It's sadly amazing that in the 21st century billions of people believe a book that calls for the killing of witches is actually the word of God. The American founder and Deist Thomas Paine was right when he wrote in The Age of Reason that we need a revolution in religion based on our innate God-given reason and Deism. This will make for a much better world.
I’m not surprised that the churches have agreed not to compare the bones to see if they are from the same person. I guess everyone is still embarrassed by the discovery that the two sections of jawbone supposedly belonging to John the Baptist came from two different people who lived more than a thousand years apart.
For an interesting look at the Templars' supposed 'guilts', I suggest folks look up the 'Chinon Parchment', which was found in 2001, among a group of papers called 'Processus Contra Templarios" ( The Trial of The Templars) , & were found to have been stuffed into other very old books, long ago, in the 'Vatican Secret Archives'. The original papers were published in 1308. The new publication in 2007, by the Vatican Secret Archives .The limited publication of 799 was made available- at exorbitant cost. The information is a complete & separate investigation by Pope Clement into the charges brought by Phillip-who indeed, did desire their wealth. The Pope's findings determined they were not guilty of heinous acts against the church & he found them not guilty. Phillip pressed forward regardless. The lot of the Templars who went to Paris were interred, & tortured for 7 years. Some, including De Molay, had their feet held to the fire until they burned off. ( the bones were mockingly returned to them in a bag). De Molay, chained to the post-the fire lit- declared the curse against both the King & the Pope, & both died in short order, whether form the curse or the poor sanitary/living conditions of the times. Phillip didn't get much of the wealth as the Templar's ships in the harbors 'mysteriously/ disappeared before he could act. He did get many lands & other resources however. The order went 'underground' as a matter of course. They went to many lands, Scotland among them & figured in the decisive Battle of Bannockburn, in support of the Scots, fighting the English machine. The Templars are credited with creating a banking system, whereby pilgrims to the Holy Lands could deposit their monies in their localized Templar banks & 'traveler's checks' could be written on their journeys. They did hold land, lots of it, as the support for their missions to protect, defend the Holy Lands, & feed their soldiers, required much money. You could call all of it 'liquid assets' that could be traded for other necessities. If one is inclined to study & see some light into the dark past, the last I looked, the translation of the Chinon Parchment itself could be found at; http://www.inrebus.com/chinon.php . i will warn anyone on one thing; the legalese languages used in court haven't changed much, no matter how 'advanced' we think the systems are today! When I read a portion of the Parchment, I couldn't tell how anyone would determine if anyone else was innocent-or guilty! Over time, much valuable knowledge has been lost, or misconstrued. ( Think about how far along all
mankind would be, today, if the library at Alexandria hadn't been burned!). I feel it is encumbent upon folks who desire the light of knowledge, to look (or dig!) for Truth. If Templar history is interesting to you, I invite you to dig! Thanks,Mike
Interesting. As an avid reader of history, I have never heard this tale. It would be helpful to include the names of the good an evil king and your sources.
Lack of knowledge is the worst disaster that can happen for a person and it seems that you are suffering from it. Study more and do not make hallucinations.
Mahbod is an scholar. Every literate person knows that Babak was Persian who defended Iran aginst Arab invaders. The igonrant people, like Shehi, do not know that republic of Azarbaijan was part of Iran, and it was during Qajar Dynasty, some decaded ago, that some part of Azrabaijan was seperated from Iran and annaxed to Riassia. Later, when when Formwe Soviet Collapsed, Azarbaijan and many other countries like Tajikestan ete gained their indipendence. I recmoned dogmatic people like you to study more. Fortunatle, Iran histroy is so briulinat and it has such famous celebrities that certin people tre ti steal them, but they cannt. Just they annoy themselves.
nice but strange because the information that swords were often placed in sacred bodies of water was new info to me. Further clarity came with Philips comments, so kudos there as well. http://www.assignmentpoint.co.uk
Stop reading just one website and do actual research. If you did the research you would know that there is genetic and ethnographic evidence that some of the Mexicans were Blacks. The Mayan speaking Mexicans include Black Mexicans who were probably decendants of the Paleoamericans. According to Quatrefages in The Human Species, the Black tribes of Mexico include the Othomi (Otomi), and Tzendal/Chontal. Arnaiz-Villena and Winters have discussed the genetic evidence of Indigenous Mexican-African admixture that is compelling (refer to articles cited above). The frequency of HLA B*35 at 45% is highest among the Maya. We also find that the YAP+ associated with AàG transition at DYS271 and 9bp also has a high frequency among the Maya, all these markers are associated with African ancestry. This is not surprising because Quatrefages classified the Chontal Maya as Black Native Americans , and sickle cell anemia is found among ancient Mayan skeletons.
The Amerindian haplogroups (hg) are descendant from the L3(M,N, & X) macrohaplogroup): ABCDN and X. The L3 (M,N,X) marcogroup converge at np 16223.
The phylogeography of haplogroup C suggest that this American founder haplogroup differentiated in Siberia—Asia . The situation is not so clear for haplogrop B2, but A2 and D1 probably differentiated after the mongoloid Native American lineages diverged after crossing the Beringa Straits.
Haplogroup A2 has the motif 16111T,16223c, 16290T, 16319A and 16223C . Haplogroup A is rare in Siberia . Interestingly, haplogroup A absent in western North America is common in parts of Central America and Northern America where the Spanish reported the existence of Black Native American communities.
In a recent study of post-Classic Mexicans at Tlatilco , dating between 10-13 centuries the subjects carried the founder haplogroups A (36%), B (13%), C (4.3%) and D (17.4%) . We should note, that in Yucatec, the Mayans were predominately haplogroup A, the Maya in Hondurus, a stronghold of the Black Native Americans belonged to haplogroup C.
The mtDNA haplogroup A common to Mexicans is also found among the Mande speaking people and some East Africans . Haplogroup A found among Mixe and Mixtecs .The Mande speakers carry mtDNA haplogroup A, which is common among Mexicans . In addition to the Mande speaking people of West Africa, Southeast Africa Africans also carry mtDNA haplogroup A .
The major American Indian male lineages include R1, C,D and Q3.There is evidence of African admixture in the American y-chromosome haplogroups. The Q y-haplogroup has the highest frequency among indigenous Mexicans. The frequency hg Q varies from a high of 54% for Q-M243, and a low of 46% for QM .
Underhill et al , noted that:" One Mayan male, previously [has been] shown to have an African Y chromosome". This is very interesting because the Maya language illustrates a Mande substratum, in addition to African genetic markers . Recent research indicate the Ch’ol and Chontal also carry E1b1b .
African y-chromosome are associated with YAP+ and 9bp. The YAP-à associated with A-àG transition at DYS271 is found among Native Americans. The YAP+ individuals include Mixe speakers (32-33). YAP+ is often present in haplogroups (hg) C and D.
The DYS271 transition is of African origin.The DSY271 Alu insertion is found only in chromosomes bearing Alu insertion (YAP+) at locus DYS287 (33). The DYS271 transition was found among the Wayuu, Zenu and Inzano. The Mexican Native American y-chromosome bearing the African markers is resident in haplogroups C and D .
The R haplogroup is carried by Mexicans. The frequency of hg R varies from Tarahumara (5.6%), Otomi (14.3%), Yucateca Maya (10.5%). There is also a high frequency of haplogroup R among the Ch’ol and Chontal which stood around 15% . The most pristine form of R-M173 is carried by Africans. The haplogroup R-M173 is not found in Siberia.. The Ch’ol and Chontal also carry E1b1b . The fact that Neves discovered the Paleoamericans were Black, makes it clear that the ancestors of the Aztecs and Chontal may be descendants of this Mexican population.
In addition, eyewitness accounts of SSA populations in the Caribbean, and Mexico anthropologists have found SSA skeletons at Pre-Columbian sites . Moore, Wailoo, and Whittington report that ancient Mayan skeletal remains indicate that they suffered from sickle cell anemia an illness associated with Sub-Saharan Africans . The presence of sickle cell anemia among the ancient Maya, supports Quatrefages claim that the Chontal Maya were Africans . Winters has shown the Manding, an African language, as a substratum in Mayan languages.
In summary, the genetic evidence makes it clear Black descendants of the paleoamericans were in Mexico when the Spanish arrived there, and exist in Mexico today. Stop trying to steal the history of the paleoamericans and their contemporary Black descendants in Mexico.
Alexander von Wuthenau was not a crackpot. In his several books he proved that Meso-America was a multiracial society where nationalities from all over the world, met, mated and traded with one another. Your irrational belief that there were no Blacks in Mexico before Columbus can no longer be supported given the fact that the paleoamericans Luzia of Brazil and Naia of Mexico were phenotypically African Melanesia or Australian according to Neves and Critters, people who we classify as Blacks. The fact that the Polish physical anthropologist Wiercinski, found Mongoloid, African and European skeletons at Olmec sites make it clear that when von Wuthenau wrote about the multi-ethnic heritage of Mexico , his findings were valid and true. There is no evidence that the present mongoloid Indians of Mexico killed off all the paleoamericans, so it is ludicrous for you to claim that there were no Blacks in Mexico, when the Spanish claimed the Chontal Maya and Aztecs were Blacks.
Von Wuthenau, Alexander. (1980). Unexplained Faces in Ancient America, 2nd Edition, Mexico 1980.
Wiener, Leo.(1922). Africa and the Discovery of America.
Wiercinski, A.(1969). Affinidades raciales de algunas poblaiones antiquas de Mexico, Anales de INAH, 7a epoca, tomo II, 123-143.
Wiercinski,A. (1972). Inter-and Intrapopulational Racial Differentiation of Tlatilco, Cerro de Las Mesas, Teothuacan, Monte Alban and Yucatan Maya, XXXlX Congreso Intern. de Americanistas, Lima 1970 ,Vol.1, 231-252.
Wiercinski,A. (1972b). An anthropological study on the origin of "Olmecs", Swiatowit ,33, 143-174.
Wiercinski, A. & Jairazbhoy, R.A. (1975) "Comment", The New Diffusionist,5 (18),5.
You are thr crackpot. You have mentioned in your post info relating to South America, when this article is about Mexico. In a delusional rant you talk about Olmec DNA when up to now we have no Olmec DNA, but we do have Olmec skeletal remains that indicate they were Blacks, just like the Paleoamericans were Blacks.
You should be ashamed of yourself. Stop spreading lies about what El Dorado means; here you are talking about Columbia, when this article is about the Aztecs and Maya people of mexico—not South America.
Nancy I beg to differ. I do not see the correlation in 1 Kings 9:26 with the Exodus narrative. A rational, non-miraculous explanation for the parting of the sea (in this case Yam Suph/pa-Tjuf/Sea Of Reeds/the Balla Lakes east of Goshen) is that the Israelites witnessed a pushing back of the shallow (around ten feet) waters by a strong easterly wind of the Balla lakes from their eastern section westwards towards the deeper parts of the lake. Ground penetrating radar equipment will find the remains of an Egyptian army here. Very little of this original reed swamp/wetland exists today, principally due to construction of the Suez Canal and resultant drainage, as well as other extensive desert reclamation projects in the region of Tell Abu Sefeh.
Yes, sacrifices to Tlaloc were indeed painted blue. They were generally prisoners of war, slaves, volunteers and especially children who's tears were thought to bring the rain. HOWEVER, on occasion, a member of the ruling class was sacrificed.He or she was dusted with gold rather than being painted blue. The name El Dorado does not refer to a city of gold. This is a bastardization of of the myth that was created during the exploration of South America in the 1600s. The term El Dorado literally translates to "The Golden One" and refers to the sacrificial victim though it also refers to coronation ceremonies from the Musica people of Columbia.
And yet...MtDNA and YDNA haplogroup studies prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you just wasted your time writing all of the above. Simply put, Africans belong to completely different Haplogroups than Native Americans. Africans cluster quite nicely with Southern Europeans, Anatolians and Western Asians but have ABSOLUTELY NO GENETIC OVERLAP with Native American Haplogroups. Know who Native Americans Cluster with really well? Eastern most Siberians like the Chukchi. You can spout about who the Spanish THOUGHT Native Americans looked like. You can make wild claims like the Spanish thought they looked like the people from India so they called them Indians (Fact: the Spanish thought the New World WAS India. THAT's why they called them Indians). You can talk about Crainometrics all you like BUT, you can NOT get around the simple genetic FACT that Africans and Native Americans are simply not closely related.
Maybe this will help you to understand:
Yes, the sailing ability of the Vikings IS well known as is where they went (from the Sagas).Contrary to your claims, NO where in the Sagas is mention made of a city in the New World. Now, I don't know about you but, it seems to me such a discovery would be worth mentioning when telling the story of your adventures. Additionally, there is no archaeological evidence of a Viking (or any other European culture) presence in the Yucatan pre 1500s. Nor is there any biological evidence (physical or genetic). In short, the sum total of your 'evidence' is a couple of drawings in a codex that was made AFTER the European conquest. NOTHING you have presented here is actual EVIDENCE for a European or Viking presence in the Yucatan before the early 1500s. It is all rank speculation. I think you've read too many Robert E. Howard novels. As to Alexander Von Wuthenau, He was and has always been a crackpot of the worst type. One who takes a grain of truth and, ignoring a wealth of information to the contrary, creates a fantasy world that matches his preconceived notions. The Olmec, simply put, have no African genetics beyond those all humans share. They are Native Americans in good standing and while their features as depicted in their art, do appear to be vaguely African this is only a result of very stylized artistic licence related to their Jaguar cult.
Could the torc been worn by a fat emperor ? Upon death, then passed around; or even stolen or ended up missing, secretly buried, burier dies, artifact forgotten then found today ?? But i bet one a a kind too.
. I’ll try to make this simple. The translation Sea of Reeds is given as an alternate to Red Sea in many Study Bible foot notes for the Hebrew Yam Suph. Since reeds only grow in fresh water, scholars have looked for centuries for a fresh water lake the Israelites could have crossed and of course none exists.
But a more accurate translation of the Hebrew word would be seaweed and of course this grows in salt water. So the Hebrew phrase Yam Suph really doesn’t mean Red Sea or Reed Sea. It means Sea of Seaweed. The name Red Sea probably stems from its proximity to Edom, the land occupied by the descendants of Esau, whose name in Hebrew means Red.
In 1 Kings 9:26 we have a location that can be identified today to make it simple for us to tell where the Red Sea is located. It was a port where King Solomon built and maintained a fleet of merchant ships. It was called Ezion Geber and you can still see its remains today near the resort city of Elat at the Northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red sea.
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Interesting,
It's sadly amazing that in the 21st century billions of people believe a book that calls for the killing of witches is actually the word of God. The American founder and Deist Thomas Paine was right when he wrote in The Age of Reason that we need a revolution in religion based on our innate God-given reason and Deism. This will make for a much better world.
Progress! Bob Johnson
www.deism.com
I’m not surprised that the churches have agreed not to compare the bones to see if they are from the same person. I guess everyone is still embarrassed by the discovery that the two sections of jawbone supposedly belonging to John the Baptist came from two different people who lived more than a thousand years apart.
For an interesting look at the Templars' supposed 'guilts', I suggest folks look up the 'Chinon Parchment', which was found in 2001, among a group of papers called 'Processus Contra Templarios" ( The Trial of The Templars) , & were found to have been stuffed into other very old books, long ago, in the 'Vatican Secret Archives'. The original papers were published in 1308. The new publication in 2007, by the Vatican Secret Archives .The limited publication of 799 was made available- at exorbitant cost. The information is a complete & separate investigation by Pope Clement into the charges brought by Phillip-who indeed, did desire their wealth. The Pope's findings determined they were not guilty of heinous acts against the church & he found them not guilty. Phillip pressed forward regardless. The lot of the Templars who went to Paris were interred, & tortured for 7 years. Some, including De Molay, had their feet held to the fire until they burned off. ( the bones were mockingly returned to them in a bag). De Molay, chained to the post-the fire lit- declared the curse against both the King & the Pope, & both died in short order, whether form the curse or the poor sanitary/living conditions of the times. Phillip didn't get much of the wealth as the Templar's ships in the harbors 'mysteriously/ disappeared before he could act. He did get many lands & other resources however. The order went 'underground' as a matter of course. They went to many lands, Scotland among them & figured in the decisive Battle of Bannockburn, in support of the Scots, fighting the English machine. The Templars are credited with creating a banking system, whereby pilgrims to the Holy Lands could deposit their monies in their localized Templar banks & 'traveler's checks' could be written on their journeys. They did hold land, lots of it, as the support for their missions to protect, defend the Holy Lands, & feed their soldiers, required much money. You could call all of it 'liquid assets' that could be traded for other necessities. If one is inclined to study & see some light into the dark past, the last I looked, the translation of the Chinon Parchment itself could be found at; http://www.inrebus.com/chinon.php . i will warn anyone on one thing; the legalese languages used in court haven't changed much, no matter how 'advanced' we think the systems are today! When I read a portion of the Parchment, I couldn't tell how anyone would determine if anyone else was innocent-or guilty! Over time, much valuable knowledge has been lost, or misconstrued. ( Think about how far along all
mankind would be, today, if the library at Alexandria hadn't been burned!). I feel it is encumbent upon folks who desire the light of knowledge, to look (or dig!) for Truth. If Templar history is interesting to you, I invite you to dig! Thanks,Mike
Interesting. As an avid reader of history, I have never heard this tale. It would be helpful to include the names of the good an evil king and your sources.
Lack of knowledge is the worst disaster that can happen for a person and it seems that you are suffering from it. Study more and do not make hallucinations.
Mahbod is an scholar. Every literate person knows that Babak was Persian who defended Iran aginst Arab invaders. The igonrant people, like Shehi, do not know that republic of Azarbaijan was part of Iran, and it was during Qajar Dynasty, some decaded ago, that some part of Azrabaijan was seperated from Iran and annaxed to Riassia. Later, when when Formwe Soviet Collapsed, Azarbaijan and many other countries like Tajikestan ete gained their indipendence. I recmoned dogmatic people like you to study more. Fortunatle, Iran histroy is so briulinat and it has such famous celebrities that certin people tre ti steal them, but they cannt. Just they annoy themselves.
nice but strange because the information that swords were often placed in sacred bodies of water was new info to me. Further clarity came with Philips comments, so kudos there as well. http://www.assignmentpoint.co.uk
Stop reading just one website and do actual research. If you did the research you would know that there is genetic and ethnographic evidence that some of the Mexicans were Blacks. The Mayan speaking Mexicans include Black Mexicans who were probably decendants of the Paleoamericans. According to Quatrefages in The Human Species, the Black tribes of Mexico include the Othomi (Otomi), and Tzendal/Chontal. Arnaiz-Villena and Winters have discussed the genetic evidence of Indigenous Mexican-African admixture that is compelling (refer to articles cited above). The frequency of HLA B*35 at 45% is highest among the Maya. We also find that the YAP+ associated with AàG transition at DYS271 and 9bp also has a high frequency among the Maya, all these markers are associated with African ancestry. This is not surprising because Quatrefages classified the Chontal Maya as Black Native Americans , and sickle cell anemia is found among ancient Mayan skeletons.
The Amerindian haplogroups (hg) are descendant from the L3(M,N, & X) macrohaplogroup): ABCDN and X. The L3 (M,N,X) marcogroup converge at np 16223.
The phylogeography of haplogroup C suggest that this American founder haplogroup differentiated in Siberia—Asia . The situation is not so clear for haplogrop B2, but A2 and D1 probably differentiated after the mongoloid Native American lineages diverged after crossing the Beringa Straits.
Haplogroup A2 has the motif 16111T,16223c, 16290T, 16319A and 16223C . Haplogroup A is rare in Siberia . Interestingly, haplogroup A absent in western North America is common in parts of Central America and Northern America where the Spanish reported the existence of Black Native American communities.
In a recent study of post-Classic Mexicans at Tlatilco , dating between 10-13 centuries the subjects carried the founder haplogroups A (36%), B (13%), C (4.3%) and D (17.4%) . We should note, that in Yucatec, the Mayans were predominately haplogroup A, the Maya in Hondurus, a stronghold of the Black Native Americans belonged to haplogroup C.
The mtDNA haplogroup A common to Mexicans is also found among the Mande speaking people and some East Africans . Haplogroup A found among Mixe and Mixtecs .The Mande speakers carry mtDNA haplogroup A, which is common among Mexicans . In addition to the Mande speaking people of West Africa, Southeast Africa Africans also carry mtDNA haplogroup A .
The major American Indian male lineages include R1, C,D and Q3.There is evidence of African admixture in the American y-chromosome haplogroups. The Q y-haplogroup has the highest frequency among indigenous Mexicans. The frequency hg Q varies from a high of 54% for Q-M243, and a low of 46% for QM .
Underhill et al , noted that:" One Mayan male, previously [has been] shown to have an African Y chromosome". This is very interesting because the Maya language illustrates a Mande substratum, in addition to African genetic markers . Recent research indicate the Ch’ol and Chontal also carry E1b1b .
African y-chromosome are associated with YAP+ and 9bp. The YAP-à associated with A-àG transition at DYS271 is found among Native Americans. The YAP+ individuals include Mixe speakers (32-33). YAP+ is often present in haplogroups (hg) C and D.
The DYS271 transition is of African origin.The DSY271 Alu insertion is found only in chromosomes bearing Alu insertion (YAP+) at locus DYS287 (33). The DYS271 transition was found among the Wayuu, Zenu and Inzano. The Mexican Native American y-chromosome bearing the African markers is resident in haplogroups C and D .
The R haplogroup is carried by Mexicans. The frequency of hg R varies from Tarahumara (5.6%), Otomi (14.3%), Yucateca Maya (10.5%). There is also a high frequency of haplogroup R among the Ch’ol and Chontal which stood around 15% . The most pristine form of R-M173 is carried by Africans. The haplogroup R-M173 is not found in Siberia.. The Ch’ol and Chontal also carry E1b1b . The fact that Neves discovered the Paleoamericans were Black, makes it clear that the ancestors of the Aztecs and Chontal may be descendants of this Mexican population.
In addition, eyewitness accounts of SSA populations in the Caribbean, and Mexico anthropologists have found SSA skeletons at Pre-Columbian sites . Moore, Wailoo, and Whittington report that ancient Mayan skeletal remains indicate that they suffered from sickle cell anemia an illness associated with Sub-Saharan Africans . The presence of sickle cell anemia among the ancient Maya, supports Quatrefages claim that the Chontal Maya were Africans . Winters has shown the Manding, an African language, as a substratum in Mayan languages.
In summary, the genetic evidence makes it clear Black descendants of the paleoamericans were in Mexico when the Spanish arrived there, and exist in Mexico today. Stop trying to steal the history of the paleoamericans and their contemporary Black descendants in Mexico.
Alexander von Wuthenau was not a crackpot. In his several books he proved that Meso-America was a multiracial society where nationalities from all over the world, met, mated and traded with one another. Your irrational belief that there were no Blacks in Mexico before Columbus can no longer be supported given the fact that the paleoamericans Luzia of Brazil and Naia of Mexico were phenotypically African Melanesia or Australian according to Neves and Critters, people who we classify as Blacks. The fact that the Polish physical anthropologist Wiercinski, found Mongoloid, African and European skeletons at Olmec sites make it clear that when von Wuthenau wrote about the multi-ethnic heritage of Mexico , his findings were valid and true. There is no evidence that the present mongoloid Indians of Mexico killed off all the paleoamericans, so it is ludicrous for you to claim that there were no Blacks in Mexico, when the Spanish claimed the Chontal Maya and Aztecs were Blacks.
Von Wuthenau, Alexander. (1980). Unexplained Faces in Ancient America, 2nd Edition, Mexico 1980.
Wiener, Leo.(1922). Africa and the Discovery of America.
Wiercinski, A.(1969). Affinidades raciales de algunas poblaiones antiquas de Mexico, Anales de INAH, 7a epoca, tomo II, 123-143.
Wiercinski,A. (1972). Inter-and Intrapopulational Racial Differentiation of Tlatilco, Cerro de Las Mesas, Teothuacan, Monte Alban and Yucatan Maya, XXXlX Congreso Intern. de Americanistas, Lima 1970 ,Vol.1, 231-252.
Wiercinski,A. (1972b). An anthropological study on the origin of "Olmecs", Swiatowit ,33, 143-174.
Wiercinski, A. & Jairazbhoy, R.A. (1975) "Comment", The New Diffusionist,5 (18),5.
You are thr crackpot. You have mentioned in your post info relating to South America, when this article is about Mexico. In a delusional rant you talk about Olmec DNA when up to now we have no Olmec DNA, but we do have Olmec skeletal remains that indicate they were Blacks, just like the Paleoamericans were Blacks.
You should be ashamed of yourself. Stop spreading lies about what El Dorado means; here you are talking about Columbia, when this article is about the Aztecs and Maya people of mexico—not South America.
Nancy I beg to differ. I do not see the correlation in 1 Kings 9:26 with the Exodus narrative. A rational, non-miraculous explanation for the parting of the sea (in this case Yam Suph/pa-Tjuf/Sea Of Reeds/the Balla Lakes east of Goshen) is that the Israelites witnessed a pushing back of the shallow (around ten feet) waters by a strong easterly wind of the Balla lakes from their eastern section westwards towards the deeper parts of the lake. Ground penetrating radar equipment will find the remains of an Egyptian army here. Very little of this original reed swamp/wetland exists today, principally due to construction of the Suez Canal and resultant drainage, as well as other extensive desert reclamation projects in the region of Tell Abu Sefeh.
Yes, sacrifices to Tlaloc were indeed painted blue. They were generally prisoners of war, slaves, volunteers and especially children who's tears were thought to bring the rain. HOWEVER, on occasion, a member of the ruling class was sacrificed.He or she was dusted with gold rather than being painted blue. The name El Dorado does not refer to a city of gold. This is a bastardization of of the myth that was created during the exploration of South America in the 1600s. The term El Dorado literally translates to "The Golden One" and refers to the sacrificial victim though it also refers to coronation ceremonies from the Musica people of Columbia.
And yet...MtDNA and YDNA haplogroup studies prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that you just wasted your time writing all of the above. Simply put, Africans belong to completely different Haplogroups than Native Americans. Africans cluster quite nicely with Southern Europeans, Anatolians and Western Asians but have ABSOLUTELY NO GENETIC OVERLAP with Native American Haplogroups. Know who Native Americans Cluster with really well? Eastern most Siberians like the Chukchi. You can spout about who the Spanish THOUGHT Native Americans looked like. You can make wild claims like the Spanish thought they looked like the people from India so they called them Indians (Fact: the Spanish thought the New World WAS India. THAT's why they called them Indians). You can talk about Crainometrics all you like BUT, you can NOT get around the simple genetic FACT that Africans and Native Americans are simply not closely related.
Maybe this will help you to understand:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup
Yes, the sailing ability of the Vikings IS well known as is where they went (from the Sagas).Contrary to your claims, NO where in the Sagas is mention made of a city in the New World. Now, I don't know about you but, it seems to me such a discovery would be worth mentioning when telling the story of your adventures. Additionally, there is no archaeological evidence of a Viking (or any other European culture) presence in the Yucatan pre 1500s. Nor is there any biological evidence (physical or genetic). In short, the sum total of your 'evidence' is a couple of drawings in a codex that was made AFTER the European conquest. NOTHING you have presented here is actual EVIDENCE for a European or Viking presence in the Yucatan before the early 1500s. It is all rank speculation. I think you've read too many Robert E. Howard novels. As to Alexander Von Wuthenau, He was and has always been a crackpot of the worst type. One who takes a grain of truth and, ignoring a wealth of information to the contrary, creates a fantasy world that matches his preconceived notions. The Olmec, simply put, have no African genetics beyond those all humans share. They are Native Americans in good standing and while their features as depicted in their art, do appear to be vaguely African this is only a result of very stylized artistic licence related to their Jaguar cult.
so how did He do His first miracle, spontaneously turning water into wine at His Mother's behest?
Maybe it was used in a ritual like marriage to bind two people together in a ceremony
Could the torc been worn by a fat emperor ? Upon death, then passed around; or even stolen or ended up missing, secretly buried, burier dies, artifact forgotten then found today ?? But i bet one a a kind too.
. I’ll try to make this simple. The translation Sea of Reeds is given as an alternate to Red Sea in many Study Bible foot notes for the Hebrew Yam Suph. Since reeds only grow in fresh water, scholars have looked for centuries for a fresh water lake the Israelites could have crossed and of course none exists.
But a more accurate translation of the Hebrew word would be seaweed and of course this grows in salt water. So the Hebrew phrase Yam Suph really doesn’t mean Red Sea or Reed Sea. It means Sea of Seaweed. The name Red Sea probably stems from its proximity to Edom, the land occupied by the descendants of Esau, whose name in Hebrew means Red.
In 1 Kings 9:26 we have a location that can be identified today to make it simple for us to tell where the Red Sea is located. It was a port where King Solomon built and maintained a fleet of merchant ships. It was called Ezion Geber and you can still see its remains today near the resort city of Elat at the Northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red sea.
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