Post by zarahan on Mar 1, 2012 21:43:44 GMT -5
The book below details how Europeans have been
obsessed with ancient Egypt thru the centuries,
from Greece all the way down to present.
jacket blurb
“Consuming Ancient Egypt examines
the influence of Ancient Egypt on the
everyday lives of people, of all ages,
throughout the world. It looks at the
Egypt which the tourist sees, Egypt in
film and Egypt as the inspiration for
opera. It asks why so many books are
published each year on Egyptological
subjects at all levels, from the austerely
academic to the riotous celebrations of
Egypt as a land of mystery, enchantment
and fantasy.
It then considers the ways in which
Ancient Egypt interacts with the living
world, in architecture, museum-going,
the acquisition of souvenirs and
reproductions, design, and the perpetual
appeal of the mummy. The significance
of Egypt as an adjunct to (and frequently
the subject of) marketing in the
consumer society is examined. It reveals
much about Egypt's immemorial appeal
and the psychology of those who
succumb to its magnetism.”.
From:
-- Consuming Ancient Egypt, 2003,
By Sally MacDonald, and Michael Rice.
Another book notes:
quote
"Roman emperors built Egyptian gardens
in their palaces. Cults based on Egyptian
gods and godesses spread throughout the
empire. The goddess Isis, for example,
was worshipped from England to
Afghanistan. Later medieval popes
constructed obelisks that mimicked those
of the pharaohs. Medieval doctors
ground up mummies and fed them to
patients in the mistaken belief that these
well preserved bodies had supernational
healing powers.
In the 19th century, Egyptian influence
became fashionable in design and the
arts. Jewelry, furniture, and an
assortment of decorative objects and
accents pieces were adorned with
designs and images that conjured
thoughts of life along the Nile.
Egyptian themed (and or at least
tinged) operas, plays and novels were
a hit with the general public.
It seemed that the more that was
revealed about ancient Egypt, the
more appetite for faux relics and
representations grew in America and
throughout Europe. The discovery of
King Tutankhamen's tomb in the early
20th century sparked yet another
round of Egyptomania."
From:
--Ancient Egypt: From Prehistory to the
Islamic Conquest. By Educational
Britannica Educational 2010
-----------------------------------------
The European obsession with Egypt extended
to consuming the dead flesh of Egyptian mummies
as one article notes:
"At the same time that Europeans were
condemning various native peoples as
cannibals, however, they were practicing
a form of cannibalism themselves. Use
of medicines made from blood and other
human body parts was widespread in
Europe through the 17th century.
Europeans of the period consumed fresh
blood as a cure for epilepsy and
substances from various body parts to
treat a variety of diseases, including
arthritis, reproductive difficulties,
sciatica, warts and skin blemishes. A
primary source for this material was the
bodies of executed criminals. Pieces of
mummified human flesh imported from
Egypt were considered a general panacea
and were widely prescribed by the
physicians of the day..[as author
Beth Conklin reports]"
--Brief history of cannibal controversies
David F. Salisbury. August 15, 2001
According to the book
below, so obsessed were Europeans with eating
the dead bodies of ancient Egyptians for healing,
when Egyptian material ran short they created fake
mummies out of executed European criminals, aged,
poor and those dead of hideous diseases, "seasoned"
them with sand, bitumen and sunlight, and then
passed their flesh off as the flesh of Egyptian
mummies- an early example of "pharmaceutical"
fraud? Even today among European occultists, the
powdered flesh of Egyptians mummies apparently
can still be purchased..
Another aspect to this European obsession with
the Nile Valley peoples, is Mummy Mania, not only
consumption of flesh but a fascination with
mummies in popular European culture as documented in
film, books, art etc.. On the darker side, mummy
mania means that the remains of native peoples are
kept in European museums like wares on display,
even while generally, the remains of excavated
Europeans from past are not treated in the same
manner, and are reburied. The body of King Tut
of Egypt is hauled around for example, but not
that of European King Alfred the Great of Britain,
or European Augustus Caesar of Rome.
The author below notes the contradiction.
Apparently European racists themselves are into
Egytomania. there is a tradition of neo-Nazi/Aryan
obsession with Ancient Egypt. The Aryanists use the
historical figure of Akhnaten, the "heretic" pharoah
as sort of a heroic precursor of Nazism or Aryanism.
Per the book below, this was developed in detail
by Aryan theorist Savitri Devi, often called the mother
of Nazi ideology. And there seems to be a quite
active continuance of this since the 1960s per
Hitler's Priestess book below.
Even Akhnaten has been pressed into service
by obsessed European racists. The book below details
the strange case of how one of the "blackest
looking" Pharoahs, (so to speak) has been
appropriated by European neo-Nazis.
Some prominent EuropeanRomans also seem to
have been obsessed with Egypt as well, and were
avid collectors of Egyptian artifacts.
European architects continue to be influenced by
Egyptian designs. These extend not only to the usual
gubment buildings and monuments but the authors
below say it is also seen in utilitarian
construction such as bridges, reservoirs and
aqueducts.
European racist Adolf Hitler himself seemed obsessed with
Egyptian queen Nefertiti, refusing to release her statute
even though Nazi propaganda labeled Egyptians as degenerate,
and as "non-Aryan," and therefore an inferior race. The need
to court the Turks and garner Arab support led to a softening of this
line. "Inferior race" statements by Nazis were massaged overseas for
Arab consumption by Nazi diplomats to soothe resentment, especially
since some prominent Egyptian officials began boycotting Hitler's
propaganda extravaganza at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
An "honorary white" formula was trotted out to save face
over the possible boycott. Thus it was said an Egyptian
would not be strictly forbidden to marry a German, although
such "non-Aryan" unions would not be viewed with favor
by the Reich. It was thought desirable that "non-Aryan" nations
pass their own laws forbidding marriage to Germans, thus
relieving Germany of the onus of having to explain her racist
laws to other, lesser stocks, and easing difficulties in
attempting to appeal to Arabs, Turks and other "non-Aryan" volk.
"Herman Goering, who was the premier of Prussia along
with being Hitler's leading military henchman suggested
to King Fouad of Egypt that Nefertiti might be sent back
home, Hitler at first agreed to do so. But after he examined
the statute he adamantly refused. "DO you know what I'm going
to do one day? I'm going to build a new Egyptian museum in
Berlin," Hitler wrote to Egypt in rejecting the request.
"I dream of it. Inside I will build a chamber, crowned by a
large dome. In the middle, this wonder Nefertiti will be
enthroned. I will never relinquish the head of the Queen."
-- Sharon Waxman. 2009. Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World
obsessed with ancient Egypt thru the centuries,
from Greece all the way down to present.
jacket blurb
“Consuming Ancient Egypt examines
the influence of Ancient Egypt on the
everyday lives of people, of all ages,
throughout the world. It looks at the
Egypt which the tourist sees, Egypt in
film and Egypt as the inspiration for
opera. It asks why so many books are
published each year on Egyptological
subjects at all levels, from the austerely
academic to the riotous celebrations of
Egypt as a land of mystery, enchantment
and fantasy.
It then considers the ways in which
Ancient Egypt interacts with the living
world, in architecture, museum-going,
the acquisition of souvenirs and
reproductions, design, and the perpetual
appeal of the mummy. The significance
of Egypt as an adjunct to (and frequently
the subject of) marketing in the
consumer society is examined. It reveals
much about Egypt's immemorial appeal
and the psychology of those who
succumb to its magnetism.”.
From:
-- Consuming Ancient Egypt, 2003,
By Sally MacDonald, and Michael Rice.
Another book notes:
quote
"Roman emperors built Egyptian gardens
in their palaces. Cults based on Egyptian
gods and godesses spread throughout the
empire. The goddess Isis, for example,
was worshipped from England to
Afghanistan. Later medieval popes
constructed obelisks that mimicked those
of the pharaohs. Medieval doctors
ground up mummies and fed them to
patients in the mistaken belief that these
well preserved bodies had supernational
healing powers.
In the 19th century, Egyptian influence
became fashionable in design and the
arts. Jewelry, furniture, and an
assortment of decorative objects and
accents pieces were adorned with
designs and images that conjured
thoughts of life along the Nile.
Egyptian themed (and or at least
tinged) operas, plays and novels were
a hit with the general public.
It seemed that the more that was
revealed about ancient Egypt, the
more appetite for faux relics and
representations grew in America and
throughout Europe. The discovery of
King Tutankhamen's tomb in the early
20th century sparked yet another
round of Egyptomania."
From:
--Ancient Egypt: From Prehistory to the
Islamic Conquest. By Educational
Britannica Educational 2010
-----------------------------------------
The European obsession with Egypt extended
to consuming the dead flesh of Egyptian mummies
as one article notes:
"At the same time that Europeans were
condemning various native peoples as
cannibals, however, they were practicing
a form of cannibalism themselves. Use
of medicines made from blood and other
human body parts was widespread in
Europe through the 17th century.
Europeans of the period consumed fresh
blood as a cure for epilepsy and
substances from various body parts to
treat a variety of diseases, including
arthritis, reproductive difficulties,
sciatica, warts and skin blemishes. A
primary source for this material was the
bodies of executed criminals. Pieces of
mummified human flesh imported from
Egypt were considered a general panacea
and were widely prescribed by the
physicians of the day..[as author
Beth Conklin reports]"
--Brief history of cannibal controversies
David F. Salisbury. August 15, 2001
According to the book
below, so obsessed were Europeans with eating
the dead bodies of ancient Egyptians for healing,
when Egyptian material ran short they created fake
mummies out of executed European criminals, aged,
poor and those dead of hideous diseases, "seasoned"
them with sand, bitumen and sunlight, and then
passed their flesh off as the flesh of Egyptian
mummies- an early example of "pharmaceutical"
fraud? Even today among European occultists, the
powdered flesh of Egyptians mummies apparently
can still be purchased..
Another aspect to this European obsession with
the Nile Valley peoples, is Mummy Mania, not only
consumption of flesh but a fascination with
mummies in popular European culture as documented in
film, books, art etc.. On the darker side, mummy
mania means that the remains of native peoples are
kept in European museums like wares on display,
even while generally, the remains of excavated
Europeans from past are not treated in the same
manner, and are reburied. The body of King Tut
of Egypt is hauled around for example, but not
that of European King Alfred the Great of Britain,
or European Augustus Caesar of Rome.
The author below notes the contradiction.
Apparently European racists themselves are into
Egytomania. there is a tradition of neo-Nazi/Aryan
obsession with Ancient Egypt. The Aryanists use the
historical figure of Akhnaten, the "heretic" pharoah
as sort of a heroic precursor of Nazism or Aryanism.
Per the book below, this was developed in detail
by Aryan theorist Savitri Devi, often called the mother
of Nazi ideology. And there seems to be a quite
active continuance of this since the 1960s per
Hitler's Priestess book below.
Even Akhnaten has been pressed into service
by obsessed European racists. The book below details
the strange case of how one of the "blackest
looking" Pharoahs, (so to speak) has been
appropriated by European neo-Nazis.
Some prominent EuropeanRomans also seem to
have been obsessed with Egypt as well, and were
avid collectors of Egyptian artifacts.
European architects continue to be influenced by
Egyptian designs. These extend not only to the usual
gubment buildings and monuments but the authors
below say it is also seen in utilitarian
construction such as bridges, reservoirs and
aqueducts.
European racist Adolf Hitler himself seemed obsessed with
Egyptian queen Nefertiti, refusing to release her statute
even though Nazi propaganda labeled Egyptians as degenerate,
and as "non-Aryan," and therefore an inferior race. The need
to court the Turks and garner Arab support led to a softening of this
line. "Inferior race" statements by Nazis were massaged overseas for
Arab consumption by Nazi diplomats to soothe resentment, especially
since some prominent Egyptian officials began boycotting Hitler's
propaganda extravaganza at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
An "honorary white" formula was trotted out to save face
over the possible boycott. Thus it was said an Egyptian
would not be strictly forbidden to marry a German, although
such "non-Aryan" unions would not be viewed with favor
by the Reich. It was thought desirable that "non-Aryan" nations
pass their own laws forbidding marriage to Germans, thus
relieving Germany of the onus of having to explain her racist
laws to other, lesser stocks, and easing difficulties in
attempting to appeal to Arabs, Turks and other "non-Aryan" volk.
"Herman Goering, who was the premier of Prussia along
with being Hitler's leading military henchman suggested
to King Fouad of Egypt that Nefertiti might be sent back
home, Hitler at first agreed to do so. But after he examined
the statute he adamantly refused. "DO you know what I'm going
to do one day? I'm going to build a new Egyptian museum in
Berlin," Hitler wrote to Egypt in rejecting the request.
"I dream of it. Inside I will build a chamber, crowned by a
large dome. In the middle, this wonder Nefertiti will be
enthroned. I will never relinquish the head of the Queen."
-- Sharon Waxman. 2009. Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World
