Jairazbhoy's "Rameses III, Father of Ancient America", was Re: Caral's Irrigation system

On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:17:30 -0500 (CDT), in sci.archaeology, Larry Athy
wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 9, 2003, 4:58pm (CDT+6), a ramtops demon posted pure fiction
>here.  I have supported most of what I have written on the
>Egyptian/Olmec subject with references to published materials.  

But you have not been able to give specifics, only vague references to
books, mainly by authors who are not exactly at the forefront of
Mesoamerican or Egyptian archaeology.

>Only a
>demon would reject all without reading them himself.  Why should anyone
>else do his research for him when he refuses to accept the word of
>others??

You rely very heavily on  the book "Ramses III, Father of Ancient
America", by R. A. Jairazbhoy, 1992,

Those interested in Mesoamerican civilizations may be surprised to find
out that according to the blurb on the back of this book he "is the
foremost scholar alive today on Mesoamerican civilizations."  

 I was wondering about your comment +++ Only one Egyptian hieroglyph has
been found at the Olmec sites so
far.  Very few Egyptians were able to use them; and it is clear that the
mariners who arrived in the Olmec country were not able to do so."

Jairazbhoy clearly thinks that there was more than one hieroglyph found,
as he mentions four in that book, and also believes that Egyptian scribes
came to Mesoamerica and even brought their patron god Thoth with them.
You apparently disagree.  Why is that?

I don't see why I should accept Jairazbhoy's word about anything.   

This is the statue that he claims is a statue of Ramses III found in the
volcano at San Martin:
http://edj.net/mc2012/waters.htm  (diagram 178, Monument 1).

He claims it is a picture of Ramses in his boat painted in his temple at
Thebes, claiming that "This is proved by seven particulars that they share
in common. Both wear wrist and arm bands, and more importantly, a head
cloth whose lappets fall over the ears onto the shoulders.  It is called
the nemes crown in Egypt, and is worn only by the Pharaoh. Again, only the
Pharaoh could wear a uraeus on the brow, which is a firespitting serpent..
The Mexican figure has serpents beside the brow and they are actually
flamelike.  Finally, in addition to the posture, the oars, the items of
apparel, and the snake diadem, both have three crosses above the head.  In
Egypt they are hieroglyphic signs for 'city' and imply here the heavenly
city in the underworld. And similarly, in Mexico the cross-in-disk
signifies the sun in the Underworld."



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