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Vedic Mittani & Egypt

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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.

 

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.

 

MORE INFO ON AKHNATON'S VEDIC ROOTS COMING SOON.NAMASTE

 

 

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