Other scientists and scholars' introductions, in full length,
as published in Ove von Spaeth's "The Enigmatic Son of Pharaoh's
Daughter", VOLUME 2
of the book-series "Assassinating Moses".
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In addition, the table of Contents of Vol. 2.
1
LEO HJORTSOE: INTRODUCTION TO
VOLUME 2
This work by Ove von Spaeth reassesses Moses' historic situation, and - if
properly published and put into circulation - it could alter our current
view of this historic sequence of events in the Near East during the last
half of the second millennium BC.
This is a
well-articulated, thought-provoking text that is very enjoyable reading and
which should interest any avid reader of ancient history for scientific and
personal reasons alike.
The writer presents a
truthful, comprehensive presentation of his material - with no ulterior
motives. The primary sources used here go far beyond those used in
contemporary research; and his secondary sources, including the results of
modern research all the way up to the present, are applied and discussed to
an astonishing degree.
Ove von Spaeth's work -
the result of year-long efforts on partly unheeded problems up to now - not
only constitutes serious historical research, but is a vivid historiography
appealing both to scientific history research and ordinary readers interested in
history.
Leo Hjortsø, University Lecturer in Cassic Philology, - of the
University of Copenhagen
2
KR. PEDER MOESGAARD & ERIK IVERSEN: INTRODUCTIONS TO VOL.2's
APPENDIX: EGYPTIAN STAR MAP
A treatise by Ove von Spaeth, documenting an exact dating of the oldest
Egyptian star map - is described by BBC's Science editor, the British
astronomer Dr Sir Patrick Moore, as "... a major advance".
This special treatise was
published in "Centaurus International Magazine of the History of
Mathematics, Science and Technology" (vol. 42:3, July-August 2000, pp.
159-179) and is, by permission, published too in the Appendix of
Volume 2, presented here in an easy to read form in a Danish translation.
The following
experts have contributed with valuable corrective data and introduced their
input as follows:
"... The resulting date of Senmut's star map, objectively proven by the
author on an astronomical basis, adds, in my opinion, a considerable
contribution to the debate concerning the Egyptian chronology. ..."
Kr. Peder Moesgaard, D.Sc., Professor, History of Science
Department, Aarhus University; - Director of the Steno Museum, Denmark's
National Museum for the History of Science, Aarhus, Aarhus
_
"Without any knowledge of astronomy I am nevertheless convinced that from an
Egyptological point of view the paper by Ove von Spaeth contains new and
valuable information concerning the date of Senmut's star map."
Erik Iversen, Dr.Phil.h.c., Egyptology, formerly of the University
of Copenhagen
Contents
- of Vol. 2: "The Enigmatic Son of Pharaoh's Daughter"
P A R T 1 1: WHO WAS MOSES?11
Background of the mystery. - The drama began in the royal family 2: Revealing Moses' Identity 76
Moses' royal ancestry. - The éminence gris behind Pharaoh's Daughter 3: Moses Educated to Become a Pharaoh Prince
24
Controversial archaeological find: entombment of Moses' wet nurse? 4: Moses' Astrological Burial Chamber 31
The undiscovered message of the star charts: a key to Moses' Egyptian identity 5: Moses - a Familiar Figure of Egyptian History
39
The enigma of the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter. - Astonishing identical personal
relations
P A R T 2 6: SECRET ROYAL MARRIAGE - AND THE COUP53
The beautiful royal princess. - Hatshepsut's coup. - Internal conspiracy against
Pharaoh 7: Mystery of the Secret Tombs63
The hidden royal tomb. - Grave site with the sacrificial killing of a substitute
king 8: The Strategy of Magic Images and Names69
Magic codes and magic names as a secret weapon 9: The Power Struggle is Triggered with No Holds Barred77
Assassination of the master key to Pharaoh's power.- And the murder of Moses'
wet nurse 10: The Fateful Plot84
The double-dealing of the high priest. - The brilliant protection scheme 11: The Cunning Trap92
The mysterious murder: was Moses guilty? - Moses is stripped of his royal symbol 12: Role-switch Exploited in the Coup99
The king's rejuvenation magic. - Moses as a stand-in royal sacrifice 13: The Ritual Fratricide106
Cosmic bad omen? - Fratricide in stand-in sacrifice? 14: Assassinating Moses111
The sham execution where Moses cracks. - Magical invocation by blood
P A R T 3 15: THE ESCAPE119
The mysterious death of the high priest. - The search party heads for Sinai 16: The Most Extensive Eradication of Names in all history of
Egypt 126
Name manipulation and destruction of images. - Was Moses' pharaoh-name stolen?
17: The Insidious Assumption of Power - and a Decisive Coup133
"Pharaoh" as a royal designation was first used at the coup d'etat of Tuthmosis
III 18: Words from the Tombs142
The mysterious disappearance of Hatshepsut. - Manipulation of the list of kings 19: Theft of Identity - Removing Traces of Moses 152
Was Moses' knowledge used against him? - Disintegration by plagiarism 20: Moses Rediscovered 160
New knowledge about the first forty years of Moses' life. - The turning point APPENDICES: Blood and Magic 169 -
Star chart date 176 - Map 238
PREFACE BY AUTHOR: This re-evaluation of the time and status
of the historical Moses and the special inspirations behind his work, is based
on interdisciplinary scientific- and cultural historical research, connecting
archaeological findings, textual research, and astronomical dating. All
recovered material are being related to the Bible, the Rabbinical Writings, and various authors of
Antiquity.
Many
handed-down sources and findings have, for the first time, been put into a
greater context and should be judged in its entirety. The book is not based
on single sources or solitary decisions; on the other hand, its foundation
is the presentation of a long string of clues and indications; these may be
considered a "special offer" to further research.
The book can be read
without previous scientific qualifications. And is not an attempt to present
Moses' "curriculum vitae", nor is it "documentary fiction", or a historical
account distributed by fashionable writing.
Annotations have been left out
in favour of coherence and legibility. Instead, annotations have been
continuously included in the reading-matter. References of sources are given
directly on the spot and may, as you like, be passed over or used in further
documentation just like Summaries and Appendixes. The intentional lack of
other current annotation is compensated for by a comprehensive bibliography
with further substantiation of the information given in the book. The
bibliography has been divided into various fields of subject in order to
facilitate verification.
The British Egyptologist
Alan H. Gardiner's transcription of Egyptian names has been preferred.
Supplementary astronomical data are presented at the end of the book.
A number of researchers
and experts have from their separate fields of science most kindly contributed
with guidance, criticism, argumentation, and encouragement. Naturally, these
experts are not responsible for the ways of using their
information.
Special thanks are offered to: Historical
Astronomy: Kristian Peder Moesgaard, D.Sc. Professor, History of
Science Department, Aarhus University - Director of the Steno Museum, The
Danish National Museum for the History of Science, Aarhus University. Egyptology:
Erik Iversen, Ph.D.,h.c., Assistant Professor, formerly Department of Egytology, University of
Copenhagen; - Eva Richter Aeroe, M.A., Assistant Professor, Carsten Niebuhr Institute,
University of Copenhagen. Hebrew
Philology/Bible- and Talmud Texts: Egon K. Keck, M.A. in Semitic
Languages, Subject Adviser, Dep. of Judaism, The Royal National Library of
Denmark, Copenhagen; - S. Heimann, Rabbi, formerly Dep. of Judaism,
The Royal National Library of Denmark, Copenhagen; - Jens-André P.
Herbener, M.A. in Semitic Philology and Comparative Religion, and Project
leader, at The Royal National Library of Denmark, of the new scholarly
translation into Danish of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Biblical Research:
B.D., Royal National Library of Denmark, Copenhagen. Greek Philology
and Mythology: Leo Hjortsoe, Assistant Professor, Department of
Greek and Latin, University of Copenhagen. History:
Jens Jörgensen, M.A. in History, former Headmaster, officiately app.
examiner in history at the Universities of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense. Principles of the
Jewish/Mosaic Calendar: Bent Lexner, Chief Rabbi of Denmark, Copenhagen. Astronomical
Calculation: Leif Kahl Kristensen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of History of Science, Aarhus University; - K.A. Ternoe,
M.A., formerly Department of Physics, Danish Post-Graduate Training College
for Educated Teachers, Copenhagen; - Kyril Fabrin, Assist.
Professor, Mathematics & Astronomy, formerly Aalborg University; -
H. Quade Rasmusen, Astronomer, Kalundborg, DK; - F.R. Stephenson,
D.C., Astronomer, University of Durham, England; - David Dunham, DC,
Astronomer, US Naval Observatory, Washington DC, USA. Further thanks to:
Rune Engelbreth Larsen, M.A. in History of Ideas and History of Religion; -
Eva Björnböl, Research-librarian, Cairo; - Jannie Fursund, LLD,
Assistant Professor; - Asmus Koefoed, Bach.Phys.; -
Karine Smidth, Journalist; - Bodil Eeg
Neumann, Techn.A.; - Sidney Maage, Principal, Ministry of Defence; - Raymond Bildstedfelt, Inf.Director,
DI; - Marianne Illum, proofreader; - Evan Bogan, Publ. Director;
- The staff of The Royal National Library of Denmark, and the staff of Dep. II of
the Copenhagen University Library; - Construction of Computer Programmes: Laurids Pedersen, Nysted, DK;
- Astronomical Computer Calculations: Jarl Hansen, Macro Systems Internet, Coín, Spain. OvS.
Summary - some synoptic clues in the Volume 2:
The Enigmatic Son of Pharaoh's Daughter,
- Moses' Identity and Mystery Re-evaluated
* *
In the second volume
of the series, Moses is being further identified on the basis of the ancient
sources of the Rabbinical Writings as being the mightiest man in Egypt next
to Pharaoh, actually he had the position as Pharaoh's substitute and held
all the offices normally carried out by an heir to the throne. (However, the
other books of the series can be read independently of these
discoveries and without perceiving Moses being in the described role of a
crown prince).
A new reality is underlying the ancient traditions about Moses, who was originally
an Egyptian pharaoh prince expelled as a claimant to the throne and whose
mysterious disappearance led to the ruin of his reputation ...
It is a historical fact
that early traces of "monotheism" (in fact monolatri), i.e. the
science of one chosen (creating) god superior to other gods, was known in
Egypt - for instance in the 13th century BC, i.e. the time of Moses.
According to ancient writers he would lay down his own ideas about reforming
the Egyptian religion, so that the clergy had obviously good reasons for
making self-protection.
In 1493 BC, Queen
Hatshepsut, who proclaimed herself Pharaoh, followed the Sed Festival
tradition of other Egyptian kings, a renewal anniversary. The resistance of
the clergy reached its climax here. Moses, now almost at the age of 40, was
accused of murder. A brief version of this intrigue is mentioned in the
Bible (Exodus) 2:11-14). However, the Rabbinical Writings
present a much more improved situation, a regular frame-up, in which two
Hebrew men trap Moses and witness against him.
However, Moses'
precautionary measures against being killed resulted in a symbolic
execution. This left him without his high-ranking posts and in fact banned.
This hindered him from resuming of his candidacy to the throne. He had to
escape from Egypt immediately as outlawed, and his official identity as a
prince, the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter, and candidate to the throne was
destroyed as a consequence of the fake execution and the attached magic
curse. All traces of him were also to be deleted.
Hatshepsut's powers were
partly taken over by young Tuthmosis III, who was Moses' "half-brother".
Eventually - by a historically well known coup in 1488/1487 BC - this new
Pharaoh seized the complete power from Hatshepsut, who was also his father's
sister, his mother-in-law, as well as his pro forma step-mother. She died a
few months later under strange and still unexplained circumstances.
According to the
Rabbinical Writings and other sources, Moses did not escape to Sinai right
away, but went to Ethiopia/Nubia first. In this way he avoided Tuthmosis
III's expedition of pursue at Sinai.
The exiting
material collected in the book makes it perfectly clear that point after
point of the biblical Moses narrative and its attached texts in the
Rabbinical Writings prove more plausible than considered possible so far: in
particular it is striking when Rabbinical and ancient writers' information
is being evaluated together with finds and results from archaeology and
Egyptology. In addition astronomical dating based on information deposited
in the oldest Egyptian star map demonstrates the exact accordance with
Jewish sources.
The considerable number
of presented indications will contribute to establishing who this person
could be in ancient Egypt, who was later known as Moses. As will be seen, a
brilliantly intelligent person, who was sabotaged by envious persons - among
which a very clever competitor, but probably also counting a number of
mediocrities - a problem well known through history.
The now disclosed
material leads directly into surprisingly dramatic courses: magic protection
strategies, secret tombs, substitution-victims, liquidations, executed statutes
of kings, hidden name codes, coup d'états, poisonings, and manipulations with
the list of kings - and with, consequently, the perception of history ...
* *
- More about the contents:
Information points concerning this Volume
2 of the series
"Assassinating Moses"
OVE VON SPAETH: INTRODUCTION, VOL.2's APPENDIX "SENMUTS' STAR MAP -
DATED BY ASTRONOMY"
Ove von Spaeth's introduction
- concerning the Vol. 2's Appendix on "Senmuts' Star Map Dated By Modern
Astronomy" (supplying chapter 4).
Documentation of the dating of Senmut's star map. The scientific treatise by Ove
von Spaeth published in "Centaurus" (Vol.42;3, 2000, pp. 159-179) was later
re-edited to be used by readers without "professional" astronomical knowledge.
This to be presented in connection with Ove von Spaeth's Moses-research - then being added as a special Appendix to vol. 2 of his present book-series on
Moses.
From a hitherto unknown
level of the astronomical knowledge by ancient Egyptians, in a high-level era of
1550-1450 BC, an opportunity now turns out concerning the ability of discovering
new and surprising information contained in Egypt's oldest star map. The star
map in question constitutes the adornment of a tomb construction which belonged
to the grand vizier and calendar chief of Queen Hatshepsut, approx. 3,500 years
ago, under the 18th dynasty. Also, it is the world's oldest star map.
According to the
presented analysis, the star-map reveals to contain information of an actual
celestial event of its time. This recent discovery uncovers thus the earliest
exact scientific description of an otherwise rare but not unknown celestial
phenomenon. The findings can be exposed, for instance, as the following summary:
"The study concludes as follows: The Senmut map depicts an exceptional
event in the sky. This seems to have produced a prototype for all later
pictures of similar celestial events - but with one exception: In the
first depiction, in the time of Senmut, Mars is retrograde in the west
when the other planets assemble around Sirius in the east.
So far has been
demonstrated: 1) The Senmut maps contain a cosmological and
astro-mythological expression not only as decoration - as hitherto
assumed - but also as a picture of a particular and unique situation in the sky. - 2) This configuration of the sky can be exactly dated: 1534
BC.
In addition the star maps
may contribute to a much better dating of their creator Senmut and also
of the contemporary Egyptian pharaohs."
D.I. Loizos, Professor of History, Editor-in-Chief, -
Anistoriton Journal of History, Archaeology, & ArtHistory, Vol.
6/2002 (ISSN 1108-4081), - Anistoriton History Library, Athens, Greece
The further achievements of the research yields twofold:
a) presenting an
able method of dating other similar star maps produced through the ages of
Egypt;
b) the very
discovery that other star maps, too, e.g. by Ramses II, are constructed
according to similar systems containing information reflecting their exact
dating.
As an extra gain the
especially important era of ancient history (Egypt's 18th dynasty period) is now
to be set free of the limbo of non-fixation of its exact time.
By these results it is
our wish to offer special thanks for the consultations concerning original
corrections for respectively the astronomy concept and the Egyptian texts:
- Kristian Peder Moesgaard, D.Sc., Professor, History of Science Department,
Aarhus University; - Director of the Steno Museum, Denmark's National Museum for the History of Science, Aarhus;
and to:
- Erik Iversen, Dr.Phil.h.c., Egyptology, formerly of the University of
Copenhagen.
A special treasure of knowledge and wisdom
of Greece, Rome, and the Renaissance had originated in Ancient Egypt -
and was here known to connect also with the historical Moses' dramatic
fate and mystery.
Ove von Spaeth has
written an intriguing, new-orientating work presenting this still
influential background of our civilization. • His interdisciplinary
research on history, archaeology, and anthropology goes deeply into
Egyptian tradition, history of religion, initiation cults, star-knowledge,
and mythology - relating to biblical studies, the Rabbinical Writings,
and the authors of Antiquity. • Each volume offers unique insights not
presented before.
Special information is
presented by clicking on the individual cover illustrations:
(ed.note: reading the orientation is highly
recommended. The books are being translated into English)
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