Sammy loop niet zo gebogen
Denk je dat ze je niet mogen
Waarom loop je zo gebogen
Sammy met je ogen,
Sammy, op de vlucht

Hoog Sammy,
kijk omhoog Sammy
Want daar is de blauwe lucht

So, ok, the DAMP has been off for a while. I was busy! i still am, and there’s no way im cranking out a masterpiece a day. BUT! BUT! what can be achieved is a weekly masterpiece. To wit – The WEMP!

I have asked the kerry mc’kerrington, 2009’s official miss DAMP to drop by :

isn't she lovely?

and perform the most shameful duty that a miss DAMP could possibly be asked to perform.

That’s right, for the first time in the DAMP history – it’s time to click the reset button.

And as we all know, the only way to reset any sort of blog is to pull on the portal-dimension-reset-dragon’s tongue.

Yep, since the score got so out of whack, i’m gonna reset it. The official tally for the first round was about -1. The WEMP will consist of 1 point Per Week (if a WEMP was submitted.) Hopefully ill stay in the plusses this time!

This week’s damp WEmp, is none less than the mighty second Ramses. I learned that the pharoah beards were fake. You could actually see the straps in their statues!!!

THE SCORE : 01. Yaaay (defeatedly).

Adventures of a Beauty Queen has been offline for almost A WEEK now (horrors!) for I have unexpectedly become a brand new Chihuahua Mom!

My Darling Rames!

After the violent death of my darling kitten Peppy (he was attacked by a big dog) I was so despondent that I bought a Buy and Sell to look for a Chihuahua and found THIS LITTLE GUY. But before you click that link, let me make it VERRRY clear that nothing could ever replace my darling Peppy but I felt that maybe a little puppy could ease the heartache.

I will be honest that I became severely impartial to small doggies after meeting Sugar, the Chihuahua of my friend and Missosologist Eton Bonifacio, at the press presentation of the Miss Earth 2009 candidates. Sugar was such a “CHI-VA” (chihuahua diva) minus the bad-attitude, that I fell in love permanently with her species.

Meeting Sugar at the Miss Earth 2009 Press Presentation

My late Fox Terrier, Andrew Love

Soon enough, I found myself purchasing my own Chi – a 3 month old boy; white with big black spots and orange eyebrows (he looks like a mini-version of my late Fox Terrier Andy Love) a slightly deformed left paw and no balls. His previous owner explained that he had undescended testicles and that THAT only affected his ability to procreate and did not make him a chicken.

Well, I didn’t give a woof. I wanted him and he was MINE!

After a FAMILY debate on whether we should call him Behemoth or Mothra, we decided on the more suave and kingly RAMSES.

Ramses' baby photo

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUY A CHIHUAHUA, HERE ARE A FEW THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND:

1. Chihuahuas are a one-human dog.

Out of all my family members, Ramses has picked me to be his human BFF! He will follow me all over the place and answer my call above all others. When I am gone, his yaya Paning takes care of him but he isn’t truly happy until I get home. And because Chihuahuas are like children, I spend time playing with him and his little collection of toys and I usually tuck him into bed at the end of the day.

To make sure Ramses doesn’t become anti-social and exclusively focused on me, I share him with everyone in the family and bring him to work to meet other people. I’ve also taken him shopping so he can get used to bustling crowds.

2. Chihuahuas are true lap-dogs.

Little Ramses is a frisky little bundle of fur who enjoys chasing around but if I put him on my lap, HE STAYS THERE. It’s a wonderful change from the typical puppy who can’t wait to rush off and explore the house or chew your shoe. This trait makes chihuahuas such wonderful companions in and outside the house.

3. Chihuahuas are small.

So they eat small. And they poo small. Two things I am EXTREMELY grateful for. LOLOLOL!

4. Chihuahuas do not know they are small.

These guys think they are blue whales or something. They do not hesitate to attack creatures of all sizes if they feel threatened. Ramses has a surprisingly low bark when he is trying to ‘protect’ me from ’strangers’.

5. Chihuahuas and Children DON’T GET ALONG.

Because Chihuahuas are small, children think they’re toys. That’s of course until the chihuahua bites back.

6. Chihuahuas need displine.

Because they are too cute for your shorts, Chihuahuas can get away with more than just your SHORTS!!!  But DON’T let them take over! The second you bring your Chi home, establish who is boss. You do this by setting a daily pattern that they HAVE TO follow religiously. For example: Ramses has 3 meals a day and right after each meal he is put in the bathroom to poo. If he accidentally poos outside the bathroom, I show him I am displeased with a stern voice. If he poos or pees in the right place, I tell him that he is a good boy.

After Ramses is potty trained, I will attempt to train him with the help of a few internet resources that I have found.

While discipline is great, never yell at or spank your Chihuahua. And don’t rub his nose in his doodoo as punishment for pooing in the wrong place. A displeased tone of voice is enough to tell him that what he did was wrong.

7. Chihuahuas tend to follow your mood.

When you get excited, they get so tickled pink that they go peepee. But when you are calm, they start to relax and chill out.

In the mornings, Ramses wakes up REALLLY early. But he patiently waits in his little bed (which is next to ours) until Ron and I wake up. When Ramses sees that we are ‘ready’ he greets us a good morning with his wet nose and wiggly body. Then it’s playtime and breakfast!

8. Chihuahuas easily get cold.

I’ve already bought Ramses 3 tshirts. Each one big enough to comfortably cover a coffee mug. But with the shocking cost of size-zero doggie tees I am seriously thinking of putting up an ukay-ukay for pets.

Animal fashion is JUST TOO DOGGONE EXPENSIVE!!!

IF YOU ARE A CHIHUAHUA OWNER, PLEASE TELL US TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHI IN THE COMMENTS SECTION!!!

by Joyce Burton Titular, the blogging beauty queen

Rawrrrr!!!

New set, this one’s more one the ravey/techy side, first time I’ve actually recorded a set quite like this. For those of you who were at the Bayit party (or weren’t aka Max), this is basically the set I played with a few slight changes. I’ll have to admit, I totally ripped off one of these transitions (the one from Stickin’ into Lyposuct) from a dope LA-based DJ by the name of Ramses, and you should all check him out, especially his Soundcloud page where you can listen to some of his sets and tracks.

-M

Rave N Claw – Bastille

Tracklist
Amsterdam (Riptide Remix) – Jennifer Delano
Weekend ‘09 (Dave Darell Remix) – Bad Habit Boys
Stickin’ – SonicC
Lyposuct – D.I.M. & TAI
Panzershreck (Original Mix) – PSEUDO-LICIOUS
Droplet – NORTB
Con Alegria (Solo More Cowbell Remix) – DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto
Medicine Man (Noob Remix) – Zero 7
Miami To Atlanta (Original Mix) – Pryda
One 2.3 Four (Auditiv Remix) – Martin Solveig
Cosmic (Original Mix) – Milton Channels
Gypsy Woman (Sandro Monte 2009 Bootleg) – Mike Polo
Listen To The Voice Inside (Laurent Wolf Remix) – Yves Larock & Steve Edwards

*We’ve posted most of these tracks before, but the one’s that haven’t been will be in my next batches

Al más puro estilo Indiana Jones con ladrones y tesoros ocultos incluidos, este film a caballo entre documental histórico y documental científico,  cuenta la historia de uno de los descubrimientos más impresionantes de la vida moderna:  el descubrimiento en Egipto, a finales del siglo XIX, de una tumba real, con un grupo de cuarenta momias, incluyendo doce reyes de Egipto, entre los que se encontraba el legendario Ramsés el Grande. 

Esta historia se complementa y alterna con el seguimiento de las investigaciones de científicos y exploradores que intentan reconstruir una serie de pistas arqueológicas y genéticas de las momias del antiguo Egipto. Se pretende que a partir del ADN de estas momias se puedan curar en la actualidad importantes enfermedades.
 ‘Egipto 3D: Secretos de las momias’ es un viaje de miles de años hacia atrás en el tiempo, a las maravillas de la legendaria Tierra Negra; una aventura de la vida real de los antiguos egipcios.

Sistema IMAX® 3D

Desarrollado por IMAX®, es el sistema de proyección en tres dimensiones más perfecto de la historia. Se proyectan simultáneamente 2 celuloides, uno para el ojo derecho y otro para el ojo izquierdo, y el efecto tres dimensiones se visualiza gracias a unas gafas polarizadas especiales. Imágenes tan vivas y reales que parece que pueden tocarse y que integran literalmente al espectador en la película. Más que ver cine, se vive, es realmente espectacular!

For forty-six years, Egypt enjoyed of a peace achieved under the treaty with Hatti, a historic agreement that allowed to Hattusili III conjure the Assyrian menace, but his son and successor, Tutaliya IV, although he maintained the stability in the area, thanks to a intense diplomatic activity  with Shalmaneser, he was forced to fight soon with, Tukulti-Ninurta, who nothing but accede to the throne, launched an offensive northward, seizing the region of Subaru to the south of Mittani in order to settle down in the Euphrates, while avoiding to invade the protectorates Egyptians and Hittites.

Assyria along most of its existence, about thirteen hundred years, made extensive use of terror as a form of propaganda, a system which, otherwise, was not of its exclusive use , many and very famous Egyptians kings, Babylonians, Hittites etc. liked to boast publicly of having decapitated, dismembered or unskinned people, although the ferocity of the Assyrian kings was then a topic, a sign of identity, Assurbanipal II, pointed out in detail, about the year six hundred-odd:

“I built a pillar at the gate of the city and skin the chiefs who had rebelled against me and my lord Assur,  hanging his skin on the pillar. Some of them were buried in the foundation, others were impaled on stakes on the pillar and others (also) the impaled on stakes around the pillar. I skin many throughout the country and hung his skin on the walls …

I burned many of their prisoners. I captured many troops alive. I cut off the arms or hands to some people, to others I cut off the nose, ears and limbs. I extracted the eyes of many soldiers. I did a lot of living beings and other of their heads. I hung their heads in the trees around the city. I burned your teens, boys and girls … “

Under pressure from Tukulti-Ninurta, in that moment Tutaliya IV sent a bloated army against the Assyrians, to support the  Hurrians from Subaru, but to no avail and 28,000 prisoners Hittites were deported to Mesopotamia.

Ramses did nothing then or when, immediately after Mittani fell and remained impassive while Tukulti-Ninurta added to his titles that of king of Babylon, a city that was unable to face his former vassals, seeing on the need to accept the assyrian protectorate. Ramses II, who possessed the most powerful army the world had to recognize the Assyrian sovereignty in the area if they wanted to ensure the commercial traffic.

Ramses II, meanwhile really was not bored at all, he “produced” two hundred children or so  and in addition was very busy propagandizing himself through monuments and temples that spread from Nubia to the Delta and beyond their own borders, ad nauseam, erecting and record his name everywhere, even he built his own city which, of course, bearing his name, Pi-Ramses (the city of Ramses), the former Avaris, the city of the Hyksos, abandoning Thebes and doing her, little later,  the capital of Egypt . The settlement of the guilds of artists in Deir el Medineh founded by Tuthmosis I, in time of Ramses,  grew into a small town. But beyond the borders of Egypt, the world was changing without apparently he could do nothing to prevent it, so Ramses merely was adapting him as far as possible to new circumstances presented and which finally would overflow him , though it was not until his death when began to be felt the financial decline in the country. The root of the problem that it dragged back Egypt to a crisis  was on the one hand, the economic policy of the monarchy, which relied primarily on the taxes from the provinces of his empire, taxes and the percentage of trade while at the same time, were giving privileges to the temples, now masters of their own army, consisting of POWs transferred by the monarchy itself, and that also they were owners of most of the arable land, tax exempt and immunized in front of the king’s authority, besides monarchy had to cover the enormous expenses entailed by too much deployment of polished sandstone.

When the Achaeans conquered Troy, gaining access to trade routes of the Black Sea, might seem that the economic expansion of the Achaeans would bring more wealth to Egypt, but suddenly people from the north, the Dorians, had begun to infiltrate into territory Mycenaean assaulting some populations, while the Achaeans at that time just extended their influence to the Anatolian and Syrian coasts. The leak soon became a genuine invasion, a flood that completely devastated the region with the exception of the Athenian Attica. It is possible that the opening of the Black Sea trade route after the destruction of Troy, left without a job or benefit to the peoples from the north of the Mycenaean world, among which were the Dorians, who dominated the northern alternative route , which used the european rivers, for trading with the Colchis. Either way, different groups of people moved over southern Greece and Anatolia, reaching the Aegean islands, pushing indigenous peoples, the mysians, Lydians, Phrygians, Carians and others to flee in disarray leaving their land, going to set in different regions of Libya, Palestine and Italy to dedicate in many cases to piracy.

The invasion did not reach directly to Egypt but ruined the economic fabric of the monarchy, depriving them of provincial taxes and trade taxes, when stopped the influx of ships to ports. In the last times of his reign, Ramses needed to usurp other statues and monuments of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, in the absence of labor, replacing the original names for his own name, carving the reliefs in stone with a depth that would not allow others to do what he had done.

The son and successor of Ramses, Mineptah had to deal with these “Sea Peoples”, first indirectly forced to assist with wheat to the Hittites, who were being invaded by several fronts, and later fighting against a coalition of Libyans, sardanians, Achaeans, Sicilians, Lycians and Etruscans (among all these people were the “Meshwesh” that had been settled peacefully on the western frontier and even in the Delta itself, from Ramses II epoch and many of them were hired as mercenaries) who had invaded the Delta from the west, from Libya, under the direction of such one Meriai, who marched to Memphis sweeping everything away in its path, while synchronously, many foreign prisoners who worked in mines and quarries were rebelling.

Mineptah he did not repress himself an apex with the heterogeneous army of  Meriai , busting it totally, but nevertheless the invader leader reached to flee  of the carnage, leaving behind him ten thousand casualties and many other prisoners that Mineptah gave to the temples to serving there as slaves. To prevent future uprisings, he ordered the expulsion of foreigners who had been stablished in Egyptian territory (in this time frame is usually is sited the Jewish exodus) unfortunate act that would deepen the economic ruin of the monarchy and specially of the poorer classes, which were gradually descending to the lowest ranks, those that had been occupied for the foreigners prisioners into the economic pyramid of Egyptian society. After properly celebrate the military success, the king marched without delay with the powerful army of Ramses towards the eastern provinces, recovering Palestine quickly (which name come from  pelestiu or philisthim, the Philistines, one of the Sea Peoples, of Cretan origin according to biblical sources).

At Mineptah death, the ruin of the monarchy is evident and the throne, for a very short time, fell into the hands of a usurper,  such one Amenmes, about who little or nothing is known, then come Queen Tausert, apparently from Ramesside lineage and later Mineptah-Siptah after marrying her. Actually since the death of Mineptah, it was opened a period of genuine chaos in the country, of which mainly took advantage the oligarchs and the authentic nobility of the South: the priesthood of Amun. Bakhenkhonsu, high priest of Amon, despite the crisis, handled enough capital to afford to restore the old palace of the high priests, dating from the Twelfth Dynasty, although in the rest of the country all public works have been abandoned.

From Nubia, which had been stayed away as viceroyalty, Seti II, probably from the lineage of Ramses, marched to Thebes where he was crowned, and at least he was proposed to restore some order, a task that would continue for a short time his son, Ramses-Siptah , and after his death, the country is sinked into the abyss, being broken up into large properties, and the common people definitively dragged the semi-slavery.  To make matters worse, a Canaanite named Iarsu, seized the country and delivered it to bands of Libyans, dedicated to plundering and to fomenting instability and terror.

The clergy represented the only real authority, although just most important temples possessed private armies, who used circumstantially in police work and were also eventually able to confront the gangs of Libyans. Sethnakht, of unknown origin or perhaps another descendant of Ramses, with the indispensable support of the clergy, got expelling or reduce to slavery the Libyans bands and the own usurper Iarsu, besides he stopped the governors abuses, restoring the monarchy and founding the twentieth Dynasty, the year 1200 before the current era. Sethnakht associated soon his son Ramses III to the throne, famous king who would restore some glory to Egypt, through its military successes. At Sethnakht death, Ramses III at three times, avoided the invasion of the tangle of peoples who were gathering on the Libyan border. He captured tens of thousands of POWs, among which, he chose staff for the army, and/or his personal guard, because Ramses III needed some troops that the regime of immunities of the temples robbed him, really just the fleet, some divisions of archers and the high command were made up of Egyptians, the divisions of chariots and infantry were composed entirely of foreigners led by their own chiefs.

In a joint maneuver, a large fleet of “Sea Peoples” tried to force the mouth of the Nile while at the same time  a large contingent tried to enter in the Delta by ground, evidently they had believed that Ramses would not able to handle two fronts at once, although were wrong and the walls of the splendid palace of Medinet Habu itemize conveniently the carnage  . Facing a Syrian port Ramses sank the rest of the invading fleet, but despite all his victories, was unable to regain Palestine. After this, a strange peace prevailed, product by tireness of the great powers, which lasted for more than eighty years, during which, new states would see the light, while former countries languish or even disappear as Ugarit, Amurru, Mitanni or Hatti, although some hittites  survived in the cities of Carchemish and Aleppo.

Assyria was too busy slaughtering arameans,  who were not less bloodthirsty than themselves, who persistently, invaded its borders, so it was absent from the political scene, like Egypt, where none of the successive Ramses was able to grab the limelight from clergy of Amon, or cushion the ruin of the population, (what it became in rebellion in many occasions, including at the times of Ramses III). By contrast the Phoenician cities that did take advantage of the disappearance of Achaean navigation and of the political independence that they enjoyed, they met a period of prosperity that let them to project themselves into the western Mediterranean and establishing new trade routes between the sicilians, with the Etruscans established in Italy, going so far as Tartessos and even beyond. The Philistines who had wrested its empire to Egypt, founded the Pentapolis (Gaza, Ascalón, Asdod, Gat y Ecrón.)and also had benefits but often faced with the Israelite tribes settled in Canaan from the time of Joshua, are times of the biblical Samson.

After the death of Ramses III, fruit of a sordid palace conspiracy, a matter of jealousy from his first wife by the issue of succession; the apparent splendor of the monarchy of Ramses IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI, was a fiction, power was effectively in the oligarchic, the feudal princes of Lower Egypt and specially in the hands of the temples, the king was not more than the feudal prince with more titles. The economic pyramid then would look much like a thumbtack with the point upward, stable enough but potentially dangerous.

Stele from Israel (The triumph of Merenptah)

Saiba!
Todo mundo foi neném
Einstein, Freud e Platão, também
Hitler, Bush e Saddam Hussein
Quem tem grana e quem não tem…
Saiba!
Todo mundo teve infância
Maomé já foi criança
Arquimedes, Buda, Galileu
E também você e eu…
Saiba!
Todo mundo teve medo
Mesmo que seja segredo
Nietzsche e Simone de Beauvoir
Fernandinho Beira-Mar…
Saiba!
Todo mundo vai morrer
Presidente, general ou rei
Anglo-saxão ou muçulmano
Todo e qualquer ser humano…
Saiba!
Todo mundo teve pai
Quem já foi e quem ainda vai
Lao-Tsé, Moisés, Ramsés, Pelé
Gandhi, Mike Tyson, Salomé…
Saiba!
Todo mundo teve mãe
Índios, africanos e alemães
Nero, Che Guevara, Pinochet
E também eu e você…
(Arnaldo Antunes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnUXAQ8ujNQ&feature=related

• Musicals!  Ever since Glee premiered I have been obsessed with watching and listening to old musicals that I loved as a little girl and ones I love today.  I learned to sing by watching Disney musicals, particularly The Little Mermaid.  I must have worn out my cassette tape soundtrack rewinding “Part of your World” hundreds of times.
• Everything Bagels with Cream Cheese. So good it even has it’s own facebook page!  For the last couple of months Ramses has been making us breakfast while I finish getting ready for work.  Normally, it’s some variation of eggs, bacon, or waffles.  We normally don’t have bagels in the house so it’s a treat to have something I really love.  Yesterday he accidentally left the office with my breakfast that he had thoughtfully packed up for me since I was running late.  The one I had this morning was so much better because of that!

• Fall TV!!  I am a TV addict.  I love television; drama, comedy, trashy reality.  It’s my favorite way to relax.  So, needless to say I have been so excited about the new fall season.  With old favorites returning and some new shows I want to try we had to carefully organize our TiVo in order to ensure we get to record most of what we can to see.  Some new shows I am excited about:  Glee (but you already know that), Eastwick, Flashforward, Community, and Vampire Diaries .  Both Glee, Vampire Diaries, and Community have already premiered and I am really enjoying them.
• Ramses!  No explaination needed.  He’s a “thing I love” everyday.  =)
• Ebi & Kai!  Again no explaination needed, my boys make me laugh everyday.  I love them to bits.



• Coloring books & crayons!  I have been getting daily visits to my office from my boss’ granddaughters who I keep entertained by coloring with them.  This week we covered the refrigerator with Hello Kitty in an effort to girl up the place.  =)

1904 - The sixty-five foot portrat statues of Ramses II., before rock hewn temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt.

View the complete collection in full size at clicksypics.com

To find out how these are created, view this post.

KİTABIN ADI : Ramses, Kadeş Savaşı
KİTABIN YAZARI : Christian JACQ
YAYINEVİ VE ADRESİ : Remzi Kitabevi
BASIM YILI : 1999

KİTABIN KONUSU

Kitap, M.Ö. 13. yy.da Mısır firavunu I. Seti’nin ölümünden sonra yerine geçen oğlu II. Ramses’in firavunluk döneminde ülkesinde ve çevresinde dönen entrikaları ve Mısır’ı tehdit eden Hititlilerle yapılan Kadeş savaşını anlatmaktadır.

KİTABIN ÖZETİ

II. Ramses, babası I. Seti’nin ölümünden sonra M.Ö. 1279 yılında tahta çıkmıştır. Ancak genç yaşı ve deli dolu haraketleri ile tepkiler almıştır. Bu işi yapabilecek, yani Mısır’ı yönetecek bir firavun olarak görülmemiştir. Ayrıca kendisinin firavun olması gerektiğini düşünen ağabeyi Şenar’ın da büyük düşmanlığına maruz kalmıştır. Bunlara rağmen Ramses, büyük başarılara imza atmış, çeşitli yerlere tapınaklar yaptırmış, ve Memfis’te bulunan ülke merkezini Pi-Ramses’e taşımıştır. Böylece çevre ülkelerin oluşturdukları tehlikelere karşı yapılan savunma savaşlarını da daha hakim bir yerden yönetmeyi amaçlamıştır.

Fakat ağabeyi Şenar, vazo ticareti ile uğraşır görünen bir Hitit casusu ile işbirliği yaparak kardeşi Ramses’ı Hititliler karşısında yenik duruma düşürüp onun yerine firavun olmayı ve ülkeyi yönetmeyi amaçlamıştır. Kızkardeşi Dolant ve kocası, kendini Libyalı bir büyücü olarak tanıtan Ofir isimli, Hitit casus şebekesinin başı olan birinin yalanlarına uyarak Ramses’e ve karısı Nefartari’ye karşı çeşitli kötülükler yapmaya kalkışmışlardır. Ofir, tek tanrılı bir dini yaymaya çalışan biri olarak kendini tanıtmış, Ramses’in veyandaşlarının inandığı tanrıların sahte olduğuna ve ülkeyi felakete götüreceğine halkı inandırarak taraftar toplamaya başlamıştır. Böylece, çok tanrılı bir din anlayışı olan Mısır’da iç kargaşalık yaratmaya çalışmıştır. Aynı zamanda Ramses’e ve karısına karşı büyüler yapmış onları yok etmeye çalışmıştır. Fakat bütün bunların altında yatan asıl amaç yaptığı casusluğu örtbas etmek Hititlilere daha rahat bir biçimde mesajlarını iletmektir.
Bütün bu olumsuzluklara rağmen, talih Ramses’ten yanadır. Ayrıca yakın arkadaşlarından dışişleri ustası Aşa, büyücü Seatu ve başkatibi Ameni ona her konuda yardım etmekte bütün kötülüklere karşı onun yanında yer almaktadırlar. Ayrıca Ramses’in yakın korumalığını üstlenen aslanı ve köpeği de ona hiçbir düşmanı yaklaştırmamaktadır.
Ülke içinde bu olaylar meydana gelirken ülkeyi ve Ramses yönetimini yok etmeyi amaçlayan bu kadar faaliyetin yanında dış tehdit olan Hititliler de boş durmamakta Mısırlılara karşı bir saldrı planlamaktadırlar.

II. Ramses, bütün bunları izledikten sonra ülkesini ve askerlerini bu savaşa hazırlamaya başlamıştır. Emrindeki komutanlar ve askerler ise bu savaşın ülkeyi felakete sürükleyeceğini Hititlilerin Mısır’ı yenip ülkeyi paramparça edeceklerini savunuyorlardı. Fakat Ramses kendinden emin bir şekilde savaşın ülkesi ve firavunluğu için gerekli olduğunu ileri sürerek adamlarını ikna etmiştir.

Bir süre sonra hazırlıklarını tamamlayan Ramses ilk olarak Hititlilerin ele geçirdiği kaleleri kolaylıkla geri alır. Daha sonra gözde kalesi olan Kadeş’te çarpışmaya karar verir. Bu kararda en önemli etken, Hititlilerin içine casus olarak sızan Aşa’nın verdiği bilgiler olmuştur. Çünkü Aşa Hititlilerin içine sızp onların saldırı planladığını öğrenmiştir.
Ramses de bunun üzerine Kadeş’e doğru harekete geçmiştir. Amacı Kadeş’i ele geçirmektir. Bu amaçla emrindeki dört tümen ve yardımcı kuvvetlerle bugünkü Suriye’de çeşitli kaleleri ele geçirir. Oradan da Kadeş’e yönelir. Buna karşılık da Hititlerin imparatoru Muvatallis Kendisine bağlı devletlerden büyük bir birlik oluşturur. Tabii bu arda Hititliler arasında da çeşitli iktidar savaşları olmaktadır. Hitit İmparatoru Muvatallis oğlu Urhi-Teşhup’a orduyu eğitme görevi vermiştir fakat ona güvenmemektedir. Bu nedenle asıl savaş planını oğluna açıklamamış, yerine onun kardeşi iyi bir diplomat olan Hattuşil ile ortaklaşa bir plan geliştirmiştir. Muvatallis, bu savaşın kendi imparatorluğunu sağlamlaştırmak ve Hititlilerin yayılmacı politikasına ters düşmediğini göstermek ister. Oğlu Urhi-Teşhup da savaşın başarısına sahip çıkarak iyi bir komutan olduğunu kanıtlayıp babasının tahtına geçmeyi planlamaktadır.

Muvatallis, kendi birliklerini ve bağlı devletlerden oluşturduğu birliği kentin arkasındaki tepeye saklar, fakat ordunun daha kuzeyde Halep’te olduğu yönündeki yanıltıcı haberleri yayar. Ramses’in Kadeş yakınlarına geldiğinde çıkardığı bir keşif kolu, köylü kılığında iki Hititli öncü askeri yakalayıp getirir. Bu askerlerin söylediklerine kanarak Asi ırmağı vadisi boyunca dar bir yürüyüş kolu halinde ilerlemeye başlayan Ramses ve ordusu tepenin ardından çıkan Hititlilerle karşılaşınca şaşkına döner. Hititliler ırmağı geçerek Mısırlıların bir tümenini bozguna uğratır ve Mısır kampına doğru hücuma başlarlar. Ardından bir tümeni daha dağılan Ramses, Hititlilere arkadan saldıran yardımcı kuvveti ve kendisinde bulunduğu iddia edilen güneşin gücüyle Hititlileri ırmağın kıyısına kadar itmeyi başarır.Hatta Hititliler bir süre sonra Kadeş kalesine sığınmak zorunda kalırlar.

Muvatallis, savaşın galibi olarak Ramses’i gösteren ve kendisini yenilmiş ilan eden resmi bir belgeyi Ramses’e vererekyenilgiyi kabul eder. Böylece Ramses, Aşa’yı kurtarır ve arkadaşlığa verdiği önemi kanıtlar.

Daha sonra ülkesine dönen Ramses başarılı bir komutan ve güçlü bir firavun olarak ülkesinde coşkuyla karşılanır. Burada ağabeyi Şenar, yaptığı kötülükler ve işlediği suçlardan dolayı tutuklanır. Fakat ellerinden kaçar. Casus Ofirde ülkeden kaçar. Ofir’in etkisinde kalan Musa Ramses’in kızkardeşinin kocasını öldürdükten sonra ülkeden kaçar ve Yahudileri biraraya getirmeye çalışır. Yavaş yavaş tektanrıcı anlayış içinde Tanrı’ya yönelmiş peygamberliğini ilan ederek firavuna karşı çıkmaya hazırlanmaktadır. Bu arada casus Raya, bir kaza sonucu ölür.

Firavun II. Ramses’in ülkesi ve firavunluğu o anda tehlikeden arınmış görünmektedir. Fakat tehlikeler tamamen yok olmamıştır. Ramses’in bütün düşmanları ona ve Mısır topraklarına karşı tekrardan güçbirliği yapıp saldırmak için uygun zamanı beklemektedirler.

KİTABIN ANA FİKRİ

Ağabeyi ve düşmanları tarafından engellenmek istenen II. Ramses’in hayat serüveni boyunca yaşadıklarını ve Mısır’a kazandırdıklarını anlatmaktadır.

KİTAPTAKİ OLAYLARIN VE ŞAHISLERIN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

II.Ramses: Mısır kralıdır.

Nefertari : II.Ramses’in karısıdır.

Musa : II.Ramses’in yakın arkadaşlarından birisidir.

Aşa : Mısır’ın dışişleri bakanıdır.

Ameni : Sandalet taşıyıcısı ve başkatiptir.

Şenar : II.Ramses’in ağabeyidir.

Dolant : II.Ramses’in kızkardeşidir.

Ofir : Libyalı büyücü ve casus şebekesinin başıdır.

Raya :Vazo ticaretiyle uğraşan Hitit casusudur.

Mutavallis : Hitit imparatorudur.

KİTAP HAKKINDA ŞAHSİ GÖRÜŞLER

Her ne kadar kitapta bir tarihi olay ele alınıyor olsa da, eser bir tarih kitabı veya bilimsel araştırma şeklinde ele alınmıştır. Kitap durağan ve tasvirlerle bezenmişti. Buna ek olarak tam bir subjektiflikle anlatılmıştır. Zaman zaman zor sıkılan okurların bile sınırlarına dayandığını söylemeliyim.

Birbirinden bağımsız gibi görünen bir sürü olayın kitabın sonunda kesişmesi ise kitabın üslubuna ayrı bir renk katmış. Kitap öyküsü ve sürükleyici serüveni açısından oldukça başarılı olmuş. Fakat çeviri bir kitap olmasından kaynaklandığını düşündüğüm büyük bir boşluk kendini hissettirmiş.

Christian JACQ HAKKINDA KISA BİLGİ

1947′de Paris’te doğdu. 13 yaşındayken hayatına yön verecek kitabı okudu: Jacques Prienne’nin “Eski Mısır Uygarlığı Tarihi”. Bunu takip eden 5 yıl içinde 8 roman yazdı. Böylece edebiyat kariyeri başlayan Jacq, 50 yaşına geldiğinde 50′nin üstünde eser vermişti. 17 yaşında Mısır’da geçirdiği balayı sırasında II. Ramses’in devrilmiş olan dev heykeliyle ilk kez karşılaştı. Jacq’ın kaderi artık belirlenmişti. 21 yaşında Sorbonne Üniversitesi’nde Mısır bilimi (Egyptology) ve arkeoloji eğitimi gördü. Çalışmalarını sürdürüp Eski Mısır konusunda doktora yaptı. 1986′da doktora tezi Editions du Rocher tarafından yayınlandı. Böylece akademik kariyeri ve ünü sağlamlaştı. 20 bilimsel makale yayınladı. “Büyük Firavunların Mısır” adlı makalesi 1981′da Academie Française ödülünü aldı. 1987′de yazdığı “Mısırlı Champollion” adlı romanıyla dikkatleri çekti ve büyük bir ün kazandı. Tehlikede olan tarihi alanların korunması için halen başkanlığını sürdürdüğü Ramses Enstitüsü’nü kurdu. 1995 yılında Alexander Dumas’nın ve 19. yüzyılın diğer ünlü dizi roman yazarlarının izinden giderek II. Ramses’in hayatını anlatan 5 ciltlik romanını yazdı.

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

„Prince of Egypt” spune povestea lui Moise eliberându-i pe evrei de sub tirania faraonului Ramses. În timp ce Ramses e preocupat să preia pământul, fratele Moise e un poznaş fără griji, până când află secretul trecutului său şi anume că este cu adevărat evreu, scăpat miraculos de genocid. Pe când află de trecutul său de la un arbuşt în flăcări, Moise se reîntoarce în Egipt cu Dumnezeu de partea lui şi cere faraonului să-i elibereze poporul.Merită văzut!

1 2 3 probando.

Venerdi 24 Luglio 2009, ore 8.30. Questa mattina ho deciso di visitare il museo Egizio, culla della storia millenaria di questo paese, ricolmo di reperti ritrovati qua e là per questo grande paese nordafricano. Il museo egizio si trova a circa 10 minuti di auto (considerando che il venerdì mattina, fortunatamente, non c’è anima viva in giro fino alle 14) dal mio albergo nel cuore del quartiere Zamalek. Prendo il primo taxi e sono là. Il biglietto costa 60 Lire egiziane (per gli studenti 30, bisogna mostrare tessera studenti e carta d’identità). Vietato portare fotocamere all’interno, bisogna lasciarle nel guardaroba di fianco alla biglietteria. Per questo non ho potuto scattare neanche una foto nel museo, ma solo qualcuna all’esterno. Passati i vari controlli di sicurezza, si accede alla sala principale, sotto la cupola. Sulla destra si può ammirare una copia della stele di Rosetta (l’originale è a Londra custodita nel British Museum), il cui ritrovamento servì per decifrare finalmente la scrittura geroglifica. Il museo si articola su due piani, la sua forma è rettangolare. Il piano terra offre un percorso temporale partendo dall’Antico Regno, poi il Medio Regno e infine il Nuovo Regno. La struttura del percorso è articolata sui quattro lati del rettangolo nei quali si aprono delle sale dove è riposto ogni genere di reperti, dalle statue, ai sarcofagi agli strumenti di lavoro ritrovati. Sempre al piano terra, nel grande salone centrale sono ospitate sculture di pietra di ogni epoca. Ai quattro angoli del piano terra, sono presenti le scale per salire al primo piano, a mio parere il più interessante. Il consiglio è di visitare prima quest’ultimo, in quanto si rischia di perdere molto tempo nel piano terra per la miriade di oggetti presenti, e non godersi le bellezze del primo piano. In esso si possono ammirare, previo pagamento di un secondo biglietto, le mummie reali. Esse sono dislocate in due sale diverse (collocate in due angoli diversi del percorso), ma vi si accede con lo stesso biglietto. 100 pound (60 per gli studenti, stesso discorso di prima) il costo. Ma ne vale la pena. In ogni sala (condizionata e controllata a vista) ci sono 5  o 6 mummie, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Le più importanti sono quelle di Ramses II, Tuthmosis e Merithamon, tutti delle famiglie regali egizie. Altra sala molto interessante è quella delle mummie animali, suddivise per categoria (animali divini, votivi, di compagnia). Addirittura si possono ammirare coccodrilli lunghi 3 metri mummificati. Ultimo punto di interesse è la sala Tutankamon, dove oltre ai gioielli ritrovati nella sua tomba, si possono ammirare i sarcofagi del faraone (egli era riposto in 3 sarcofagi uno dentro l’altro).

Per concludere, un museo non molto ben organizzato dal punto di vista prettamente informativo: molte etichette sono mancanti sui reperti, altre sono scritte solo in arabo, assenza di spiegazioni storiche. Molte guide improvvisate si offrono per accompagnarvi nel giro del museo, ovviamente dietro pagamento di cospicua mancia. Parlano un pò tutte le lingue dall’italiano al tedesco al russo e qualcuno anche giapponese. A mio parere una buona guida cartacea e tanto spirito d’avventura e potrete ammirare tutto lo splendore dell’antico Egitto senza spendere una fortuna.

across the nile in a boat

…spent the day with alex (and a cabbie)…

…driving around…

…and wandering around tombs and temples on the west bank.

see ya, egypt – we’ll be back soon.

Seid meine Dosis das neue Ding zum Fotos machen haben ist das echt nervig, andauern halten die einen das vor die Nase.

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Euer Kater Ramses