- Update and Correction
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- From Paul White <white@hermes.net.au 10-25-99
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- Reports of giant statues and kilometre-wide underground
lakes found beneath the Giza plateau have proven incorrect. Underground
tombs which have been investigated do not have any statues, only coffins
and vaults. Remote sensing conducted in 1978 was not in the area of Giza
but, the "radar rivers" along the Sudan-Egyptian border, the
work was not classified and is well reported.
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- The work of Dr James Hurtak is referenced in the article
but, the terminology and home-spun speculation about such things as the
"Fourth root race", the "gods of Egypt", the age of
the Giza structures or the nature of ancient technology are those of the
writer and certainly not the beliefs or world view of Dr Hurtak, who is
more concerned with serious archeological research. The ideas and information
presented reflect a wide number of sources, including those immediately
cited in the article, such as the work of Graham Hancock, Peter Lemesurier,
Robert Bauval, David Childress and Zecharia Sitchen.
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- CAIRO (Reuters) - An Islamist
newspaper on Tuesday denounced Egypt's plans for a spectacular New Year
millennium celebration as part of a Zionist plot to lay claim to the pyramids.
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- Al-Shaab, bi-weekly mouthpiece of Egypt's Islamist-oriented
Labor Party, argued that the show, organized by ``Zionist'' French musician
Jean-Michel Jarre, would bolster what it called Zionist claims that Jews
had constructed the 4,500-year-old pyramids.
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- ``The Jews claim that they are owners of Egypt's ancient
civilization and the builders of the pyramids,'' wrote Labor Party Secretary-General
Adel Hussein in a frontpage article.
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- Jarre, famous for albums such as Oxygene and Equinoxe,
will perform a 12-hour electronic opera in a $9 million spectacular on
the pyramids plateau, featuring 1,000 performers, lasers, fireworks, and
a mix of Oriental and Western music.
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- ``The climax of the awesome celebration is the placing
of gold cap on the main (Cheops) pyramid. What we are dealing with here
is crowning the top of our Great Pyramid with the symbol of Masonic Zionism,''
Hussein wrote.
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- Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni has already come
under fire from nationalists in the arts community for choosing a foreigner
to lead the millennium party, expected to attract thousands of tourists
and intense media interest.
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- ``The minister is free to choose who he wants,'' said
Culture Ministry spokesman Ahmed Khalil on Tuesday. ``If (Jarre) is a Zionist
or not is nothing to do with us. He's an artist.''
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