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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wally: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Kem-Au: [b]Makes sense. BTW, which version of the Book of the Dead do you have?[/b][/QUOTE] I'm using this text: The Egyptian Book of the Dead: (The Papyrus of Ani) Egyptian Text Transliteration and Translation by E.A. Wallis Budge Dover [b]another [i]small point[/i]:[/b] You may want to check this point also, in the text there are several occasions where the word "Tawi" occurs, in which Budge translates it as "Egypt", however if you look closely the word is not written with the two "Nu" (Niut) determinatives but with the determinative "Ateb" (Atebiut) - The word "Ateb" refers specifically to the earth, soil, or ground and probably (?) refers to the two worlds (of opposites; good/evil-heaven/hell-living/dead). Tawi (niut) means literally "the two nations; communities; districts; etc" Tawi (atebiut) means "the two lands; worlds; earths; etc" it's a subtle, but important distinction, like the difference between Kemet (nu) - "Black nation" and Kemet (boeit) "Black cow"... [b]The Wawat[/b] What I'm really interested in is that a so-called "Nubian" people or territory "Wawat" is designated by the Egyptians as an Egyptian territory (nu) and which is described by them as being a rebellious one at that ("Wawat" means "Rebels") - was this a typical situation where southern Egyptians (including the Nubians) were constantly rebelling against the state? Did "Egyptology" create this false "apartheid" of Egypt above and below aswan? It's beginning to look like it. I think the natural and historical southern borders of Egypt extended far into the Sudan. We'll find out, for sure... [This message has been edited by Wally (edited 27 December 2004).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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