Megaliths and Stone Constructions

Abydos – oldest megalithic construction of Egypt? Abydos   lies   561   kilometers   south   of   Cairo,   directly on    the    Nile.   The    Egyptians    of    the    Old    Kingdom (2600-2200   BC)   were   already   doing   ar-chaeology there:   "They   turned   over   the   ground."   What   they were   looking   for   at   that   time   is   just   as   unknown   as the   origins   of   Abydos.   Today   it   is   the   temples   of Sethos   I   (1294-1279   BC)   and   his   son   Ramses   II (1279-1213   BC)   that   dominate   the   scene.   But   the temple    complex    of    Sethos    I    partially    rests    on foundations   from   those   mythical   times   of   which   we know   nothing.   Directly   behind   the   temple   there   is the   so-called   Osireion,   a   complex   constructed   from giant    granite    blocks    which,    looked    at    from    a technological   perspective,   does   not   fit   in   with   the Sethos temple, whichever way you look at it. As   long   ago   as   1726,   when   no   official   department of     archaeology     yet     existed,     the     Frenchman Granger   (real   name   Tourtechot)   started   digging   in Abydos.   At   that   time,   the   whole   complex   lay   under the   desert   sands   and   only   a   few   upright   columns signaled   a   structure   under   the   surface.   The   next Frenchman   to   burrow   in   Abydos,   Emile   Amelineau, discovered    tombs    from    the    First    and    Second Dynasty,    about    5,000    years    in    the    past    when calculated   from   today.   In   1859,   when   Abydos   had been   buried   by   the   desert   again,   Auguste   Mariette, the   subsequent   founder   of   the   Egyptian   Museum   in Cairo,   had   Abydos   shoveled   free   again.   Eventually the   Britons   Sir   Flinders   Petrie   and   Margaret   Murray undertook    research    in    Abydos    in    1903,    and    in 1912,    the    famous    Swiss    Egyptologist    Professor Edouard   Naville   (1844-1926)   discovered   a   granite stone     gateway     in     the     ground     with     various subterranean   chambers.   Naville   investigated   the   up to   lOO-tonne   granite   blocks   of   the   Osireion   and finally   concluded   with   resignation   that   this   complex had   to   be   considered   as   the   "oldest   structure   in   the whole of Egypt." The   Osireion   lies   15   meters   below   the   level   of   the temple   of   Sethos   I   and   consists   of   massive   granite blocks    without    any    ornamentation    -    comparable with    the    megaliths    of    Stonehenge    in    southern England.    Why    is    the    complex    called    "Osireion"? Because    according    to    legend,    the    head    of    the heavenly    god    Osiris    is    said    to    be    hidden    there. Osiris   is   equivalent   to   Orion.   He   originally   came from   that   constellation.   He   studied   humans,   taught them,    and    was-similar    to    the    Greek    Apollo    and Peruvian   Viracocha   a   helpful   god.   It   was   Osiris   who traveled   throughout   the   world   and   taught   human beings   agriculture,   respect   for   one   another,   and, particularly,   the   magic   power   of   music   and   song. But   Osiris   had   a   jealous   brother,   Seth.   He   wanted the   earth   and   all   its   people   for   himself,   and   so   he treacherously   murdered   his   brother,   Osiris.   In   order to   prevent   him   ever   coming   back   to   life,   Seth   cut   up the   body   of   Osiris   into   14   pieces   and   buried   the different   parts   of   the   body   in   different   places   -   the backbone   in   Busiris,   a   leg   in   Philae,   the   phallus   in Mendes,   and   the   most   important   part   of   the   body, the   head,   in   Abydos   -   hence   "the   Osireion."   The head    of    the    god    Osiris    has    not    been    found    in Abydos   to   the   present   day.   And   that   is   unlikely   to change,      because      Osiris,      like      his      mystical companions,      belongs      to      the      clan      of      the extraterrestrials.   They   are   reported   about   in   the   so- called    Pyramid    Texts    from    the    Fifth    and    Sixth Dynasty,   whereby   it   remains   an   open   question   how long    the    texts    were    already    in    existence    before someone    chiselled    them    into    the    granite.    These texts   are   full   of   gods   who   descend   to   earth   from   the heavens,   and   of   pharaohs   who   were   accorded   the honor    of    visiting    the    world    of    the    gods.   As    the confused    spirit    of    our    times    only    sees    abstract thinking    behind    the    Pyramid    Texts,    our    gullible academics   from   the   last   century   conjured   wishful thinking   and   dreams   of   the   priests   into   these   texts or the journey of the pharaoh after death.

Source: Remnants     of     the     Gods, page 111