The Key Of Life

Ankh

From Death To Life:

Before Judaism, Christianity or Islam There Was God…
So Who Were You?

Volume I

by A. JAMES TUTSON
Yahdah SaRa Djehuty

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 Table of Contents

Page
I. Preface – (Breaking the Cosmic Egg)……………………………………… 1

II. Chapter 1 – In the Beginning………………………………………………. 2

III. Chapter 2 – The Nubians, Ethiopians, Cushites……………………………. 4

IV. Chapter 3 – Adam -The First Pharaoh of Egypt (Kemet)…………………. 10

V. Chapter 4 – Who Is Noah and Did Noah Exist?…………………………… 14

I. Chapter 5 –The Hyksos The Shepherd Kings And Tomb Raiders………….. 18

II. Chapter 6 – Thutmose I -About My Father’s Business………………………. 22

VI. Chapter 7 – Exodus Or Emancipation……………………………………... 28

VII. Chapter 8 – The “Lost” Ones……………………………………………… 32

III. References…………………………………………………………………. 36

IV. Personal Statement………………………………………………………… 37

 From Death to Life:
Before Judaism, Christianity or Islam There Was God…
So Who Were You?
Breaking The Cosmic Egg

Most religions start out by stating, “In the beginning, there was God…”. So if God and man
existed before religion, and God communed with man then the logical analysis would be man
can exist without religion. To find that which is lost, you must go back to the place you last
remember seeing it. Like a woman in search of a precious jewel, man is forever on a quest to
seek God. In this book, you will find a collection of brilliant scholars, historians, archeologists,
anthropologists and geologists both religious and secular.

In the 1960’s, there was a famous TV show about life as a detective and in order to solve the
case, the detective would calm the witnesses down and say “Just the facts Ma’am”. Emotions
not based upon facts will lead to error. Emotions, Opinions, Beliefs, Traditions, nor Religion
can make you free. Only the TRUTH will make you FREE!! This writing is not intended to
influence anyone to leave or forsake their personal convictions about their religion. It is to give
us a better understanding of WHO WE ARE in this Universe.

Biblical history dates back only 6000 years, however, man existed long before this period. Who
were these people? History is a spool of thread that has been pulled out over time, in order to
discover who we are, we must reel the thread back onto the spool. The ancient writings that
have been condensed into what we call the Bible existed thousands of years before Hebrews,
Christians or Muslims, for example: The Creation Story, The Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve
(yes Adam did exist), The Deluge and many other historical facts. Every event in the Bible took
place on one continent…AFRICA (Akebulan). The region known today as the Middle East is
undeniably a part of the continent of Africa. What separates Giza from Gaza is the Suez Canal,
which was man made in the 1800’s. Prior to that, the lands known as Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi
Arabia, India, Thailand and even as far as the country known as China was indeed part of “The
Black Land”. Let us pause here and take this opportunity to stress the purpose of this book. It
is NOT proposed to promote bigotry or racism, but to fill in the missing pages of history.

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 Chapter 1:
In the Beginning

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Chapter 1- In the Beginning

Most Western historians and theologians take on the European Concept of history when it
comes to man. This history only dates back to approximately 6000 years. Scientists and
archeologists have recently come across remains and artifacts of civilizations that existed well
over 20 thousand years ago. The three major religions do not differ when it comes to the Story
of Creation. Theologians have also accepted that Genesis Chapter 1 and Genesis Chapter 2 were
separate events. With this in mind, we have to ask ourselves who were the people that walked
upon the face of the earth prior to the man and woman known as Adam and Eve? What did they
look like? Where were they located? What, if any, signs did they leave behind for us?

Let us go into the heart of the most ancient land on this planet, known today as Africa. The
original people of this land were a Nubian people called the Twa (Twi). The so-called Pygmies,
an offensive term modern ethnologists use to define these people, call themselves "Baka" or
“Kaba” (people of the African rain forest), which means, "Soldier" or “Warrior”. BA-KA are
both very ancient Kemetic (Ancient African) words that have to do with the spirit and soul, and
further evidence of the origins of this very Ancient African people. The Baka are known as
"The Old Ones" by all other so-called Africans. These are the inhabitants mentioned in Genesis
Chapter 1 verses 26-28: (26) Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to
Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (27) So
God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He
created them. (28) Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill
the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and
over every living thing that moves on the earth.” These Old Ones left their mark on this planet
from Stonehenge to Easter Island, from the Sub-Sahara Desert to the Mountains of the Dakotas.
You will find their calling cards usually in the form of a “Little Man” emerging from a Lotus
Flower with his tongue sticking out representing “Going Forth” or Standing erect with his right
hand clinched upwards. This is actually the first Black Power salute.

Out of the Fertile Crescent of

the Nile Valley, the Twa began
to migrate north on a quest to
populate the planet. These
ancient people are the basis for
which every major religion of
the earth is founded upon. We
owe them our arts, science,
languages, and many other
attributes. They truly were
fruitful, multiplied and
replenished the earth.

The Twa or Twi also called the BaKa.

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 Chapter 2:

The Nubians, Ethiopians, Cushites

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Chapter 2 – The Nubians, Ethiopians, Cushites
Nubian Warriors-Display From Cairo Museum
From the Twa or Twi came the people known as the Nubians.
Nubia, Ethiopia and Cush will be interchanged during this chapter
since they are the same people. Modern books on history will tell
you civilization began in Mesopotamia, quite the contrary. Not
only will we provide artifacts about the origins of civilization
beginning in Africa, but we will also show that Mesopotamia is a
part of Africa. Ethiopians were the first men that ever lived, the
only truly autochthonous race and the first to institute the worship
of the gods and the rites of sacrifice. Egypt itself was a colony of
Ethiopia and the laws and script of both lands were naturally the same; but the hieroglyphic
script was more widely known to the vulgar in Ethiopia than in Egypt. (Diodorus Siculus, bk.
iii, ch. 3.) This knowledge of writing was universal in Ethiopia but was confined to the priestly
classes alone in Egypt. This was because the Egyptian priesthood was Ethiopian. The highly
developed Merodic (TaMare) inscriptions are not found in Egypt north of the first cataract or in
Nubia south of Soba (Sheba). These are differences we would expect to find between a colony
and a parent body.

If I may take a quote from Drusilla Dunjee Houston, the great author of “The Wonderful
Ethiopians”, Our story will deal with the ancient Cushite Empire of Ethiopians, that covered
three continents and held unbroken sway for three thousand years. We will visit old Ethiopia,
where as Herodotus said, "the gods delighted to banquet with the pious inhabitants." We will
study the land and the ancient race. The "Old Race," will next win our attention, that Petrie
found in Egypt of distinct and unique culture, who were the people of the earlier and superior
civilization of the first dynasties. Down through this prehistoric vista we see "Happy Araby"
with her brilliant primitive culture and her unrivalled literature of later days. On the screen
flashes the rich and surpassing culture of old Chaldea, which belonged to the ancient Cushite
Empire of Ethiopians.

The Land of Shinar (modern day Iraq) was founded by Nimrod, a Cushite. Everyone will admit
the ancient Cushites were indeed African. This is a fact that cannot be laughed away. Egypt
hasn’t even begun her journey when Ethiopia had been flourishing for at least three thousand
years. These Nubian men and women were worshipped as gods all over the world. Many stories
and legends grew from these heavily melinated people. The Greeks called them Tetans (Titans);
in India they were Krishnas with the Sacred Cow Nut. In the land mislabeled as the “Middle
East” today they were known as the Arabian Knights. They were the builders of Stonehenge
and the stone statues on Easter Island. They sailed the Seven Seas, mapped out the lands, were
the first time keepers, built a calendar based upon the stars and founded agriculture long before
all other people existed. Seeing is believing so I will show some photos of Nubians being
worshipped by various cultures.

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Ausar (The Father) Sitting Upon Throne Nubian King

Monument 1, one of the four Olmec colossal heads at La Venta. This one is nearly 3 meters (9 ft) tall.

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Three Wise Women From China Presenting the Son With Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

Buddha With The Power of the Serpent

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 We marvel at the wonders recently unearthed in Egypt. Let us look behind her through the
glasses of science at the "Old Race" of which she was in her beginning, only a colony. Ethiopia
was the source of all that Egypt knew and transmitted to Greece and Rome. We are accustomed
to think of Ethiopia as a restricted country in Africa but this was not true. The study of ancient
maps and the descriptions of the geographers of old, reveals that the ancient Land of Cush was a
very widespread and powerful empire. Rosenmuller shows us that the Hebrew scholars called
Cush all the countries of the Torrid Zone. It was the race that Huxley saw akin to the Dravidians
of India, stretching in an empire from India to Spain. The Greeks described Ethiopia as the
country around the Indus and Ganges. (Rosenmuller's Biblical Geography, Bk. III, p. 154.)

H. G. Wells says that the Hamitic tongue was a much wider and more varied language than the
Semitic or Aryan in ancient days. It was the language of the Neolithic peoples who occupied
most of western and southern Asia; who may have been related to the Dravidians of India and
the people of George Elliot's Heliolithic culture. Sir H. H. Johnson says that the scattered
branches of Crete, Lydia, the Basques, the Caucasian-Dravidian group, the ancient Sumerian
and the Elamite represented this lost Hamitic language. The peoples of this race were the first to
give the world ideas of government. Stephanus of Byzantium, voicing the universal testimony
of antiquity wrote, "Ethiopia was the first established country on earth and the Ethiopians were
the first to set up the worship of the gods and to establish laws." The later ages gained from this
ancient empire, the fundamental principles upon which republican governments are founded.
The basic stones of that wonderful dominion were equality, temperance, industry, intelligence
and justice.

The Dragon (Naga) or the Serpent Was The Symbol of The Black Man

These Nubians were known all over the world as

“gods” or the “Sons of God” Rom.8:19 “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly
waits for the manifestation of the sons of God”. When I say “son” it just means offspring, for
the males who may have a problem, we will go into detail in chapters 4 and 5. They were called
the Wise Ones or the SaRa and were represented as a serpent. Those in the west have always
been taught that serpents are evil, but if you look at the medical symbol it shows two serpents
wrapped around a scepter. Throughout Asia, Nubians were called Nagas. This is the origin of a
word most people of color frown upon today. In the region of India they were entitled Sambo.
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Does “Little Black Sambo” ring a bell to you? In the Americas they were known as the Olmec.
One of the most detailed scholars on the Olmec is Dr. Ivan Van Sertima. “They Came Before
Columbus” tells us not only who the people were; but that they met the Europeans when they
arrived; and Dr. Sertima also shows us how the Olmecs got here. Their silent artifacts are all
around us we just never paid them any attention. All along the Mississippi you will find mounds
that have been mistaken for mountains. When you look at them from a birds-eye view you
notice these mounds are manmade.

In the next chapter we will discover how the Nubians gave birth to the Greatest Civilization
known to man.

Pyramid at Moundville Park, near Tuscaloosa, Alabama Larger than the Great Pyramid of Egypt,
this flat-top pyramid --misnamed
"Monk's Mound"-- is the largest of over
100 pyramids (so-called "mounds") near
Cahokia, Illinois.

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 Chapter 3:

Adam- The First Pharaoh Of Egypt (Kemet)

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Chapter 3 – Adam- The First Pharaoh Of Egypt (Kemet)

Narmer (Menes) the 1st Pharaoh of Egypt.

Also Known as Aha or the Biblical Adam.

Professor Drusilla Dunjee Houston in her masterpiece “The Wonderful

Ethiopians” elaborates on how the Nubians/Ethiopians were the original
people who moved down the Nile establishing settlements along Upper (Southern) and Lower
(Northern) Kemet. The people of Egypt and Nubia were one people. In fact, the title of Twi
means “ People of The Two Lands”. The people stressed the importance of unity all throughout
the region. To carry on this unity a Royal Daughter of The South (Nubia) would marry a Royal
Son of The North (Egypt). This tradition would be practiced for thousands of years.

A few of these ceremonies are covered in the book known as the Bible. The most famous of
these unions was that of Adam and Eve. Many historians question the existence of Adam and
Eve but if they were to examine the Royal Couple under their historical names King Aha
(Enlightened One) and Neithotep (Neith be Pleased) all doubts would be removed. The
correspondence between God, Adam and Eve was that of marriage vows. Lets look at Genesis
Chapter 2: If Adam and Eve were the only two people on the planet then why does the Bible
state “the man shall leave his Father AND MOTHER and cleave to his wife and the TWO or
TWI shall become ONE flesh (PEOPLE)”? What would Adam know about a mother if he didn’t
have one? Follow the logic, this union between Man and Woman was more than just a couple
coming together but it was an establishing of a kingdom. Aha and his Nubian bride would be
the foundation of the most written about and least understood people on the planet.

Archeologists and historians have toiled over the whereabouts of the settlement of the First
Dynasty of Ancient Kemet. Some say it’s in modern-day Iraq, while others suggests along the
Mediterranean Sea. However; let’s look at the evidence shall we? The Tigris and Euphrates
have been marked as being in Babylon (Iraq). Modern European scholars seem to overlook the
other two rivers mentioned in the second chapter of Genesis, the Pison and the Gihon. These
veins go into more detail about the geographical locations than the Tigris and Euphrates. One of
the four “Rivers of Life” compassed the land of Havilah. Havilah is IN the Land of Ham (Kem).
Ham or Kem means Land Of The Blacks. Contrary to popular European belief, “black” is
referring to the people and not the soil. The artifacts discovered in the Sub-Sahara region to the
hills of Afghanistan support this. One popular piece rarely discussed is the hieroglyphs on the
Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian). The main character of the Deluge, Zi-ud-sura or Utnapishtim,
survived the flood and gave sacrifices to the gods. You will find this same story in Hindu
Puranic story of Manu, Deucalion in Greek mythology. The most known story of the flood was
the one of Noah’s Ark. I mention these variations of the same story to show that this was spread
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throughout the world by the same people. World renowned etymologists, such as Stephen S.
Mehler, Dr. Joel Freeman and Cheke Ante Diop, have proven the Babylonians, Akkadians and
Sumerians were Cushites (Nubians). These Nubians were the originators of the Noah and the
Ark story. We will discuss Noah more indepth in the forthcoming book “Who Killed the Black
Goddess?”

Let us compare and contrast the events of Adam and the events of King Aha “The Catfish
King”. Adam settled in the Land eastward called Eden. King Aha established the city of
Memphis aka Men Nefer. Men Nefer was also called Ankh Tawy ( He who “binds” Two
Lands). Memphis is in the NorthEAST corner of Egypt (Kemet). This is where the Master
Builders began to gather. The teachings of the Master Builders in Kemet are why Freemasons
sit in the Northeast corner of a room. Many Freemasons can’t even explain why they sit that
way, only because they were told to do so. Adam named the creatures in the Garden of Eden.
Aha established what was called the Coming Into Being. During this ceremony one was given a
name. The best example I can give is when a baby is born at the hospital the baby is “labeled”
whatever the mother’s last name is, even if you already have a name picked out. The baby is
later given a name, although; the baby was already here BEFORE it received its name. There is
an ancient saying, “ You Cannot Be Becoming Unless You Come Into Being”. It means you
cannot fulfill your purpose until you know who you are. These creatures already existed. Adam
named them according to his purpose.

Adam was called the Son of God and the First Man. Aha was called God in the flesh and one of
his titles was Menes (translated from the hieroglyphs MN by Mantheo a Greek historian). King
Aha given the title of Menes was later shortened to being the first of the MEN. The Bible
mentions “The Fall Of Man” in Genesis Chapter 3. The tree of the Knowledge Of Good And
Evil is a direct reference to Aha and the Festival of Anubis. Anubis is the characteristic of God
with the keen sense of smell. Anubis is represented with a man having the head of a jackal. The
canines are able to sniff out that which is good and bad. This festival occurred during the season
or time of Atum which later became spelled Autumn. Another name for Autumn is the FALL
season. The ancient people of Africa were not polytheistic (serving many gods) they worshiped
the ONE True God. They just reverenced the various characteristics of God. Just like the
Christians say Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nissi and so forth, different characteristics of God but the
same God.

The original story of Adam says his first wife was named Lilith. He later married another
woman who became know as Eve (The Mother Of All The Living). Aha’s wife was name Neith
(Nithotep, The Peace Of Nit or Nut), Lilith in Sumerian texts, and she was a queen of the South.
What Westerners didn’t know is when one sat upon the throne they received as many as five
names or titles. You see references to this in the Bible: Abraham, Sarah, Jacob, David, Solomon
and several others had more than one name or title. King Aha’s titles or names were Narmer,
Menes, and Heru (the Fighting Hawk). The names and titles given to his wife were Berenib,
Khenthap, Nut, and The Mother God. One name in particular, Khenthap, meant “Mother of All
the Living”. This union of the Nubian Queen and the Kemetian King solidified the strength in

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that land. You have read about the importance of this uniting of nations in several passages in
the Bible… Abraham from Ur (Northern Kemet) marrying Sarah (from the Southern Nubia),
Moses and Zipporah, David (ruddy or red) marrying BATHsheba (royal daughter of the House
of Sheba), which is another name of Nubia, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and many others.
Adam (King Aha) and David (Psusennes I) were both described as “red” or
“ruddy” in the Strong’s Concordance. However; this had nothing to do with their
skin tone but rather the color of their crowns. Kings and Queens wore several
crowns. The crown most often worn was the one to depict where you were from.
The royal ones in Lower (Northern Kemet) wore red crowns
and the royal ones in Upper (Southern Kemet) wore white
crowns. Again, the red or ruddy representation given in the
Bible had nothing to do with pigmentation. Just like when women today
wear white wedding gowns as a symbol of being chaste, it has more to do
with paying homage to the Mother of The South than it is about being a
virgin.

Crowns Of Lower Kemet

The Mother God Of Upper Kemet

With Her “White” Crown

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 Chapter 4:

Who Is Noah And Did Noah Exist?

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Chapter 4 – Who Is Noah And Did Noah Exist?

As mentioned in the previous chapter, the story of Noah

and the Ark has been told all over the world in various forms, but who is Noah and did Noah
exist? The name Noah itself is an ancient Kemetic compound word from “No” and “Ah”. No
can also be written and pronounced as Nu, Nun, New, Non, On, Ne, Ni, Nine, Nan, Na; just to
name a few. “Ah” means “from” and also can be written as Oh or Eh.

“Nu” is the characteristic of God representing the Great Waters. Genesis Chapter 1 speaks of
the “Seas” as a proper noun. The Spirit and the Great Waters have the same distinctiveness.
They both have feminine traits. All throughout the Bible you have indications of Nu. Exodus
mentions “Joshua Son of Nun” and the “Priest Of On”. In ancient Kemet there were floods but
nothing as devastating as the time of Noah. While some question the validity of the Deluge they
never take into account the evidence. Biblical and secular historians have not glanced at the area
in which the story took place, Africa. The greatest piece of evidence to support the fact that the
Great Flood took place is The Bab-el Ark Ur better known as the Sphinx. The Sphinx is a
30,000-year-old monument to the African Woman. Yes! The Sphinx is female and we will go
into deeper discussion in the forthcoming book “Who Killed The Black Goddess?”. The most
interesting thing about this structure, outside of the missing nose and lips, is the smooth layered
sides. Scientists have agreed that the sides were smoothed out due to being underwater for a
long period of time. A picture is worth a thousand words so lets examine the Sphinx a little
more closely.

Notice the smooth edges on the base of the Sphinx ^^^^Maybe this one is more convincing. ^^^^^

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The detail of this construction is amazing

Man has searched all over the world for Noah’s Ark.
However; the European just can’t come to grips that man has his origins in Africa. Let me
present more confirmation of the ‘Great Flood’ having taken place. In the Pyramid of Khufu,
which the Greeks called Cheops, is where we find Noah’s Ark. It’s still as preserved today, as it
was thousands of years ago. We have searched every corner on earth except for the Mother
Land. She has been neglected for centuries but now those things, which were mysteries, shall be
revealed.

As you can see, the dimensions of the original Ark are not the
same as the story in the Bible but like all other oral myths, things get exaggerated to make a
point. A myth does not mean something is not true; it’s a way to pass on these truths orally. An
example would be “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. Of course we know it takes more
than an apple to stay healthy but it is a part of a nutritious diet. Another example of a myth is
when “God made the sun stand still”. We know it is the earth that rotates and revolves around
the sun and not the other way around. It is equivalent to the phrase, “ Time seems to have stood
still…” Think about it…do you really think it was possible to fit two of EVERY kind of
creature on the Ark (including elephants, hippos, rhinos, water buffalos, and giraffes)? Just a
thought…

One of the misnomers of Noah is that Noah was a Caucasian male. We are also going to dispel
this untruth along with the “curse” Noah placed upon Canaan because of Ham. As we discussed
earlier, the attributes of Nu or No are female. Before we go into the details of Noah, some of the
chronological events are out of order. The flood is one of those events. Havilah is the first land
mentioned in the Bible but Havilah didn’t come into being until AFTER the Flood. There were
several floods along the Nile, which are documented on the papyrus writings, the hieroglyphs,

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and Merneptah Stele. One of these indirectly made its way into four of the first five books of
the Bible. Joshua the Son of Nun is always his title. His name indicates he was born during one
of these inundations.

Noah is best remembered as the navigator of the ark during the Great Deluge but another
passage is overlooked. Numbers 36:11-12 “(11) For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah,
and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: (12)
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their
inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.” Noah in this text was a
DAUGHTER. Another translation of Noah is Nun. Just like the women in the Catholic Church
are called NUNS we need to bear in mind there are NO male nuns. Both male and female
shared the same name; ex. Genesis Chapter 5:1-2 “(1) This is the book of the generations of
Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; (2) Male and
female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they
were created”. Noah’s “wife’s name” is not mentioned because SHE was Noah. The women
were the original husbandmen. The women tended to the garden. There is so much
documentation to sustain this. Dr. Ishakamusa Barashango’s "Black facts of the Bible” is an
excellent place to start. The customs of those in the region didn’t change until invaders came,
destroyed the writings and killed the Elders. We will uncover these intruders in Chapter 5.

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 Chapter 5:

The Hyksos –
The Shepherd Kings And Tomb Raiders

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Chapter 5 – The Hyksos The Shepherd Kings And Tomb Raiders

Statue Of Hyksos King

The great Hyksos Empire became a forgotten empire, unrecorded in

preserved history until the new science of archaeology began piecing together the exciting bits
of evidence dug up here and there. No one has yet succeeded in tracing their retreat any farther,
or in discovering their home towards which they seemed to be retiring. Who were these people?
Many speculations and suggestions have been made. Some researchers have suggested they
came from Kadesh and others suggest other cities in Syria. Some historians have looked toward
Palestine itself. Still others try to link them with the Hittites of Asia Minor; and for a little while
it was speculated that they might have been Hurrians. Some have gone as far as suggesting that
their original home was beyond the Caucasus, while others have tried to connect them with the
early Hebrews, relatives of the Israelites. It is all very uncertain. The Hyksos remain an enigma
and an unsolved riddle to this day.

The name "Hyksos" was thought by the Egyptian historian Manetho to mean "Shepherd Kings."
Many writers still refer to them under that name. The Hyksos were Semites, also called
"Arabians," and there may be an element of truth in the idea. Arabians are commonly
shepherds, and Manetho may have known of traditions current in his day giving him reason to
believe they actually were shepherds. This may have influenced his endeavor to make this
meaning out of the obscure word, "Hyksos." Looking back over what the contemporary sources
have revealed concerning the humiliating Hyksos occupation, we find Manetho's account as
retailed by Josephus to contain truth and falsity in almost equal measure. The word "Hyksos"
comes from heka khasewet, which means "foreign rulers" and was used by the Egyptians to
describe the kings of nearby areas. Who better to describe whom these Hyksos were than the
people who drove them out of Africa?

Ahmose (Ahhotep I) and his wife Queen Ahmose-Nefertari ("the Most Beautiful of Them")
were the founders of the 18th dynasty. They began conquests to push the Hyksos out of Kemet.
Ahmose throne name was Neb-pehty-re (The Lord of Strength is Re). Nefertari means The
Beautiful One Has Come. When we study the names of these people and the events, which
occurred during their lifetimes, we will discover who they are and why the names have been
changed in the Bible. Having lost his father Seqenenre Taa II and his brother Kahmose within
three years of each other was enough to move Ahmose into his purpose of liberating his people
and placing the rightful heirs on the throne. Ahmose and his troops were in a military tug-of-
war. This first 18th Dynasty ruler would take over the City of Ra but the Hyksos would later
recapture it. Ahmose began to form allegiances with the Nubians to regain ground. Sometime
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between his 12th and 15th year as ruler he began defeating the Hyksos and pushing them out of
Egypt. Afterwards, he attacked the southwest Palestinian fortress of Sharuhen in a six-year
siege that would finally put an end to Hyksos control of Egypt.

While Ahmose was a mighty general, the Mother Queen Ahmose-Nefertari was powerful in
her own right. Her name appears on many monuments from Saï to Tura. She is known still to
have been alive during the first year of the reign of Thutmose I; thus, she apparently outlived
her son Amenhotep I, who reigned over Egypt for nearly twenty-one years. Among her titles,
she had held the office of Second Prophet of Amun, but renounced it sometime during the
eighteenth or twenty-second year of the reign of her husband, Ahmose I, when she became the
first living, royal woman known to be entitled, God's Wife of Amun.
A Stele of Ahmose I

Ahmose I became the first king of the 18th Dynasty, a pharaoh ruling over
the united country. Ahmose-Nefertari had the following royal children, Amenhotep I,
Mutnofret, and Ahmose-Meritamon, two of whom would become the next king and queen of
Egypt. When she died, Ahmose-Nefertari became the last queen to be worshipped as a deity in a
Theban funerary cult until the time of the High Priest of Amun, Herihor, in the beginning of the
21st Dynasty.

Pyramid of Ahmose I

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Ahmose I was the foundation of what would become one of the greatest conquests and
restorations in history. He was determined to re-establish the throne for the Nubians by
removing all signs of Hyksos Rule. “The Father of the 18th Dynasty” handed the task of driving
foreign rulers out by his daughter and son in-law, 'Ahmose-Tumerisy and Thutmose I.

Body of Ahmose I-Cairo Museum Statue Of Ahmose I

Cairo, Egypt

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 Chapter 6:

Thutmose I
About My Father’s Business

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Chapter 6- Thutmose I About My Father’s Business

Thutmose I Akheperkare ("Djehuty is Born"), the new king, was the

Obelisks of Thutmose I son of a woman of non-royal blood named Senisonb. Probably his sole
title to kingship was as husband of the princess 'Ahmose-Tumerisy, a lady evidently of very
exalted parentage. Thutmose I picked up where his father, Ahmose, left off. He led several
campaigns to rid the land of the Hyksos. The mighty general pursued the tribes all the way to
the Euphrates River. In Nubia he led an expedition beyond the Third Cataract (waterway) where
he engaged a Nubian king in hand-to-hand combat and slew the Nubian king.

Coming from non-royal parents, Thutmose I solidified his place on throne with his military
campaigns. He also built many temples in Egypt to bring the people back to the “One True
God”. Temples were more than just places of worship, they were libraries. The MTR NTR ,
improperly translated hieroglyphs are the “Writings Of The Gods”. The book of Daniel
mentions about the “handwriting on the wall” (Daniel 5). Ahmose, Thutmose’ Wife, was the
glue that held the kingdom together. Her Nubian ancestry reunified Kemet. The Nubians and
the Egyptians were separated by a ban of Hyksos that merged between the two peoples to keep
the kingdom divided.

During the Hyksos invasion, the native royal family of Lower Egypt took refuge in Ethiopia,
where alliances with Cushite princesses was common. This would also explain the resurgence
of Nubian customs and practices during the 18th Dynasty. The Nome or District of Djehuty,
labeled “Tuthmosides” by the Greeks, was located in Upper Kemet. One of the most common
examples of this union is written particulars between Thutmose III and the Elder of Ethiopia.
Some may not examine the Bible or the Quran outside of their religious or mystical content,
however; those books hold some historical nuggets. If you know the events and the time frame
in which they occurred we could get a better understanding of who these Biblical characters
were historically. Exodus Chapter 2 is the beginnings of the one called Moses. He was a
“goodly child and he was placed in an ark at the brink of the river”. This “river” is the Nile. The
Nile flows from south to north. This passage is more symbolic than factual. Let me explain…
the ancient people used symbolism to pass TRUTHS down from one generation to the next.
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When the waters of the Nile began to rise it typified change. The Nile’s overflowing waters
pushed northward and “cleansed” the land.

Thutmosis III

Moses or Men-kheper-re Djehutymes (Thutmosis III) was born during the time of one of these
“floods” or cleansings. He was son of Thutmosis II and his second wife Aset. Thutmose III was
taken into the house of pharaoh by Hatshepsut, his “step mom” and raised in the ways of
royalty. He became a skilled warrior and a great architect. Hatshepsut was the daughter of
Thutmosis I, which explains why Moses was called “the pharaoh’s grandson”. Thutmose III
ruled in the southern portion of Kemet in the land of Nubia for 20 years. He battled the Hyksos
and defeated them all along this region. Some of the people in that land had made allegiance
with the Hyksos and didn’t want to be reunited with the nation of Lower Kemet (Egypt).

Exodus 2 verses 11-14 “(11) And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that
he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens and he spied an Egyptian smiting an
Hebrew, one of his brethren. (12) And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that
there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. (13) And when he went out
the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together; and he said to him that did the
wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? (14) And he said, Who made thee a prince and a
judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and
said, Surely this thing is known.”

The Hyksos not only invaded the land but they took the title of the indigenous inhabitants of
the land, similar to the Europeans when they came to the Americas. This practice was nothing
new. You can go all over the world today and the “new” people have taken on the names and
the customs of those who were the original people. Thutmose III was sent into the land between
Egypt and Nubia to break up the stronghold of the Hyksos in the territory. The land in this
region was known as Bity (between two lands). It was later translated as Midi, where we get the
word middle from, because it became a place of conflict between the nation of Kem and the
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Hyksos. Exodus 2 verses 15-22 “(15) Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay
Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat
down by a well. (16) Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew
water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. (17) And the shepherds came and
drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. (18) And when
they came to Reu-el their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? (19) And
they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water
enough for us, and watered the flock. (20) And he said unto his daughters, And where is he?
Why is it that ye have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. (21) And Moses was
content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zip-po-rah his daughter. (22) And she bare
him a son, and he called his name Ger-shom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange
land. Thutmose III (Moses) encounters the shepherds (Hyksos) in verse 17. Reuel didn’t just
hand his daughter over to this “stranger” in marriage because of one kind gesture. The Hyksos
knew the best way to defeat a people was to cut off their water supply.

Reuel (Re Is God) was his throne name. Jethro was the title of this viceroy of Nubia. Let us
not forget the letter J didn’t exist, so when you see a J replace it with an H. So Jethro would
more properly be spelled Hethro. Hethro or Hetheru is interpreted “House Of Heru”. His seven
daughters is a term used for Mason or builder. The word 'Mason' means 'child of the sun' and is
derived from the African terms Sons 7 Daughters of Light (or Children of the Sun). During the
reign of Thutmose III the royal couple of Ethiopia were Perehu (House of Heru) and Eti (The
Sovereign Bird).

Jethro or the King of Ethiopia was not a heathen. His name and titles back up this fact.
Thutmose III sought his counsel as he was organizing the people to reclaim the throne. Let’s not
forget Acts 7:22“Moses was learned in all the wisdom of all the Egyptians, and was mighty in
words and in deeds”. With all of Moses’ teaching he still needed to seek the Cushite priest,
Reuel, for they were the original (Meter Neter) lawgivers. (Exodus 18:13-27)
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood
by Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14And when Moses' father in law saw all that he
did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou
thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? 15And Moses said unto
his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
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When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do
make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17And Moses' father in law said unto him,
the thing that thou doest is not good. 18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people
that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself
alone. 19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be
thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: 20And thou shall
teach them ordinances and laws, and shall show them the way wherein they must walk, and the
work that they must do.

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Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth,
hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of
hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: 22And let them judge the people at all seasons:
and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they
shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23If thou
shall do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shall be able to endure, and all this
people shall also go to their place in peace. 24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in
law, and did all that he had said. 25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them
heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of
tens.
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but
every small matter they judged themselves. 27And Moses let his father in law depart; and he
went his way into his own land.

We can take a page from this conversation when it comes to knowledge and wisdom. The King
was wise enough to take the guidance of the Elder. Again, we are only examining the Bible
from a historical perspective and not a religious one. As the facts present themselves, we will
observe them accordingly.

Zipporah (an Ethiopian princess and priestess), Hashepsowe-Meryetre, was Moses’ Chief
Wife. Her royal title and her name speaks more of her position than most books. Hashepsowe or
Hatshepsut means “House Of The Seti” or “House Of The Bow”. TaSeti (The Land Of Seti) is
the land known today as Egypt. Meryetre is the land historians have labeled as Nubia/Ethiopia,
who the aboriginal people called Ta Ma Re (Ta= Land, Ma=Personification, Re=God). The title
“Mary” comes from these people. Historians have recorded at least 17 “miraculous
conceptions” all of which trace the mother of the “messiah” back to the Virgin Mary. The sign
of Virgo (Virgin) is the letter “M” with a fish on the side. This is not a coincidence. The chaste
virgin represents the royal daughters of Upper Kemet/Nubia with their white crowns (ref.
Chapter 3).

After the passing of The Mother Queen, Hashepsowe, Hashepsowe-Meryetre carried on as an

architect in her own rite. She gathered resources and supplies from various regions to build
great monuments in honor of those who re-established the unity of Two Lands. Thutmose III
with his Royal Wife set out to remove the Hyksos from the land and free the people from the
invaders customs.

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 Thutmosis III Slaying His Enemies
Temple Of Karnak Statue Of Thutmosis III
at Cairo Museum

MEN KHEPER RE DJEHUTY MOSE

Born of Thought Established At the Dawning of The Sun

Prince Of Egypt that ruled the Upper and Lower Kingdoms (as you can see
by the Double Serpent on his crown). The lands were to never depart his
hand.

Sarcophagus Of Thutmosis III

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 Chapter 7:

Exodus Or Emancipation

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Chapter 7 – Exodus Or Emancipation

Djehuty

Many historians (secular and biblical alike) have debated whether or not the exodus
of the Bible actually happened. We touched on this event briefly in chapter 5. King
Ahmose, first ruler of the 18th Dynasty, fought and conquered some of the
strongholds on the Hyksos. However, it was under Thutmose I, II, and III that the
nations became liberated. Their conquests pushed the Hyksos back into the desert
from which they came.
A more sober account to the campaign is given by our friend 'Ahmose of El-Kab, who related
how he navigated the king's fleet over the rough Nile water when His Majesty, raging like a
panther, transfixed the enemy chief's breast with his first arrow and carried him off to Thebes
hung head downwards at the prow of the royal ship. A greater feat of arms was the expedition,
which penetrated across the Euphrates into Nahrin, the territory of the king of Mitanni, where a
commemorative stela was set up. A great slaughter was made and many prisoners taken. The
two veterans form El-Kab again took part, each of them receiving a handsome reward in return
for the horse and chariot, which he had captured. On the journey back the king celebrated his
success with an elephant hunt in the swampy region of Niy, near the later Apamea in Syria.
Only once again for many centuries, namely under Thutmose III, did an Egyptian army ever
thrust so far to the north-east, and we shall hardly be mistaken in regarding Thutmose I as no
less of a military genius than his grandson. (Ref. Egypt Revisited)

The Hyksos knew in order to get the land and take over the throne of Egypt they had to get rid
of the bloodline of the Nubian Mothers. They were bandits and had no regard for the values and
customs of the people. The battles, with those from the desert, are recorded from as far back as
the time of King Aha. The Hyksos usurped the throne off and on from the 12th-17th Dynasties.
Reaching its zenith during the 17th Dynasty, the wanderers blended in with the natives and even
took on their names while enforcing their own customs throughout the region.

Sekenenra Taa II (an ancestor of Thutmose III), called The Brave, was the first to rebel against
the Hyksos. He is credited with starting the opening moves in the war of liberation against the
The Shepherd Kings. It is recored that he requested the liberation of his people and had several
encounters with Aawoserra Apopi, the Hyksos king. Egypt at this time was divided with
Asiatics controlling the Northern Region while the Nubians still controlled the South. Tao died

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as a result of one of the military conquest against his foes to the north. Cairo Museum holds the
mummified remains of this liberator with his fatal head blow.

From Ahmose to Thutmose III the native people executed a massive campaign to rid their land
of foreigners. The people of Kemet began a series of campaigns from Nubia to the South to
modern day Iraq and Iran to the North as far West as Libya and in parts of India to the East.
While the King-Generals fought the Hyksos the Mother-Queens prepared the learning centers
and maintained the culture of the population.

As with all people, not everyone wanted to return to the ancient customs. They aligned
themselves with the “Shepherd Kings” and helped them destroy the writings and the temples.
Just like in any other society, the best way to destroy a people is to remove who they are. The
primordial people knew the importance of opposites and how they were both needed to
function. They knew you could not have a god without a goddess and you could not have a king
without a pharaoh. There is no word in the ancient writings for “queen”. So scholars deemed
that to mean only the man had the authority to rule and govern, but this is not the case.

The pharaoh itself is derived from three Kemetic words: Per Ra oh. Per= House, Ra=God and
oh=Of or From. The House Of God was the place from which the Ra or Re ‘The Sun’ came
every morning and the place to which it returned in the evening, the sky. The sky is represented
by Nut (Nit, Neith), symbolized as a woman arched up in the heavens over the earth. Another
one of her symbols is that of a cow with horns and the moon in the middle. The people didn’t
worship the cow; it embodied a characteristic of God. The term used of Zion “ The Land
flowing with milk and honey” was coined from reverencing the nurturing abilities of the cow.
One of the more modern phrases “Holy cow” comes from observing Nut. The word pharaoh has
nothing to do with the male on the throne. Proof of this is the changing of names in the middle
of a reign by the “Kings”. The names changed because the women passed down the titles. So
when the Mother Queen passed on whomever was on the throne had to change their name in
honor of the new queen. Heirship to the throne was passed from the mothers NOT the fathers.
For those who may still have doubts, remember the heir had to come from Sarah not just
Abraham. I go into depth about the historical names of these people in “Who Killed The Black
Goddess?”. Even the overly used saying, “ Mother’s baby, Father’s maybe” comes from the
claim to the throne by birthright.

With new allies to the South and North, the Nubians were determined to push the Hyksos out.
They used nature as their source. Thutmosis III used the “turning of the river” as his
springboard. Rivers have cycles to cleanse themselves. The Nile, like other nature bodies of
water, will rotate. Meaning those elements on the bottom will rise to the top causing the waters
to have a displeasing odor and bitter taste. The people of Nubia being South of Egypt knew that
this turning was going to occur in Kemet since it had already taken place in Nubia (remember
the Nile flows from South to North). This was the opportunity Cushites needed to strike. The
series of events written about in Exodus in relation to the Ten Plagues were myths (stories

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based on truths) regarding one of these cycles. The people of Nile today still experience these
“plagues” today.

The battle cry of “Let My People Go” was sung through out the land to Hyksos. The
inhabitants of Egypt knew there would be one of the Royal Priesthood to reclaim the throne
forever. The most famous battle between the Nubian/Kemetian /Libyan/Canaanite/ Arabian
alliance and the Hyksos was when a branch of the Nile flooded, killing a number of the Hyksos
warriors. The place is called Meggido. This same place has seen many a battle trying to reclaim
the Great Pharaoh’s success. Millennia later, Napoleon studied the tactics of the Cushite
warriors and used the flooding of the Kishon (Gihon) River to defeat the Turks in 1799.

The Hyksos did not leave voluntarily as we have been taught. They were defeated and kicked
out. Peace in the land didn’t last long, for these Desert Dwellers sought revenge. You will see
how and why they took on the name Hebrews in the next chapter.

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The “Lost” Ones

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Chapter 8 – The “Lost” Ones

The 18th Dynasty (Amarna Dynasty) began their reign in glory and ended in
disarray. Thutmose III physically freed the people but mentally and
psychologically they were still shackled. The final bond to be broken on an
enslaved people is religion/ tradition. Laws and customs had been established but
not enforced on the people as a whole until Amenhotep IV came along.
Amenhotep IV was a “Gatekeeper” from a foreign land that came to restore the
original display of worship in the earth. Having traveled from his land, Heq At, to
the Capital of Egypt, Memphis (Mennefer) was given over by the Hyksos to the
King of Egypt as a spoil of war.

Let me give a backdrop of slavery during this time. People of conquered lands became
servants but they were only servants for designated time. They were allowed to work off their
time or buy their freedom and could possibly marry into the master’s family. The people of this
time, as in prior times, did not just go into another land and kidnap a community. The only
people who would commit this act in the region were Hyksos. When homage had to be paid to
the King, the Hyksos being raiders had nothing to offer but people. These people were accepted
as tokens of exchange for peace. The Kemetians (Egyptians/Nubians) were constantly at war
with the Hyksos, as stated in previous chapter.
Akhenaten aka Joseph

Amenhotep IV was a skilled worker and astrologer. He was able to tell the times
and seasons by the studying the stars. This made him a commodity to the King, Amenhotep III.
He was received and accepted as the King’s Son, which is how he received his name.
Amenhotep means the Peace Of Amen. Amenhotep IV knew that all physical life on earth was
directly due to the sun. As we will discuss later, he set up temples and monuments dedicated to
Aten (the Sun/Son).

Because of Amenhotep IV’s keen sense of agriculture he was appointed Viceroy of the entire
kingdom. He was only second in command to Amenhotep III. In the first 3 years of
Amenhotep’s supremacy he was in charge of preparing for the “Feasts of Aten”. Seven years of
feasts were replaced by seven years of famine. Due to the foresight of Amenhotep IV, the
people were prepared for the famine. Storehouses were built to hold grain and barley. The
natives were commanded to give a percentage of their crops to the roofless kiosks of Aten.
Amenhotep IV’s agricultural skills did not prepare him for what was to come militarily. After
the reign of Amenhotep III, Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten (in the Living
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 Some scholars have labeled Akhenaten the “Heretic King” unjustifiably. His demise began
when he banned war during the time of feasts. There was no need for a strong military because
of the prosperity in the terrain. When the famine began all the providences of Egypt came for
food. This was the prime opportunity for the enemies of the 18th Dynasty to strike. The priests
of Amenhotep III were angry with Akhenaten for making changes in the forms of worship.
They made allegiances with the Hyksos, who were looking for an opportunity to attack and
reclaim the throne.

The famine was the perfect opportunity the Hyksos needed. They used the frustrations of the
people in the overly populated region, due to the famine, to strike. After Akhenaten’s reign
came to an end Smenkhkare (Manasseh) ruled for only two years. His brother Tutankhaten
(Djehuty in the living image of Aten) took the throne as a young boy under the advisement of
the High Priest Ay. The “Boy King” was trained in the skills of a warrior. Using the bow and
arrow while riding a horse and chariot was his specialty. These skills had to be mastered in
order to compete with the Hyksos and their horse riding expertise.

Son of the Royal Princess Kiya, Tutankhaten was brought up in the new city of Armana (the
City Of Sun). Armana was the city established by his father Akhenaten. Following the death of
Nefertiti, Tutankhaten and his wife Ankhesenpaaten changed their names to Tutankhamun
(Djehuty in the Living Image Of The Invisible God) and Ankhesenamun to reflect the new
Mother Goddess (Queen). Tutankhamun commissioned various building works at this time
including the restitution of some temple properties at Karnak and Thebes. Thebes was the base
of the Amun priests. As the Hyksos were pushed back into the desert, Thebes became a thriving
city once again. This period of prosperity was short-lived.

King “Tut” lived only 19 years but his impact on the world has gone far beyond what one
could have imagined. Some of his artifacts have been discovered all over the globe. Cartouches
of the young king have been discovered in Idaho, USA. How did they get here? I’m glad you
asked. Let us begin with some of the names given to Tutankhamun and notice the patterns and
the symbolisms used today in the Western World.

King Tut had five names reflecting the divine roles that were attributed to pharaohs. The five
names of King Tut were his birth name, protected name, Horus name, Golden Horus name and
throne name are as follows: His birth name, the Sa Ra (“son of the Sun”), Tutankhaten (“the
living image of Aten”) later changed to Tutankhamun (“the living image of Amun”). In his role
as Horus he is named as Heru: Ka Nakht, Tut Mesut (“Horus: Strong bull, of perfect birth”). His
name under the protection of Nekhebet and Wadjet is Nebty: Nefer Hepu Segereh Taui (“He of
the Good Laws, Who Pacifies the Two Lands”). His Golden Horus name, that identified his
kinship to the gods as their son on earth, was Heru Nebu: Wetches Khau Sehotep Neteru (“He
who Wears the Crowns and Satisfies the Gods”). His throne name was Nesu Bity (“king of
upper and lower Egypt”) and this is Nebkheperura (“all the transformations of Ra”).

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 King Tut died at the tender age of 19. While the specifics of his death are a bit skeptic, it his
clear his death was part of a greater plan by the High Priest to take over Egypt. Ankhesenamun
wrote to the king of the Hittites who was an emerging power in the northern Mediterranean. She
offered herself and the throne of Egypt to one of his sons. Prince Zannanza set out for Egypt,
but was murdered on the border of Egypt. It is probable that Horemhab’s military agents killed
him. As the desert dwellers continued to push from the North, they drove the Amarna people
into Nubia and eventually into West Africa. The Tuthmosides seemed to have just vanished off
the face of the earth. There are many theories as to what happened to these people however very
few have followed the trail they left behind. They became known as the “Lost People”. Were
these people actually lost or were their history wiped out and their legacy stolen? The next
volume will shed some light on the subject.

Nubian King-Priest Nubian King-General

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 References

Wonderful Ethiopians by Drusilla Dunjee Houston

They Came Before Columbus by Dr. Ivan Van Sertima

The Biblical Geography Book III by E. F. C. Rosenmuller

A Star in the West by Elias Boudinot

Blacked Out Through Whitewash by Dr. Suzar

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 Personal Statement

Having been brought up in a household of educators, I have witnessed first-hand the impact
teachers contain in our society. My grandmother, a college professor, and my mother stressed
the importance of getting an education. Not everyone is as fortunate as I and this has led to my
willingness to give back to those who don’t have the support they need at home. It is my sincere
desire to not only educate but to empower those who may not possess the qualities necessary for
advancement short of an education.

Nations fail not because of lack of resources, but due to the deficiency of education. More
money has been poured into the fabric of our low-income communities than any other country,
yet the gap between the haves and the have-nots is steadily increasing. Funding is not the issue,
failure to address the need of quality education is. Crime and lack of education are synonymous.
Neighborhoods with high crime typically have high rates of illiteracy and school dropouts.
Recruiting a diverse group of quality educators who are passionate about their profession can
rectify this problem. “High Needs” schools should be our number one priority. Words cannot
express my earnest calling to those communities mainstream America has forgotten.

With over 13 years of experience in education; whether training, coaching, or in the classroom:
I have seen how our children and most adults tend to shut down when it comes to history. This
experience has allowed me to see improvement in test scores and self-esteem in students of
African Heritage when they are taught OURstory. Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu mentioned 25 years
ago about the importance of where we start with history, “ If we start our journey in 1492 we
will forever be enslaved but if we start at the beginning, millions of years ago, then and only
then will we know who we truly are…the Original Man.”

A. James Tutson
Yahdah SaRa Djehuty

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