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The Akhet environment depicted by the Pyramid Texts – A comparison to the Atlas Basin hydrology during the Green Sahara time
Hong-Quan Zhang
Received: January 18, 2023 | Published: January 30, 2023
Citation: Hong-Quan Zhang. The Akhet environment depicted by the Pyramid Texts – A comparison to the Atlas Basin hydrology during the Green Sahara time. Int J Hydro. 2023;7(1):27-44. DOI: 10.15406/ijh.2023.07.00336
Abstract
The Pyramid Texts contain vivid, specific, and consistent details of the Akhet and its surrounding lakes, canals, and farmlands. This became obvious through a climate change study which found a match between these details and the hydrological profiles around the two terminal megalakes in the Atlas Basin during the green Sahara time.1 This insight provides a key to decipher many obscure words in the current English translations. It also helps pinpoint the scattered environmental descriptions in the Pyramid Texts into a coherent portrait. This paper examines the relevant original hieroglyphs in the Pyramid Texts against their corresponding transliterations and English translations. The newly identified geographical traits in the Pyramid Texts fit together to form a more complete picture of the Akhet environment. The evidence for the lineage of the Pyramid Texts to the Atlas Basin is clear and overwhelming. This is important not only for the origin of Egyptian civilization but also for the start and expansion of the desert Sahara.
Keywords: Akhet, Atlantis, Atlas Basin, desertification, Field of Reeds, green Sahara, Pyramid Texts, Sun Disk, water cycle
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