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On Facebook page in discussion on whether Anubis face had been altered First Robin Jensen I've not spoken to Reel nor have I yet watched the Ritner interview. I'm only nominally familiar with the theory having seen it online several years ago. So nothing that I say should be taken as definitive. I t...

Shulem when looking at examples of Hypocephalus i found the figure 7 in fac 1 the "dove" is a snake with legs and is the god Nehebkau who "is identifed with the Atum serpent. Have you looked at the printing plate for Fac 2.Maybe the legs were removed for room.

He is libertarian in economics but not in social mores.

I got permission to share his views. Dear Noel, Of course, you may share my opinion in favour of Prof. Ritner. He is completely right about the erroneous translation and interpretations of Joseph Smith. (I must state that faithful Mormons will never admit the errors of Joseph Smith and will always c...

Further comment by Mekis "Thanks for your reply. The paper you are interested in is the result of our research with Malcolm Mosher Jr. As you know Antonio Lebolo worked in the service of the French consul Bernardino Drovetti in Thebes, what he found in the tombs he transmitted to his chief and later...

Tamas Mekis author of Some Reflections on the Funerary Equipment of Paiuhor "Thank you for your message on the Academia.edu. Today I managed to see the interview with Prof. Ritner. He is really a great name in Egyptology today, he is an expert of magical practices of Ancient Egyptians. As for your q...

In that paper I got by Tamas Mekis has examples of figures 5 6 & 7 similar to that of Fac 2. One difference is that in Fac 2 one might think that the "bird" is a dove. However in similar looking examples on Hypocephalus Louvre N 352 Musee du Louvre /C. Decamps and Turin cat. no. 2321 Museo Antichita...

In the book he sent me electronically he talks about a figure that looks like figure 2 in the Book of Abraham fac 2. "The two-headed deity, originally depicted as two independent figures behind each other, represents the turning point of the way of the sun, the Wepwawet standard clearly expressing i...

I wrote to the egyptologist who i mentioned above regarding the hypocephalus and sharing the Ritner interviews with him. He sent me some files which i will check out. His email Dear Noel, Thank you for your message on the Academia.edu. Today I managed to see the interview with Prof. Ritner. He is re...

There are three letters that Klaus Baer wrote in reply to Wesley P Walters regarding Nibley's sed festival writing. I gave copies to Chris Smith who put the comments online.Does anyone remember where that is? I have foregotten.