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VEDIC EGYPT

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AKHNATON Worshiping the Sun God, ATON

 

 

According to ancient records, 3400 years ago,Egyptian Emperor

Menkheperura or Thutmose the IV, married a daughter of King Artatma.

Artatma was the King of the Vedic Mittani Kingdom, situated in the

Upper Euphrates river area. As mentioned before, the Mittani are

universally recognized as Sanskrit speakers and followers of Vedic

Dharma and Culture. This is evidenced in the various ancient tablets

etc. that have been found by archeologists.

 

We know from a letter addressed by Dushratta, king of Mitanni-

Artatama's grandson,-written to Akhnaton,that six times had Thotmose

the Fourth made his request, but all in vain. Mitanni was a small

kingdom; nothing to be compared with the mighty Egyptian Empire.

Some suggest concerns about the Egyptian King's lack of Vedic

culture was the basis for King Artatama's repeated refusal to give

his daughter in marriage to the most powerful monarch of his

times.Not until the seventh asking, did King Artatma agree to the

marriage proposal.The Ancient records state, "after the seventh

asking,the king of Mitanni gave his daughter to the king of Egypt."

 

The new Queen outwardly forsook her Vedic/Sanskrit name and adopted

an Egyptian one, more in keeping with her new position-Mutemuya,

or "Mut in the sacred bark"-and is styled upon the monuments

as "hereditary princess, Great Lady, presiding over the South and

over the North." Of her personality and actual influence nothing is

known. It can only be surmised that she would, in her new home, feel

herself drawn to Vedic dieties such as the Sun-God Surya,which the

Greeks were one day to call Heliopolis-to Ra-Horakhti of the Two

Horizons.The Egyptian's called the Sun-God Atem or Aton. Most

probably, she could relate to the fiery Disk of Aton,-much like her

native Aryan gods Mithra and Surya, rather than replace their

worship with the exalted Amon, the tribal god of Thebes. Her real,

undeniable contribution to the further history of Egypt (and of

religious thought) lies however in the fact that she gave birth to

King Amenhotep the Third or Amenhotep the Magnificent.

 

 

Amenhotep the Third, married one of the most remarkable feminine

characters of Antiquity, Tiy, daughter of Yuaa and of Tuau, or Tuaa.

Although Yuaa was a priest of the age-old Egyptian fertility-god,

Min, he was a foreigner "from North Syria" or, to be more precise,

from the Vedic Mitanni Kingdom.During this time in Egyptian history,

the ruling aristocracy of Egypt,including the king, were of mixed

Egyptian and Mittani ancestry. Sir Flinders Petrie holds Yuaa to

have been one of those numerous allied or vassal princes that were

then brought up at the Egyptian Court.

 

Scholars are not sure whether Queen Tiy's mother, Tuau or Tuaa, who,

according to most scholars, was of royal descent, was a full-blooded

Egyptian or partly or wholly Mitannian inspite of her Egyptian name.

In a letter sent by Dushratta, king of Mitanni, to Akhnaton, Tiy is

called my sister, which would indicate that she herself was, through

one of her parents at least, if not through both, was of royal

Mitannian blood.

 

Not enough has been written about the probable Vedic influence of

the many Mitannians who lived at the Egyptian Court. In particular,

not enough is publicly known about the influence of the Vedic

Mittani in Amenhotep the Third's "house of women"-upon the education

of the young prince who was to ascend the throne as Amenhotep the

Fourth. He has become immortal under the name of Akhnaton, the well

known father of King Tutankamen.

TUTANKAMUN WITH ONE OF HIS WIVES

 

 

What has been virtually ignored are the deep Vedic roots of

Akhnaton. On his Father's side, his Grandmother was Mittani, and his

Father was half Mittani. On his mother's side, his Grandfather was

Mittani, his Grandmother at least half Mittani and his own Mother

was half or maybe a full blooded Mittani. Since there is no doubt as

to the Vedic/Aryan identity of the Mittani, we can be confidant of

the fact that Akhnaton was strongly influenced by Vedic Culture.

This explains the many similarities between his religion of the Sun

and Vedic Spirituality.

 

His devotion to One Supreme Godhead has also been recognized to have

impacted Moses and the religion of Judaism and Christianity. What is

not very well known, is the Vedic Basis and nature of Akhnaton's

philosophy and religion.This is another very important link between

Vedic Culture, Judaism, Christianity and Islam