Truth Revealed !

የፊኔክስ አፍንጫ የብሽቀታቸው መለኪያ ወይስ….?

ፊኔክስ ትልቅ እና ግርማ ሞገስ ያለው ሀውልት ሲሆን የሚገኘውም የንጉስ ካፍሬ መቃብር የሆነው ፒራሚድ አቅራቢያ ነው። የጥንታዊ ግብፅ ታሪክ ተመራማሪዎች እንደሚሉት ፊኔክስ የራሱ የንጉስ ካፍሬ በድንጋይ ላይ የተቀጸ ምስል ነው። ፊኔክስ ስፋቱ 73 ሜትር ሲሆን የቁመቱ ከፍታ ደግሞ 20ሜትር ነው። ፊኔክስ ሃውልት ራሱ እና ሰውነቱ ወጥ ከሆነ ቦሀ ድንጋይ ተፈልፍሎ በሚያስደንቅ ጥበብ የተሰራ ነው።
ፊኔክስ ከአንገት በላይ የሰው ምስል ሲይዝ ከወገብ በታች ደግሞ የአንበሳ ምስል ነው ።ታዲያ የቀድሞ ጎብኝዎቹን እርር ድብን ያደረገው መች ግማሽ አካል አንበሳ መሆኑ ሆነና መልኩ እና አፍንጫው እንጂ ። ፍኔክስ የተሰራው እኛን በመሰሉ ሰዎች ብቻ ሳይሆን የንጉስ ካፍሬ እራሳቸው ኢትዮጵያዊ በመሆናቸው ነው። ሃውልቱ የንጉሱን ማንነት ፍንትው አድርጎ ነበር ያወጣው በተለይ አፍንጫና ከንፈራችው የኛን መስሎ የጎብኚዎቹን አልመስል ስላለ እንዴት እንዲህ ያለ ድንቅ ነገር እንዚህን በመሰሉ ሰዎች ይሰራል በሚል ዘረኝነትን ባዘለ ንዴት ሃውልቱን ላይ ያለውን አፍንጫ እና ከንፈር የድማሚት እራት አደረጉት።

ስለዚህም ሲነሳ እጆች ቶሎ የሚቀሰሩት ወደ ፈረንሳዊ ንጉስ ናፖሊዎን ቦናፔቲ ነው። በ1798 የቦናፔቲ ወታደሮች በመድፍ የፊኔክስን አፍንጫ ና ከንፈር እንዳፈረሱት ይነገራል። በቅርብ ሀውልቱ ላይ የተደረጉ ጥናቶች እንደሚያሳዩት አፍንጫ እና ከንፈሩን ለማፍረስ ተቀጣጣይ ድማሚት በአፍንጫው ስር ተቀብረው እንደነበር ተደርሶበታል። ፈረንሳዎቹ ለምን እኛ ብቻ በሚል ይመስል እንግሊዞቹ በአንደኛው እና በሁለተኛው አለም ጦርነት በጥይት ተኩሰው ነው አፍንጫውን ያፈረሱት ይላሉ። መለስ ብለው ደግሞ ጀርመኖችም በሁለተኛው የአለም ጦርነት የተኩስ ልምምድ ሲያደርጉ እንደ ኢላማ የተጠቀሙት የፊኔክስን አፍንጫን ነው ይላሉ።ሌላም ደግሞ የተለየ ጨዋታ አላቸው በ693 የአረብ ተስፋፊዎች ናቸው ያፈረሱት ሲሉ አንዳንድ የአረብ ጸሃፍት ደግሞ በ1378 ቱርኮች ሃውልቱን እንደተመለከቱ ቱግ ብለው ይሄ ከእስልምና ጋር አይሄድም የሚል ሰበብ ፈልገው ነው ያፈረሱት ይላሉ።

ጥንታዊ ግብጻውያን ኢትዮጵያውን ለመሆናችው እሰጣገባ ውስጥ አያስገባንም ምክንያቱም የተጻፈን ታሪክ በማወቅ እና ባለማወቅ ላይ የሚደረግ ክርክር ስለሚያደርገው። ኢትዮጵያውያን በትክክል የጥንታዊ ግብጽ ስልጥኔ ላይ እና ፒራሚዶች ላይ ከፍተኛ አሻራቸውን ትተው አልፈዋል የሚለው እውነታ ሰርተው ያልፉት ሃውልቶች ህያው ምስክሮች ናቸው። በተለይ የአንድን ኢትዮጵያዊ መለያ መንገዶች መልኩ አይኑ አፍንጫው እና ከንፈሮቹ ናቸው ይህን ሆን ብሎ ማፍረስ ብሎም ማጥፋት ፒራሚዶች እና ሃውልቶቹ በኢትዮጵያውያን ንጉሶች አልተሰሩም እንደማለት ይቆጠራል።

አብዛኞቹ ተመራማሪዎች እንደ ሚስማሙት ከናፖሊዮን ግዜ ጅምሮ ነው ጥንታዊ ግብጽ ላይ በነገሱ ኢትዮጵያውያን ላይ ጠላቶች የተነሱት ይላሉ። ለዚህም ማሳያ የሚጠቅሱት ፊኔክስ የንጉስ ካፍሬ ሃውልትን ጨምሮ በጊዜው የነበሩት ኢትዮጵያውን ፈርኦኖች ወይም ንጉሶች ለራሳቸው መታሰቢያ ያሰሩት ሀውልቶች ከጭፍን ጥላቻ እና ዘረኝነት በመነሳት ሲያፈርሷቸው እና ሲያበላሿቸው ይስተዋላል።

ከዚህ በታች ያሉት ፎቶዎች ኢትዮጵያዊ መልክ ያላቸው ሀውልቶች ላይ የደረሱ ተመሳሳይ ጥፋቶች አጋልጠዋል።

ፈርኦን ሆትፕሲካሚ

ራምሴስ ሁለተኛ

ንጉስ አመንህመት ሶስተኛ [ባለ ሹሩባው ፈርኦን]

በጥንቱ ግብጻውያን ስርዎ መንግስት የነበሩ አዛውንት ምስል

እስኪ እራሳችንን እንጠይቅ ስለ የጥንታዊ ግብጻውያን በተለያዩ የብዙሃን መገናኛዎች ይነገራል ለምሳሌ ስለ ስልጣኔያቸው፤ የቀመር ችሎታቸው፤ ቋንቋቸው፤ ፊደላቸው [ሄሮግራፊክስ]፤ቀደምት አስደናቂ የወረቀት ስራቸው[ፓፒረስ]፤ ፒራሚዶቻቸው፤ አቻ ያልተገኘለት የግንባታ ጥበባቸው፤ ግዙፍ መቃብሮቻቸው፤ እምነታቸው ፤ ብዙ ብዙ ነገር ተጽፏል የቀረው ግን ዘራቸው ብቻ ነው። ለመሆኑ ጥንታዊ ግብጻውያን ከየት መጡ መነሻቸው ከየት ነው ?ዘራቸው ምንድ ነው? ? ነጮች ናቸው? አረቦች ናቸው? የሩቅ ምስራቅ ሰዎች ናቸው? የሰሜን እና ደቡብ አሜሪካ ሰዎች ናቸው? አፍሪካውያን ናቸው? ለምን ይሆን ጥንታዊ ግብጻውያን ዘር እና መልክ ያልተገለጸው? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? አስቡት ፒራሚድ በነጮች ቢሰራ ምን ይሉ ነበር? እንዲህ ጆሮ ዳባ ልበስ ብለው ይቀመጡ ነበር? ? ? ነጮች እና የሩቅ ምስራቅ ሰዎች እንዳልሆኑ ማንም ያውቃል አረቦችም ቢሆኑ አፋቸውን ሞልተው እኛ ነን ጥንታዊ ግብጻውያን ሊሉ አልደፈሩም ምክንያቱም አሌግዛንድሪያ እና ካይሮ ዛሬ አረባዊ ከተሞች ናቸው ከታሪካዊዎቹ ቦታዎች ጋር ምንም አይነት ይህ ነው ይሚባል ግንኙነት እንኳን የላቸውም ስለዚህ ዝምታን ይመርጣሉ።

ተመራማሪዎቹ ስለ ኢትዮጵያውያኖቹ ፈርኦኖች ግብጽን መግዛታቸውን ለመቀበል ይቅርና እንኳን ተሳስተው ለማውራት አይፈልጉም እውነቱ ግን በደግነታቸው እና በሩህሩነታቸው የሚታወቁት ኢትዮጵያውያን ፈርኦኖች ምስላቸውን ሳይቀር አስቀርጸው አልፈዋል። በጣም የሚገርመው ስለ ፒራሚዶች ጥናት መደረግ ከተጀመርበት ጊዜ አንስቶ እስካሁን ደረስ ስለ ግብጻውያን ዘር ትንፍሽ ለማለት የሞከረ የለም።

ፒራሚድን በተመለከት አይን ያወጣ ሻጥር እና ዘረኝነት ተስተውሎበታል እውነቱንም ለመደበቅ እጅግ በጣም ተሞክሯል። ነገር ግን የሞት ሞታቸውን በ2008 ናሽናል ጂኦግራፊክ ሶሳይቲ የሚባል የምርምር ጥናቶችን አሳታሚ መጽሄት ላይ ፈርኦኖችን ዘር በተመለከት ጥናታዊ ጽሁፍ ለማቅረብ በቅተዋል ምነው ይሄ ሁሉ ጊዜ ወሰደባቸው ? ? ? ነገር ግን ኢትዮጵያውያን የምትለው ስም ስላልተዋጠላቸው ወይም መጥራት ስላልፈልጉ ይመስል ከዚህ ሁሉ አመት ከፈጀ ጥናት በሃላ በመጽሄቱ ላይ ጥቁር አፍሪካውያን ሲያሻቸው ድግሞ ኩሽ እያሉ ጽፈዋል የሆነው ይሁን ፒራሚዶች እኛን በመሰሉ ሰዎች መሰራቸውን ማመናቸው በራሱ ትልቅ እመርታ ነው ።

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Black_Pharaohs

ሌላ ለአስረጂነት ያህል በጥንታውያን ግብጻውያውን የሚፈጸሙት ልማዳዊ ድርጊቶች ወይም እሴቶቻቸው በተለያዮ የምእራብያውያን እና አረብ ታሪክ ተመራማሪዎች እና ጻህፍት “የተለየ” ውይም “ያልተለመደ” ድርጊት የሚሉት ነው። እኛ ኢትዮጵያውያን የምናከናውናቸው ልማዳዊ ድርጊቶች ጋር አንድነት አላቸው ለምሳሌ መገረዝ፣ የንጉሶችን ስዮመ እግዚአብሄርነትን መቀበል፣ የእናትን ድርሻ መውረስ፣ ጥሎሽ፣ የተለያዮ ክብረ በአሎች፣ የቀብር ስነ ስርአቶች እነዚህ በትንሹ የተገለጹትን ልማዳዊ ድርጊቶች በአለም ላይ የሚፈጽሙት ኢትዮጵያውያን እና አፍሪካውያን ብቻ ናቸው።በምእራብያውያን እና አረቦች ሻጥር የጥንታውያን ግብጾች ኢትዮጵያዊ ባህሪ እንዲደበቅ ያሁኖቹ ተመራማሪዎች አበክረው ይሰራሉ። የኢትዮጵያውያን ንግስናን በጥንታዊ ግብጽ መኖሩን ባይቀበሉም ቅሉ ግን ቅን የሆኑ የታሪክ ተመራማሪዎን እኛ በግብጽ መንገሳችንን ከነማስረጃው አስደግፈው ጽፈዋል መጽሃፎቹን ማንበብ እና እውነቱን መረዳት ግን የኛ ፋንታ ይሆናል።

ከጥንታውያን ጻህፍት መካከል

Herodotus Origins of the Oracle of Dodona-book II
Aristotle-Physiognomy'' 6
Diodorus of SicilyOrigins of the Egyptians ''The Ethiopians say that the Egyptians are one of their colonies”-Universal History, book III

ከቅርቦቹ ተመራማሪዎች መካከል

Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire
By Drusilla Dunjee Houston
Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia by Karl Richard Lepsius (German: "Denkmaler aus Agypten und Athiopian")
Ethiopia and the origin of Civilization-A Critical Review of the Evidence of Archaeology, Anthropology, History and Comparative Religion: According to the Most Reliable Sources and Authorities by John G. Jackson (1939)

“አንድ ፎቶ ከአስር ሺህ ቃላቶች ይልቃል” እንዲሉ ከዚህ በታች ያሉት ፎቶዎች ኢትዮጵያዊ መልክ ያላቸው ንጉሶች እና ፈርኦኖች ናቸው ተመልከቷቸው።

ንጉስ ናይማሬ አመንህመት በሁለተኛው ስርዎ መንግስት



ንጉስ ቱቱናካሙን [በመቃብር ውስጥ የተገኘ]







ንግስት ጥዬ/ትዬ [የንጉስ ቱቱ እናት]



ፈርኦን መንኩራ [ሶስተኛው ስርዎ መንግስት]



ንጉስ ዩስካፌ




ፈርኦን ጆሴር



ንግስት ሃትሸብሱት

ፈርኦን ፐሪ አንኩ

የጥንት ግብጻዊ ቄስ

ግብጻዊ ቄስ በሁለተኛው ስርዎ መንግስት

Memnon

Memnon, king of the Ethiopians and conqueror of the East. 3130: Engraving by Bernard Picart, 1673-1733. Brazen-crested Memnon, a comely man according to Odysseus, is the King of the Ethiopians who came with a great force to help Troy against the Achaean invaders, and was killed by Achilles. Son of the immortal old man Tithonus 1, they say, was snatched away by Eos (Dawn) for love, brought by the goddess to that Ethiopia which is not in Africa but in the east, and there he founded the city of Susa. Tithonus 1 was made immortal when Eos asked Zeus that Tithonus 1 should be deathless and live eternally. However, she forgot to ask youth for him, and for that reason he suffers the full weight of Old Age, babbling endlessly and having no strength in his limbs. But before that, Tithonus 1 and Eos lived rapturously as lovers do, and they had children: Emathion 1 and Memnon. His brother killed by Heracles 1 Emathion 1 became king of the Ethiopians, and is remembered for having attacked Heracles 1 when the latter, having slain Busiris 2 (the Egyptian king who used to sacrifice strangers), sailed up the river Nile. Memnon in the East But Memnon himself was, as Tithonus 1, related to the East, and he is said to have built a palace of many colored and shining white stones bound with gold in the city of Ecbatana. For Memnon, starting from Ethiopia, overrun Egypt and conquered the East as far as the city of Susa, which he surrounded by walls. So Memnon, although being king of the Ethiopians, came to Troy, not from what today is called Africa, but from Susa, not far away from the river Tigris, in the land that later became Persia. And when he made his march to the west, he subdued all the peoples that lived between Susa and Troy. Memnon's arrival When Hector 1, the pillar of Troy, was killed by Achilles, there was not much hope left for the Trojans, except that provided by Memnon, who wearing an armour made by Hephaestus, arrived from the east with a huge host to help the city. Memnon is said to have killed the Pylians Ereuthus and Pheron, who followed Nestor to the Trojan War, and also Nestor's son Antilochus, who died for his father's sake. For the horse kept Nestor's chariot from moving, since it had been wounded by Paris, when Memnon approached. Then Nestor shouted to his son Antilochus, who came to his rescue, and saved his father's life at the price of his own. For, as some say, Memnon slew him, although there are those who say that Antilochus was killed by Hector 1. Achilles kills Memnon Eos carrying her dead son. R1-1265: Eos with the corpse of Memnon. Eos mit der Leiche Memnons (nach Wiener Vorlegeblätter Taf. VIII. Roscher, 1884. Nestor, who saw his son perish, asked Achilles to rescue his son's body and armour. That is why Memnon and Achilles fought against each other in single combat, and although Memnon wounded Achilles in the arm, he himself lost his life when Achilles plunged his sword beneath his breast-bone. But some say that it was Achilles' spear that killed Memnon. Soldiers turn into birds In any case, some have told that when Memnon died, the whole Ethiopian army vanished with his king, the soldiers turning into birds. Now, some may feel tempted to reason that this is just a way of expressing the idea of the Ethiopian army escaping or being disbanded. And they may also feel that if the army was dispersed it would be better just to say so instead of making up capricious tales, which are most implausible. But, whatever they may feel, the Achaeans and Trojans were most amazed when they watched the Ethiopian army fly away. For current things amaze nobody, but extraordinary and impossible things do. And that was a great marvel, unlikely to happen in our time, as no one has ever since claimed to have witnessed anything of the sort. Eos begs Zeus for her son Anyway, the death of this magnificent king caused great grief to his mother, and because of her pain the colours of the morning skies grew dull, and the heavens were overcast with clouds. And Eos came to Zeus and asked him to grant Memnon special honours as consolation for his death. Accordingly, the smoke of Memnon's funeral pyre turn into birds, some of which killed each other over the flames. These birds, which are called Memnonides, used to return on stated days every year to Memnon's grave, in a hill above the outlet of the Aesepus River, which flows from the mountains of Ida in the Troad, and sprinkle it with the water of the river from their wet wings. But others say that Memnon was buried in Paltus, which is on the coast of Syria in front of the island of Cyprus. Eos herself never ceased to lament the death of her handsome son, who was also a magnificent king. For the dew, they say, is the tears shed by the goddess for the death of Memnon. And yet it has also been told that Zeus bestowed immortality upon Memnon at Eos' request. An Ethiopian. 9905: Busto de etíope. Anónimo italiano, siglo XVII. Museo Nacional del Prado. Statue Such is the story of Memnon. But others have said that this son of Eos neither went to Troy nor died there, but that he died in Ethiopia after ruling the country for five generations. That may seem a long time. However, the Ethiopians, being the longest lived men on earth, deplored his death as premature, mourning him as a youth. They also tell that a wonderful statue of a young and still unbearded Memnon had been made out of black stone, and turned towards the sunrise. The sitting figure was represented in the very act of rising up, with the lips as about to speak. They affirm that the lips spoke when the sun's rays fell upon them at dawn, and that the eyes of the statue seemed to stand out and gleam against the light.

Family

Parentage
	Tithonus 1 & Eos
Tithonus 1 is son of King Laomedon 1 of Troy, son of Ilus 2, the founder of Troy, son of Tros 1, after whom the Trojans were called, son of Erichthonius 1, son of Dardanus 1, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra 3. Eos is Dawn.

Related sections	Memnon in GROUPS: TROJAN LEADERS
Sources Abbreviations	AETH.1; Apd.3.12.4-5; Apd.Ep.5.3; Dio.4.47.3, 4.75.4; Hes.The.984; Hom.Od.11.522; Hyg.Fab.112, 223; Ov.Fast.4.714; Ov.Met.13.579; Pau.10.31.7; Phil.VA.6.4; Pin.Isth.8.54; Pin.Pyth.6.32; QS.2.100ff., 2.494, 2.540ff.; Strab.15.3.2; Try.31.

 

Blacks in Antiquity

Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience

Frank M. Snowden

The Africans who came to ancient Greece and Italy participated in an important chapter of classical history. Although evidence indicated that the alien dark- and black-skinned people were of varied tribal and geographic origins, the Greeks and Romans classified many of them as Ethiopians. In an effort to determine the role of black people in ancient civilization, Mr. Snowden examines a broad span of Greco-Roman experience--from the Homeric era to the age of Justinian--focusing his attention on the Ethiopians as they were known to the Greeks and Romans. The author dispels unwarranted generalizations about the Ethiopians, contending that classical references to them were neither glorifications of a mysterious people nor caricatures of rare creatures.

Mr. Snowden has probed literary, epigraphical, papyrological, numismatic, and archaeological sources and has considered modern anthropological and sociological findings on pertinent racial and intercultural problems. He has drawn directly upon the widely scattered literary evidence of classical and early Christian writers and has synthesized extensive and diverse material. Along with invaluable reference notes, Mr. Snowden has included over 140 illustrations which depict the Negro as the Greeks and Romans conceived of him in mythology and religion and observed him in a number of occupations--as servant, diplomat, warrior, athlete, and performer, among others.

Presenting an exceptionally comprehensive historical description of the first major encounter of Europeans with dark and black Africans, Mr. Snowden found that the black man in a predominantly white society was neither romanticized nor scorned--that the Ethiopian in classical antiquity was considered by pagan and Christian without prejudice.

         

        

Frank M. Snowden Jr., is Professor of Classics, Howard University.

Travelling back in time to ancient Ethiopia

 

 

By Barry Malone, Reuters

 

 

 

 

 

 

People pray around Saint George, one of the 11 rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, September 16, 2007, an ancient site that draws tens of thousands of foreign tourists every year. According to legend, angels helped King Lalibela build the churches in the 11th and 12th century after he received an order by God to create a new Jerusalem in Ethiopia.

Photograph by: Radu Sigheti, Reuters

MEQUAT MARIAM, Ethiopia - A giant eagle glides gracefully over a remote mountaintop in northern Ethiopia as a barefoot man draped in goatskin watches.

"It's a big bird that makes a peaceful sound," he says in the local Amharic language to two foreigners who have approached the cliff edge. "Where is your country?"

Until a few years ago, most people who live in these small villages surrounded by dramatic scenery and rock-hewn churches had never even seen anyone from outside Ethiopia.

But now tourists are beginning to come and communities are changing.

"We've helped the people set up hosting facilities -- a place where tourists can sleep and stay," says Mark Chapman of Tesfa, a charity that brings tourists to these areas but encourages locals to manage the business and earn money from the visitors.

"They look after the tourists, then the tourists trek from one place to another, each village providing a service, with a donkey to carry luggage and a guide to come along."

Ethiopia boasts eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites but decades of hunger, conflict and political instability have kept its palaces, obelisks and castles off the beaten track for even the most intrepid visitors to Africa.

Tourism represents just 2.5 percent of the Horn of Africa nation's gross national product -- something the government of this desperately poor country is trying to change.

"There is a very important community tourism experience in Ethiopia under Tesfa," Tourism Minister Mohamoud Dirir told Reuters. "That experience would bring income to marginalised communities, where an appreciative, responsible tourist could live with the communities. It is an open-ended opportunity."

A straw-and-mud hut stands at the edge of a vast meadow where cattle graze and farmers thresh grain much as they have for thousands of years. But learning to grind grain -- while a horse and a cow watch from the corner of the room -- is German tourist Susanne Wolfgarten.

"The special thing is you really meet the people in a natural setting," said Susanne.

"We had lots of interesting and funny meetings along the way. People were coming from church, farmers were working, women were outside washing clothes."

Susanne and her guide leave the house and walk through a field of corn by a cliff edge as boy shepherds stop shouting at each other across the valleys to greet her in English.

"To some extent it's a throwback to our own history in Europe in the middle ages with fields of wheat and barley growing," said Chapman. "So I think one thing that fascinates people is this throwback to historical -- even biblical -- images."

The guides who walk with the visitors introduce them to communities, explain the way of life and help to search out wildlife such as baboons and the rare Ethiopian wolf.

"The work makes me healthy and I meet different people from different countries," said Addisu Abebaw, a former soldier now working as one of the guides. "I get different knowledge from different countries. I can't describe how much I love it."

Chapman says part of the reason Tesfa was set up was to ensure that local communities were not exploited by the arrival of the tourists -- something that worries some charities.

"There is a need for alternative incomes here," he said. "Farm sizes are getting smaller, farmers are ploughing less and they can't get enough food to feed their families for a year. Tourism is an obvious idea when you're in a very beautiful area."

Yeshiye Getu, who cooks for Tesfa, says that since the tourists started to come she has been able to pay for the education of her two daughters and buy them shoes.

"I can say that life has changed," she said. "It is good now."

Her daughters approach two Irish doctors and begin to laugh.

"There's no TV out here," says Chapman, smiling as the children practice their few English words. "So I think to some extent the tourists have become the entertainment."

 

Are ancient egyptians Ethiopians? In: Ancient History [Edit categories]

[Source: wiki.answers.com

Yes

The oldest Egyptians were Ethiopian people. They inhabited the upper Nile region all the way to Ethiopia, for many centuries. They were the first and second kingdom of Egyptians and were the builders of the Sphinx, and the smaller pyramids in Egypt. (The Great Pyramid was built much later, but in the same manner that the smaller ones were built.) Smaller pyramids can also be found today, in Ethiopia.

Ethiopians left Egypt, after being invaded by Arabs, and other Middle Eastern tribes. (These Arabs and Middle Eastern people make up the Egyptian people that we see today. ) After the invasion, Ethiopians concentrated more heavily in Ethiopia. However, they still had business transactions with the newer Egyptian population, and with people in various parts of the Middle East, India, and other parts of North Africa.

If any one doubts that ancient Egyptians were in fact Ethiopians, all one needs to do is look at the drawn pictures of the Egyptians on the walls of tombs, papyrus scrolls, etc. See the large dark eyes, straight noses, brown complexions (copper, bronze, chocolate skin tones), long wavy or straight hair, long limbs, long necks. These are all traditional Ethiopian features, that are seen in ancient Ethiopian art as well.

However, the belief that ancient Egyptians were Ethiopians is debated. But one thing for certain is that both Ancient Egyptians and ancient Ethiopians shared a common ancestor. This ancestor is Ham (Noah's son in the Bible)! Ham is believed by many cultures (African, Asian, and European) to be the father of all African peoples! Meaning that it could have been possible that the ancient Egyptians and Ethiopians could have looked similar because they were part of the same family. Ethiopians were descended from Ham, their branch was called Cush.

The Cushitic tribe consists of the Ethiopians, Somalis, Eritreans, Dravidians, Sumerians, Babylonians, and Nubians. All of these people have firmly established ancient histories !

The Egyptians were descendants of Ham, branch Mizraim, who were also related to the Philistines, and Khemets.

Other Ham descendants (people of African origin ) include the Libyans, Tunisians, and Phoenicians, and Canaanites (now beleived by some Biblical scholars to have been established in Central Africa and West Africa).

Long story short, it is a strong possibility that Ancient Egyptians could have been Ethiopian. But if they were not then, then at the very least the ancient Egyptians were cousins of the Ethiopians. The modern day Egyptians of Arab descent are not descendants of Ham and are not related to either the Ethiopians of today or the ancient Egyptians.

Indiana Jones: Lost Ark of the Covenant 'traced to Ethiopia'

German archaeologists have claimed to have found one of the fabled resting places of the Ark of the Covenant, the chest holding the Ten Commandments which gave the ancient Israelites their power.

By UK foreign staff
Published: 11:08AM BST 13 May 2008

Hollywood's Indiana Jones set on a quest for the Ark Photo: AP

The University of Hamburg say its researchers have found the remains of the 10th century BC palace of the Queen of Sheba in Axum, Ethiopia, and an altar which at one time reputedly held the precious treasure. Archaeologist Helmut Ziegert, who is leading the dig said: "From the dating, its position and the details that we have found, I am sure that this is the palace."

Ethiopian legends holds that the Ark was taken to the palace of the Queen of Sheba by King Solomon, the king of the Jews, after they fell in love. After the Queen's death her son, Menelek, rebuilt the palace and dedicated it to the cult of Sirius, but kept the Ark in its resting place there.

The team said evidence at the site included Sirius symbols, the debris of sacrifices and the alignment of sacred buildings to the rising-point of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky. "The results we have suggest that a Cult of Sothis developed in Ethiopia with the arrival of Judaism and the Ark of the Covenant and continued until 600 AD," the university said. Sothis is the ancient Greek name for Sirius.

The German research, which began in 1999, is aimed at documenting the origins of the Ethiopian state and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The hunt for the Ark, which featured in the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark, has become almost as legendary as the artefact itself. The 1981 film has the artefact recovered by the Nazis from a resting place in the "Well of Souls" in Tanis, Egypt – not to be confused with the Well of Souls on Temple Mount, Jerusalem. The Nazi treasure hunters are later killed when the Ark is opened.

The Old Testament recounts that Moses, on leading the Israelites from Egypt, received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai. These Commandments, written on stone tablets, were later placed in a chest made from acacia wood, plated with gold and topped with two golden angels. This was the Ark of the Covenant.

The Ark was then kept in the Temple of Solomon Jerusalem for centuries, according to the Old Testament. After Jerusalem was conquered by the Babylonians in the 6th century BC, the Bible and it entered the realm of legend. Ethiopian tradition claims that the Ark was moved to Axum from Jerusalem in 10th century BC. A sect in Ethiopia maintains that the Ark is kept at the church of St Mary of Zion, but the site is defended by monks and only one guardian is allowed to see it, making the claim impossible to verify

Human Biology

Volume 75, Number 2, April 2003

E-ISSN: 1534-6617 Print ISSN: 0018-7143

DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0036

Scacchi, R.
De Stefano, G. F.
Ruggeri, M.
Corbo, R. M.
Genetic Variation at Apolipoprotein E Locus in Ethiopia: An E5 Variant Corresponds to Two Different Mutant Alleles: E*5 (Glu212Lys) and E*5 (Gln204Lys; Cys112Arg)
Human Biology - Volume 75, Number 2, April 2003, pp. 293-300

Wayne State University Press

A previous investigation on apolipoprotein E polymorphism in the Ethiopian population highlighted the presence of a further variant allele named E*5 in addition to the three common alleles. The variant is considered rare elsewhere but has a frequency of more than 1% in this population. Now characterized by gene sequencing and restriction isotyping in many members of the families of the original carriers, the variant isoform has actually been found to be determined by two different gene mutations. Effectively rare in Ethiopians, one of the two, E5 (Gln204Lys, Cys112Arg), has never been described before. The other, E5 (Glu212Lys), previously described in a subject of Turkish origin, is present at the polymorphic level only in the Ethiopian population. No subjects bearing these variants had anomalous lipid or apolipoprotein patterns. In the course of the present investigation both have been found to occur as rare variants in the southern Italian population as well. The occurrence of the two variants in the populations of Ethiopia and of the Mediterranean basin could be explained by taking into account the relevant Caucasoid contribution to the Ethiopian gene pool.

Keepers of The Lost Tabot

አክሱም ጺዩን በአንደበታቸው

በአለም ላይ ይህ እጅግ በጣም የሚፈራ እና ድንቅ ተአምራትን የሚሰራው ታቦተ ህግ ለብዙ ሺህ አመታት ተጠብቆ የሚገኘው አክሱም ጺዮን ውስጥ መሆኑን በልበ ሙሉነት የምትናገረው ኢትዩጵያ ብቻ ብትሆንም የቀድሞ ባለቤቶቿ ግን ፈጽሞ ሊዋጥላቸው አልቻልም በርግጥም ጺዮን ለምን ለኢትዩጵያ እና ለኢትዩጵያውያን እንደማይገባን ሲናገሩም አይደመጡም ?... አሁንም ባገኙት አጋጣሚ ሁሉ ታቦተ ጺዮንን ፍለጋ የማወጡት ተራራ የማይፈነቅሉት ድንጋይ የለም ። እንደ እነ ኢንዲያና ጆን የመሳሰሉ የሆሊውድ ተረቶችን ጨምሮ ልፋ ያለው …..

እንዴት ተደርጎ ወደ ኢትዩጵያ ውስጥ ይገባል፣ የማይሆን ነገር ነው፣ አፈ ታሪክ ነው፣ ሳባ አረብ ናት፣ቀዳማዊ ሚኒልክ የኢትዩጵያውያን ፈጠራ ነው ሲሉ ይቆዩኑና አይናቸውን በጨው አጥበው ደግሞ ትግራይ ነው ያለው፣ መጀመርያ ያረፈው ጣና ደሴት ላይ ነው አብረው የመጡትም እዛው ተቀብረዋል፣ ትክክልኛዋ ጺዩን እንዳትታወቅ 50000 ተመሳሳይ ጽላቶችን ሰርተዋል ፣ በደናግላን ነው የምትጠበቀው ይሉናል። እንደገና ይመለሱ እና እውን ታቦተ ጺዩን በኢትዩጵያውያን እጅ ከሆነች ለምን በድርቅ፣ በረሃብ፣ በበሽታ፣ብስደት፣በርስ በርስ ጦርነት፣በዘርኝነት፣በጎጥኝነት፣ በመልካም አስትዳደር እጦት ይሰቃያሉ ይላሉ ። ወዲያው ይመለሱ እና እንደ ኢትዩጵያውያን ጠላቶች መብዛት፣ እና እስካሁን እንደ ተሳተፉበት ጦርነት ቢሆን ኖሮ ካለ ታቦተ ጺዩን ጠባቂነት ኢትዩጵያ እንደ ሃገር እዚህ ምድር ላይ አትኖርም ነበር መሬት መንቀጥቀጥ አያውቁ፣ቶርኔቶ አያውቁ፣ሱናሚ አያውቁ፣ ብለው ይሉናል።

እንድገና ሌላ ጨዋታ ይጀምራሉ የጽላቱ ሃይል በምድር ላይ የሚያክለው የለም፣ በጦር ሜዳ ላይ በቅጽበት ድልን ያቀዳጃል፣ የዚህን ሀይል የሚለካ መሳሪያ የለንም፣ ከኒውክለር ይበልጣል ሲሉ ይቆዩና፣ ተመልሰው ጽላቱን በአይናችን እንየው፣ ብእጃችን እንንካው፣በአይናችን እንድናይ እስካልተፈቀደልን ድረስ ጽላቱ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ መኖሩን አንቀበልም አሁን ደግሞ ሙዝየም ውስጥ ይቀመጥልን እያሉ ባግኙት አጋጣሚ ሁሉ ይውተውታሉ ፣ አንዳንዴማ ጆሮ አይሰማው የለ አይን አያየው የለ እነዚህ ሰዎች በጤናቸው ነው ያስብላል።

ምናልባት ይህንን ሙሴ ከእግዚአብሔር በሲና ተራራ የተቀበለው ታቦተ ህግ በኢትዬጵያ አክሱም ጺዮን ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ በማስረጃ የተደገፈ ግኝት በተከታታይ አራት ክፍል ቀርቦ ሲመለከቱት ምናልባት ከተምታታበት ሃሳባቸውን ፈቅ ሊሉ ይችሉ ይሆናል እርሶም በጽሞና ይከታትሉት ።

ሙሴ ከእግዚአብሔር በሲና ተራራ የተቀበለው ታቦተ ህግ በኢትዬጵያ አክሱም ጺዮን ውስጥ እንደሚገኝ በማስረጃ የተደገፈ ግኝት በተከታታይ አራት ክፍል።

Ark of the Covenant

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Ethiopia priest

Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:08pm GMT

By Tsegaye Tadesse

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The head of Ethiopia's Orthodox Church on Tuesday denied reports that he is about to unveil to the world the Ark of the Covenant that Moses is said to have stored the Ten Commandments tablets in.

Patriarch Abune Paulos said Italian media had incorrectly reported that he would place the Ark in a museum in the country's north.

Legend has it that the box-shaped Ark has been hidden from sight in Ethiopia since 642 BC.

"I am deeply disappointed that the Italian media misquoted me and disseminated false information about me unveiling the Ark of the Covenant to the world," he said at a news conference.

"It is a fabrication, disinformation."

Some Ethiopians believe that Prince Menelik I -- who is said to be the result of a union between Israel's King Solomon and the Ethiopia Queen of Sheba -- took the Ark from Jerusalem to Ethiopia while he was in power around 950 BC.

"I would like to confirm once again that the Ark of the Covenant and the sacred tablets containing the Ten Commandments that God delivered to Moses are in Ethiopia," Abune added.

Replicas of the Ark are in more than 50,000 Orthodox churches in the Horn of Africa country, the church says.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church says it keeps the Ark in a holy shrine in the north of the country. Only a small number of priests can even go near the room where it is said to be kept.

II Patriarch of Ethiopia: "The world will know the Ark of the Covenant"

 

Roma, 17 giu. (Adnkronos) - Soon the world will admire the Ark of the described in the Bible as the container of the Tables of the Law which God gave to Moses and the center, over the centuries, of research and studies.

He said in an interview exclusive video all 'ADNKRONOS, Ign visible on the site, tested on-line site Adnkronos (www.adnkronos. com), the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia Abuna Pauolos, in these days in Italy for 'G8 of Religions', and that tomorrow will meet Pope Benedict XVI for the first time and to which, "if you ask - continued the Patriarch - tell the whole of part of the current situation."

"The Ark of - reaffirms Pauolos - is in Ethiopia for many centuries. Patriarca As I saw with my own eyes and only a few very qualified people have been able to do the same, so far." According to the patriarch is kept in a church, but to defend the authentic copy of a religious symbol and 'been placed in every church in the country.

The official announcement that the Etopia give the world the keys to the secret part of the millennium, will be given next Friday during a press conference at the Hotel Aldrovandi 14 Rome from the Orthodox Patriarch of Ethiopia, along with Prince Aklile Berhan Makonnen Haile Selassie, and the Duke Amedeo D'Aosta, which will be in Rome tomorrow morning.

According to some studies, the Ark was stolen from Jerusalem by the son of King Solomon and brought to Axum, regarded as the Jerusalem of Ethiopia. It will rise to Axum Museum named to host the Ark, whose project was funded by the Foundation of the prince, heir-designate to the throne by Haile Selassie before he died, Crhijecllu, acronym of the initials of the names of the children of Prince Christian , Jessica, Clarissa, Lucrezia.

A few weeks ago had been shown around the world the news that would have been seen by a journalist in the Ark authentic Ethiopian church. It 'was then that the Patriarch has gained Pauolos the decision to "say once and for all the world the truth'" on the wooden crate and gold with the Tables of the Law of God. The Patriarch has judged the time ripe to close permanently chapter in which up to now no history, no research, no 'Indiana Jones', was able to write the word order.

The Patriarch of the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox Church has wanted to be at his side in this adventure, the grandson of the Negus, head of an important family, whose role is recognized both in Ethiopia and abroad. Prince heir who two years ago managed to reconcile the Christian and Muslim factions at the center in Ethiopia for a hard contrast.

It 'started the countdown to finally unveil the mystery of the sacred Ark of the Covenant, capable, according to legend, to release bursts of divine light and lightning can incinerate anyone who was affected, as is effectively described in the cult movie 'I lost part of the predators'. From the fiction film will now be transferred to reality..

Friday press conference with the official announcement, an event was possible thanks to the collaboration of Paul Salerno, collaborator of Prince and the journalist Antonio Parisi, who for several years following the historical events of royal families and the Ethiopian in particular, and of course part of the Alliance.

What is the Ark of the Covenant, one of the greatest mysteries of antiquity on which fantasy, legend and history have continued to interlacing for centuries? The Ark, in Jewish tradition, contained the Tables of the Law, ie the Ten Commandments, and the artefact, acacia wood, was built by Moses. Outside decorations were gold and has long been kept by the Jewish people: it has accompanied its vicissitudes, the battles and defeats, the wanderings and struggles against the Philistines and was kept in various places until the King David is not l 'was placed in the fortress of Jerusalem.

But it is Solomon, son and successor of David, to put the Ark in the Temple of Jerusalem which he himself had built. This story then interwoven with historical events and other religious and national traditions. In fact, the Ark of the disappeared in 586 BC with the conquest of Jerusalem by the Babylonians and the consequent destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.

However it can be ruined, there is no written testimony, then l 'Arca symbol becomes eternally sought by men and found in various parts of the world, from Africa to the Middle East. Ethiopian tradition places the Ark in the kingdom of Axum, after Solomon had given to the son of the Queen of Sheba, Menelik I. Here, it remained over the centuries protected by Orthodox monks in the city 'in the holy of Lalibela to Axum, where would be today.

The Ark, which is not visible to anybody except a monaco that the guards, is preserved in the complex of the cathedral of Saint Mary of Zion, and 'therefore hidden to all and is carried in procession once a year but wrapped in a cloth .

The Ark has access to the imagination of archaeologists, writers, religious groups, seven of every kind. In fact, tradition states that it adopts a particular power but also that those who were touched fulminates. An object that given its location - the Temple of Jerusalem - has been from time to time in the middle of stories related to Masonry or Templars. However, it should be remembered that there are many churches in Ethiopia and in which 'kept un'''arca'', as well as other scholars - often moving at the edge of mystery and legend - the place in various parts of the world.
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French Ambassador returns stolen St. Yared's cross to Ethiopian Orthodox Church

ADDIS ABABA, June 3 (NNN-ENA) -- St. Yared's Cross, which was kept by individuals for 18 years in France's capital Paris, returned to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) on Wednesday. The cross, which had belonged to the treasury of Tana Tcherqos church for centuries, was stolen at gun point in the early 90s, during the Derg regime. Also on the occasion EOC inaugurated its first publication on the church's artistic heritage entitled "Ethiopian Church, Treasures and Faith". Speaking at the occasion, Patriarch of the EOC Abune Paulos, said several heritages of Ethiopia are still found in various European countries. All Ethiopians should strive to return the heritages to their country. Abune Paulos, who is also President of World Council of Churches appreciated the efforts made by art historian and researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Jacques Mercier for the return of the heritage. Regarding the book, he said it is aiming at presenting the guidelines of the Holy Synod for a policy for the conservation, preservation and promotion of the liturgical treasures of the Ethiopian Church. Saint Yared is a major figure of the Ethiopian Church. He is celebrated for having codified liturgical chanting in the 6th century. Ambassador of France to Ethiopia, Jean Christophe Bellard and other invited guests attended the event. -- NNN-ENA