The Nile Valley Civilization and the Spread of African Cultureby Yosef ben-Jochannan(A lecture delivered for the Minority Ethnic Unit of the Greater London Council, London, England, March 6–8, 1986. It was addressed mainly to the African community in London consisting of African people from the Caribbean and African people from Africa.)When we speak of the Nile Valley, of course we are talking about 4,100 miles of civilization, or the beginning of the birth of what is today called civilization. I can go to one case of literature in particular which will identify the Africans as the beginners of the civilization to which I refer. And since I am not foreign to the works of Africans in Egypt, otherwise called Egyptians, I think that should be satisfactory proof. This proof is housed in the London Museum that is holding artifacts of Egypt. In that museum you will find a document called the Papyrus of Hunifer. At least you should find it there. It was there when Sir E. A. Wallace Budge used it in his translation as part of the Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Papyrus of Hunifer.It was there at that time, a copy of which is in the library of Syracuse University in New York, and I quote from the hieratic writing, "We came from the beginning of the Nile where God Hapi dwells, at the foothills of The Mountains of the Moon." "We," meaning the Egyptians, as stated, came from the beginning of the Nile. Where is "the beginning of the Nile?" The farthest point of the beginning of the Nile is in Uganda; this is the White Nile. Another point is in Ethiopia. The Blue Nile and White Nile meet in Khartoum; and the other side of Khartoum is the Omdurman Republic of Sudan. From there it flows from the south down north. And there it meets with the Atbara River in Atbara, Sudan. Then it flows completely through Sudan (Ta-Nehisi, Ta-Zeti or Ta-Seti, as it was called), part of that ancient empire which was one time adjacent to the nation called Meroe or Merowe. From that, into the southern part of what the Romans called "Nubia," and parallel on the Nile, part of which the Greeks called "Egypticus"; the English called it "Egypt" and the Jews in their mythology called it "Mizrain" which the current Arabs called Mizr/Mizrair. Thus it ends in the Sea of Sais, also called the Great Sea, today's Mediterranean Sea. When we say thus, we want to make certain that Hapi is still God of the Nile, shown as a hermaphrodite having the breasts of a woman and the penis of a man. God Hapi is always shown tying two symbols of the "Two Lands," Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, during Dynastic Periods, or from the beginning of the Dynastic Periods. The lotus flower is the symbol of the south, and the papyrus plant, the symbol of the north.But we need to go back beyond Egypt. I used "Egypt" as a starting point, in that of all the ancient civilizations in the world, Egypt has more ancient documents and other artifacts than any other civilization one could speak of. So when you hear them talking about "Sumer" and "Babylon," and all those other places, theoretically, they can't show you the artifacts. Thus my position is, first hand information is the best proof; and I can show you the bones and other remains of Zinjanthropus Boisei about 1.8 million years ago. But no one can show me the bones and remains of Adam and Eve, et al.So I have the proof and you have the belief. If you want to see it you can go to the Croydon National Museum in Nairobi, Kenya; there, you'll see the Bones Zinjanthropus Boisei. If you want to see the remains of "Lucy," you can go to the national Museum associated with the University of Addis Ababa. Of course, there are a host of other human fossils that existed thousands of years ago all over Africa; but you can't find one "Adam" or one "Eve" in any part of Asia........................................................ ............................................................ .The 42 Divine Principles of the Goddess Maat1. I have not committed sin.2. I have not committed robbery with violence.3. I have not stolen.4. I have not slain men or women5. I have not stolen food.6. I have not swindled offerings.7. I have not stolen from God/Goddess.8. I have not told lies.9. I have not carried away food.10. I have not cursed.11. I have not closed my ears to truth12. I have not committed adultery.13. I have not made anyone cry.14. I have not felt sorrow without reason15. I have not assaulted anyone16. I am not deceitful.17. I have not stolen anyone’s land18. I have not been an eavesdropper19. I have not falsely accused anyone.20. I have not been angry without reason.21. I have not seduced anyone’s wife.22. I have not polluted myself.23. I have not terrorized anyone.24. I have not disobeyed the Law.25. I have not been exclusively angry.26. I have not cursed God/Goddess.27. I have not behaved with violence.28. I have not caused disruption of peace.29. I have not acted hastily or without thought.30. I have not overstepped my boundaries of concern.31. I have not exaggerated my words when speaking.32. I have not worked evil.33. I have not used evil thoughts, words or deeds.34. I have not polluted the water35. I have not spoken angrily or arrogantly.36. I have not cursed anyone in thought, word or deeds.37. I have not placed myself on a Pedestal.38. I have not stolen what belongs to God/Goddess.39. I have not stolen from or disrespected the deceased.40. I have not taken food from a child.41. I have not acted with insolence.42. I have not destroyed property belonging to God/Goddess.These 42 declarations were pronounced by the deceased after Anubis took him/her to the presence of the Goddess Maat and the Divine Judge Tehuti. If the Principles of Maat were respected the heart of the deceased would have nothing weighing down, so it would be lighter than the feather and everlasting life would be given due to respect of these laws that balance the Universe.It is from these Principles, erroneously called the 42 Negative Confessions by European Egyptologists that the Christian religion got it’s 10 Commandments. Unlike the Spook principle of Idols and exterior divinity our ancestors manifested the indwelling divinity and said “I have not†instead of being ordered “Thou Shalt notâ€
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