origin is uncertain, are inhabiting the northern fringes of the Arabian desert.  ‘Hebrew’ is associated with Eber, the grandson of Shem (Genesis 24) eldest son of Noah, and the forefather of all Semitic peoples. Thus, from Noah came Shem who fathered Eber, forefather of all Semitic peoples.

c2900 BCE      The foundations of the Sumerian dynasties are laid down. A King list from this date is extant. (181)

The Sumerians of the 3^rd millennium BCE identify 4 royal stars. At this time, these 4 stars marked the Equinoxes and the Solstices. (029)

Aldebaran [cTaurus]                Vernal Equinox

Regulus [cLeo]                         Summer Solstice

Antares [cScorpio]                   Autumnal Equinox

Formalhaut [cAquarius]         Winter Solstice

These four signs or the zodiacal constellations, are represented by the four creatures of the ‘fixed signs’ of the zodiac. Known in the more popular zodiac divisions of the ecliptic, which has its origin in the circle of the corresponding constellations. Thus, Taurus is represented by the head of a bull, Leo by the head of a Lion, Scorpio by a scorpion or Eagle and Aquarius by a human figure or angle. These four symbols will under pin philosophical systems and religions all the way through our known history.

 Symbols of the 4 signs on the façade of Duomo Orvieto, Italy.

c2890 BCE      HETEPSEKHEMWY founds Dynasty II (2890-2686) of the Archaic Period in ancient Egypt. The pharaohs’ name means ‘the Two Powers are at peace’ and the centre of this power is shifted from the town of This near Abydos, to Memphis in the north. (49.175)

                        FU XI (FU HSI 2852-2737 BCE) Creates the ‘Early Heaven Ba gua’ a Chinese symbol of Creation made up of 8 Trigrams, which probably have an analogy in the 8 immortals. These symbols will become the foundation of the ‘I Ching’ philosophy. The Ba gua is a symmetrical symbol representing in diagrammatic form the opposing forces of Yin and Yang, the polarity of Primal Cosmic Energy. It is interesting that the word ‘BA’ in Egyptology refers to the soul also. Later, King Wen [1150 BCE] will create the ‘Later Heaven Ba gua’ to represent the manifestation of spirit in Nature. (120)

                       FU HSI is one of four holy men cited as the authors of the ‘Book of Changes’ and designated as the inventor of the linear symbols or ‘Trigrams’ used for oracle purposes. Fu Hsi is held to antedate historical memory. The names of the 8 basic trigrams (linear signs) do not occur in any other connection in the Chinese language and are therefore thought to be of foreign origin. (120).

Bagua of ‘Early Heaven’ (2852-2737BCE)

2861               Estimated total Eclipse over Asyut in Ancient Egypt. (240. 241) Such eclipses are thought, by astrologers, to correspond with strong cultural-political and geological changes in the areas that view such an eclipse.

c2800 BCE      There is early Minoan civilization on the Island of Crete (c2800-1800 BC) (34) and they are working in Bronze.

                       IMHOTEP 3^rd dynasty Egyptian, High Priest of Heliopolis, ‘chief of observers’, seer, occultist, healer, and architect of the stepped pyramid at Saqqara for Pharaoh Djoser (Zoser). This is the world’s earliest known sizeable stone building. The Egyptian name for a pyramid is ‘mer’, meaning ‘Place of Ascension’. It is a religious building indicating a man-made link between heaven and earth. (49)

                       Imhotep is described in the Turin Canon as the son of Ptah the creator god of Memphis, thus he was known as ‘wise counsellor’. (175)

                       In 2767 BCE, Imhotep inaugurated the Sothic era, nominating the Heliopolis heliacal rising of Sirius as the first day of the Egyptian year. It will correspond in the future Julian calendar to July 16. (30)

Zoser’s Pyramid as it appears in the 21^st century CE.

                       PHARAOH DJOSER (Zoser) begins the 3^rd Egyptian Dynasty although he is thought to follow an earlier king by the name of Nebka. (175) Various authors nominate dates between now and 2686 BCE as the foundation of the 3^rd Dynasty. Zoser is also called Asclepius by the Egyptians because of his medical knowledge (80) but according to another author (175) this appellation was given to Imhotep his architect. Zoser built the earliest pyramid at Saqqara and is known for his learning and love of literature. (80). With this Pharaoh, there is clear evidence of three main religious centres, at Heliopolis, Memphis and Hermopolis. At Heliopolis (Egyptian ON) the sun god Re who had begun to replace the older god Atum at the commencement of the dynastic period, takes the name Re-Atum and his symbol is the Bennu bird. (49)

                       A new form of religion seems to have been introduced in the 3^rd Dynasty, that of sun worship [possibly replacing star worship] and with the new religion the first practice of mummification and temple building begin. (80) After the 4^th Dynasty, the majority of Pharaohs will take an official name on coming to the throne. This name is an epithet compounded with the name of the Sun-god Re, and like the personal name will be enclosed in a cartouche. (80)

                       HUNI last ruler of the 3^rd Egyptian Dynasty is attributed with the earliest known pyramid in the Fayum, at Maidum. Originally the pyramid is constructed on 8 ‘steps’. Huni’s successor will be Snofru/Sneferu (113. 175) born of Meresankh. The Fayum area will be upgraded by Pharaoh Amenemhet I in 2300 BCE, after a period of decline.

                       These Old Kingdom dynasties of Egypt have contact with Canaanite lands and there is an exchange of language and crafts. Canaanite Byblos is a colony of Egypt and a source of the hardwoods of Lebanon used in construction. (173)

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                                               Dancing Sorcerer from caves of France [N. Smart]

3000 BCE              THE GREAT WHITE RACE [the Noble Aryan Race] makes its appearance on the Steppes of Russia and proceeds to migrate throughout Asia and Europe. Known as the Aryan race, some will eventually settle on the Iranian Plateaux which at this time is called Eran. The Iranian Plateaux stretches between the Zargros Mountains and the Indus River.

This group of people will eventually divide into the Medes and Persians. They are also the eastern descendants of the Indo-European tribes.  The language of the inhabitants of the Eranian plateaux is similar to that of Vedic India and may be from the same parent language as that of the Slavonic, Teutonic, Celtic, Greek and Latin (Roman) races. The Aryans are the ancestors of the Indo-Europeans, the modern Europeans and the Asia-Minor races of the Hittites, Phrygians, Scytheans, Armenians, Medes, and Persians. (40)

                       There seems to be two great races at this time in history, one in the north, the white ancestors of the Aryans, and one in the south, the dark ancestors of the Semites, who from 3000 BCE start to converge on the world bowl.

Sri Krisna: Supreme Personality of the unknown

and unknowable Godhead. [Bhagavad-gita]

A Druid Priest

The mystic priests of this ancient White Race are called Druids. The priestesses are called Benat Y’kob (Daughters of Jacob). Druidism in Canaan (Palestine) worshipped Asherah, goddess of the sacred oak groves. (13). The primitive Bacchantes are the Druidesses of Greece. (43) Sacred places of the Druids are stone circles like those of Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England. (28)

                       The descendant Celtic, ‘Feast of the Dead’, will be known as ‘Samhain’ in the future, and eventually degenerate into ‘Halloween’ to be celebrated on 1^st November. This ‘Feast of the Dead’ marks the pagan New Year as a time when there is free flow of influences between the visible and invisible worlds. Samhain was originally named after the Aryan lord of death Samana, in the Bible this god is Samuel from the Semitic Sammael, which in turn comes from the Asiatic Samana, the god of the ‘Underworld’ (13)

                      

                      

                                       Modern dates [20C CE] of the ancient Druid Festivals [ÓJMS2010]

                       Painted pottery found on the Iranian plateaux at sites of Tepe Sialk, Tepe Hissar, Tepe Giyan are dated at c3000 BCE. However, the historical identity of these people will not be established until the advent of written records, in cuneiform, make their appearance at a later date.

                       Ancient tribes in the southern regions of the plateaux are the Elamites based around Susa; in the north are the Manneans and the Caspeans; in the northern mountain ranges are the Kassites.

                       The Plateaux of Eran will eventually become Persia (from Persis) and in the future (1998 CE) will be known as Iran and Afghanistan. (102) In the 21^st century CE these countries will be in continual war of terrorism, as something buried deep tries to surface.

Between 3000 -1500 BCE (4^th to 2^nd millennium) a branch of the Aryans moves from the north-west of the continent of Europe (Eran/Iran) to settle in the Punjub (upper valley of the Indus River of India). At this time, the resident occupants are a dark-skinned people known as the Dravidians, they have an advanced culture and are possibly related to the Chaldeans of Babylon. Also present in this new country are wilder tribes speaking Munda idioms and having affinity with the Negroids of Indo-China and Australia. These three groups of people, the Aryans, Dravidians and Munda, become intermixed with the addition at some point of Mongolians. The original inhabitants of India were matriarchal, as was so for most earlier races of people. The Aryan/Iranian peoples imposed their male dominated caste system on the conquered people. History and mythology of the Aryans is known through the Vedic and Brahmanic philosophical literature of ancient India. (40.226) Is this the point of contact between Aryans and Egypt?

Sri Krisna: Supreme Personality of the unknown

and unknowable Godhead. [Bhagavad-gita]