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In The Science of the Dogon, Laird Scranton demonstrated that the cosmological structure described in the myths and drawings of the Dogon runs parallel to modern science--atomic theory, quantum theory, and string theory--their drawings often taking the same form as accurate scientific diagrams that relate to the formation of matter. Scranton also pointed to the close resemblance between the keywords and component elements of Dogon cosmology and those of ancient Egypt, and the implication that ancient cosmology may also be about actual science. Sacred Symbols of the Dogonuses these parallels as the starting point for a new interpretation of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language. By substituting Dogon cosmological drawings for equivalent glyph-shapes in Egyptian words, a new way of reading and interpreting the Egyptian hieroglyphs emerges. Scranton shows how each hieroglyph constitutes an entire concept, and that their meanings are scientific in nature. Using the Dogon symbols as a "Rosetta stone," he reveals references within the ancient Egyptian language that define the full range of scientific components of matter: from massless waves to the completed atom, even suggesting direct correlations to a fully realized unified field theory.
Contents
Foreword by John Anthony West
Acknowledgments
ONE Introduction to Dogon Science in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs
TWO Science and the Structure of Matter
THREE Dogon Cosmology
FOUR Dogon Symbols and Egyptian Glyphs
FIVE Defining Egyptian Glyphs
SIX Egyptian Concepts of Astrophysics
SEVEN Egyptian Glyphs, Words, and Deities
EIGHT The Nummo Fish
NINE Symbolic Structure of the Egyptian Language
TEN The Tuat
ELEVEN Egyptian Phonetic Values
TWELVE Revisiting the Symbolism of Dogon Cosmology
THIRTEEN Conclusion
Afterword
APPENDIX A Egyptian Glyphs by Concept
APPENDIX B Ideographic Word Examples
Notes
Bibliography
Index
