The Mysterious False Door in the Cairo Museum  

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Mysterious False Door in the Cairo Museum by KarimaI am not sure if I find things, or if I am drawn to things, making it them, that find me?

Second time I was in Egypt, I visited the Cairo museum, the biggest museum in the world (according to my thoughts) :) There are so many things there from the ancient world, that it would take months to see them all. I had my camera with me and was actually running out of film, when my eyes suddenly caught something, which was placed on a lower shelf (beneath knee height) some meters away. I quickly walked towards it, I could see that it was a false door. A false door is something the ancient Egyptian would use in their tombs, the purpose of these false doors is for the Ba of the deceased (Ba, a kind of spirit being). what stunned me the most about it, was the writing upon the false door, which did not look like the ancient Egyptians at all. I recognized the alphabet immediately, because I had just been working with this alphabet. As I was studying my fathers roots, I quickly read about their language and alphabet - Tamazight, which comes very close to the writing upon the false door above (again a personal opinion), if not identical.

TamazightPicture taken by karima

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4 comments

Have you guys seen this movie? If you haven't take a look at the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG1MrpqYtBU
It is amazing that so many years nobody said even a word about these strange things of ancient egypt.
Let me know what you think.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Dear Henry,
I just saw the trailer, It's what I write about.. But the trailer did not give enough information about which angle this Doc(?) is taking?

Sincerely,
Karima

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

@henry, thanks for the tips. I will go today to rent the movie. very interesting..

Thursday, February 03, 2011

I have never heard of the language "Tamazite"

It's a great piece of info. I shall do some research on Tamazite language now. Thanks..

Sunday, December 11, 2011

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