Mysterious Gosford Glyphs: Remarkable Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Discovered In Australia Could Re-Write History
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Our journey takes us to Australia, a beautiful country full of ancient mysteries waiting to be unraveled.
Mark Twain once said that Australian history is so curious and strange and it is also so full of lies.
Certain ancient Australian relics, monuments, and carvings tell a different story than we usually read in classical history books.
This time we take a look at some remarkable hieroglyphs that appear to be ancient Egyptian in origin.
Steve Strong, an Australian-based researcher, author and former high-school teacher with a background in archaeology is convinced that these extraordinary hieroglyphs existed for some 4,500 years in Australia.
Skeptics and Egyptologists claim that they are simply graffiti, but Strong is convinced they are real and could be traced back to the ancient Egyptians who visited Australia in a remote past. The Gosford Glyphs as they have been named are located near Kariong, about 60 km north of Sydney.
According to Strong, the hieroglyphs are unique and there is nothing similar to this anywhere in Australia.
These engravings numbering over 300 have the potential to re-write Australian history.
The site includes an engraved Ankh, an essential accompaniment to Thoth, placed alongside an Ibis footprint (Thoth's recent animal counterpart) and the 'River of Life'.
Two Ibis-men engraved into rock, both in profile with the head of an ibis and body of a human, seem to resonate with the same ancient Egyptian theme. Close to the site is a never before seen by non-Aboriginals until discovered very recently, rock platform covered with a set of sacred engravings of considerable significance.
On this large platform, Strong and his team saw a fish, serpent, massive dolphin or whale, circles and a variety of shapes and symbols.
Strong who visited the site says "what really surprised us was that not only are the ibis and Thoth synonymous, but originally Thoth was depicted in ape-form. And it is this more ancient representation that is found twice in Australia, extending the horizons considerably.
A statue found at Gympie, said to act as one of five sentries guarding the controversial seven-stepped pyramid at Gympie, is a depiction of Thoth in his more primal ape-like form and has been argued over and often ridiculed.
The engraving is ancient, carved by an artist aware of an African animal and Egyptian deity supposedly unknown until the British invasion.
In what only adds to the quality and quantity of this cross-cultural partnership, there are two sets of Aboriginal engravings, one containing 31 separate and distinct human characters and the other five figures, of which three have human bodies and what appears to be crocodile heads.
The Egyptian crypt and engravings, dedicated to the memory of the son of a Pharaoh, was constructed close to the Durramullan rock platform and could only be created with the consent of the local Aboriginals. Since it is unlikely that the Aboriginals sailed the globe in ancient times, the carvings must have been created by an ancient Egyptian civilization.
The remarkable hieroglyphs indicate the presence of Egyptians in Australia beginning at around 5,000 years ago, which means these glyphs form a pivotal and historic epitaph to an Australian history very few suspect.
Written by Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com
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