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In short, and in all honesty, what James confirms is It is now possible to reconstruct the correct chronol-
that Coptic is not the original language of the hiero- ogy of Ancient Egypt. To accomplish this reconstruc-
glyphs. There are very few words even remotely identi- tion all that is necessary is to know the true language
fiable as Coptic and the proposition that the Coptic of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs and to be able to read
words changed wholesale into other different words them. They are being read now -- "the stones are cry-
has to be completely unacceptable. ing out!"

If one has to rely on mere deduction then it is nothing -- Research Consultants for the Wake Up!
less than guesswork. Why resort to Hebrew; why not Magazine.
Chinese or Urdu or Swahili? The fact that Egyptolo-
gists use the word "interpretation" instead of "reading,"
speaks volumes. Champollion's "solution" was seized The Tower of Babel
on and accepted in 1822. Since then no one has been
able to offer any alternative. The fraud has stood for The Tower of Babel is no mere figment of the imagi-
178 years and is carried as fact in all reference books. nation, but it was a mighty construction work. Archae-
It is a common phenomenon among scholars, that ologists confirm that such towers were built in and
when people think the work has been done they leave around Babylon, and it is thought the most probable
the subject alone to let others continue tinkering with site of the Tower of Babel is the ruined temple of Ete-
the results. This is certainly the case with the menanki, which was within Babylon's walls. One
hieroglyphs.
authority refers to the unearthing of ancient records
and inscriptions concerning this structure, saying: "It
The proposition is now alarmingly simple for the "ex- was so high, apparently, that its pinnacle was in fact
perts" to consider. Correct readings must generate constantly toppling, and there are many records of its
correct information which in turn must make way for a repair. In several of these we find the ominous words
correct reconstruction of the ancient chronology and 'Its top shall reach the heavens.' Nebuchadrezzar, for
order of things. instance, writes: 'I raised the summit of the Tower of
stages at Etemenanki so that its top rivalled the heav-
In summary this brings us to the following essential ens.' George Smith [in Chaldean Account of Genesis
points: (1880)] also quotes a remarkable fragment relating to
the collapse of such a ziggurat: 'The building of this
1/. It is frequently claimed that in early attempts to de- temple offended the gods. In a night they threw down
cipher the hieroglyphs of Egypt, every known language what had been built. They scattered them abroad, and
-- both ancient and modern -- was tried in vain. made strange their speech. The progress they im-
peded.' -- a passage which is certainly reminiscent of
2/. This is not true, as one very ancient language was the Bible story."
excluded from these efforts.
-- All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial,
3/. Other claims were made that the histories were page 331.
scoured to try to find mention of the hieroglyphs and
how to decipher them.

4/. Again, this is not true, as one ancient history has a
very clear statement on how to decipher the hiero-
glyphs. It is no accident that this History is of the same
nation and therefore the same source as the untried
language.

5/. Politics have played a large part in this situation and
it would have been totally "politically incorrect" for
J.C. Champollion, or indeed other researchers, to even
consider using the information in this unpopular
History.

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