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The Kariong Hieroglyphs
In the bush above
Woy Woy lies a mysterious set of Egyptian carvings , no one knows who
did them or for what purpose or even when they were done. The carvings
are rumored to have existed since the early 1920's and first documented
in 1975.
Because sandstone is impossible to carbon date ( although recent test
were done and they were estimated to be less than 100 years old ) all we can go by is
stories from various sources.
The authors of this work are thought to be
two old diggers returned from World War 1 and remembering what they saw
in Egypt and copying from text they brought back.
In the 80's when much attention was made about the site , several
authorities and University type people studied the area and declared the
carvings as very good fakes.
Also some time in the 80's and old possibly Yugoslavian man was found
adding ( finishing ? ) to the carvings by a NPWS officer , stories range
from his tools being confiscated to being allowed to finish the work.
Some say that the Egyptians themselves carved these and several websites
continue to perpetuate the myth as well as saying several other races
and space visitors also had a bit of a carve as well ....
The carvings were deciphered by various institutions and technically
were proven forgeries , though on some of these sites they say they were good enough to form complete
translations.
Here's one I got from the Pyramids.Co.NZ site
which is now closed.
Cry
out, invoke the gods, as his boat [of Ra] carries the miraculous one
downstream.
He is gone, come into being as the transformed god, the Eagle of the
Sun.
Re-u-nef-u [cartouche]
Place in the side door of the tomb the sarcophagus watched over by Ra,
the sacred dead official if this mountainous land, to live tens of
thousands of years.
Along
the road that crosses the land the body travels.
Weep and make offerings and libations at the alter.
For
the open mouth, cakes and drink of the best.
For the roadside temple, offerings of linen.
For
the body, one hundred cakes, offerings of love.
At the front of the boundary, at the storehouse of the boundary island.
Journey
by water to the entrance by day.
See with left eye, and unfetter the locked wall.
Place
cake and wine at each of the stone shrines.
Enter by the side gate the mountain.
On foot enter the holy house of Ra.
The door of Ra of the North Land.
Behold his alter.
The papyrus scroll of Truth. Cut the cord that binds.
Ra
weeps for the Red Crown of the North.
In the second month of winter the sacred youth, as written in the
scrolls, travelled the heavenly road to the pleasant life.
His Ka travels forth in Truth from the tomb.
Come forth, see, take drink and leave the house of the dead, the door of
renewed youth.
Bound to great Ra, from whom none can hide from his left eye.’
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The thought of Egyptian sailors coming into Brisbane
Waters is a fanciful one indeed , look at the location
of the carvings in relation to a seaward approach. Our
Egyptian friends would have had to sail through the
tricky Box Head and negotiate various sand bars to end
up in Woy Woy Bay or Koolewong , also they would have
sailed past obvious fresh water supplies at Umina ,
Ettalong and Blackwall , all of these places are much
easier accessed from the sea and provide a safe beach
landing , as for the location of the carvings , there
are much larger habitable caves in the area with better
vertical walls for carving , the location simply does
not make sense in relation to a shipwrecked crew
scenario.
Possibly the carvings were also influenced by a similar
themed carving that made the headlines in the 1920's , a
miniature sphinx carving done by a returned digger in
the Ku Ring Gai National Park in honour of his fallen
mates who he served with in Egypt , this caused a minor
stir as it was an unofficial tribute and was kind of
seen as vandalism by some and an act of mateship by
many.
One only has to visit the site the see the extent of the
land clearing over 100 years ago and the site is
virtually under the Lyre Trig point , a very well
trodden and populated area long ago...
I have also heard reports of carvings in Patonga ,
Somersby and as far north has Wollombi , Egyptmania was
a big in these years and inspired much artwork.
After a bit of
research and a lengthy debate with some dubious
characters at the Ancient Lost Treasure Forum who are
totally convinced the Egyptians and space martians did
the carvings I found a rather easily accessed bit of
information that may put and end to this story ( see map
above )
A local Parish map
from 1910 shows the area where the carvings are located
( in the red area ) as you can see the area was
subdivided and extensively surveyed , also Aboriginal
carving locations were found and noted on the map in 2
places.
A recent trip to the area also uncovered some more clues
, this time I checked out the old farmhouse site near
the carvings and noted some things like a well made
sandstone wall and noted a set of initials carved into a
rock roughly on the boundary of the old lot.
The initials are DG and while checking the old 1910
parish maps I noticed the first land owners surname was
Gilford so possibly this was one of the original owners
who carved this into the stone to mark the boundary of
the property.
This puts a scenario of someone local with the tools in
the right timeline doing the work as very feasible
indeed , the presence of the sandstone wall also suggest
to me that someone with plenty of spare time and who was
good with stone also lived on this property.
A modern day legacy is a couple of streets in Kariong
named after the original land owners: Follan St and
Gilford St , maybe Davey Gilford left us with one more
...........
Read more on the
subject here:
Ancient Lost Treasures - Gosford Glyphs
Dons Maps - The Gosford Glyphs
The Lost Worlds of Ku Ring Gai - The Sphinx
Download a map to the Site - Here
Woy-Woy.com's Photos - Here
Discuss this in our Forum - Here
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