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FAQ: What is the Kemetic Orthodox stance on the theory that Kemetic gods (the Names of Netjer) are actually not divine at all, but space aliens [or human emissaries from some advanced society now extinct, such as the legendary Atlantis, Mu or Lemuria]?

Kemetic Orthodoxy begs to differ with alien theorists -- Netjer is as real and valid a manifestation of Deity as are Yahweh, Allah, Brahman or Gitchi Manitou. Netjer is not described in any ancient text as having come from anywhere other than the Nile Valley (and in addition, no Kemetic text mentions any land corresponding to the legendary land theories; lands mentioned are easily found on any map of the Ancient Near East).

The only ancient Near Eastern society that could possibly lend credence to these theories is that of Sumer, which thrived contemporarily with Kemetic culture, on the other side of the Middle East and separated from Kemet by a vast distance. (The Sumerians believed that their Deities came from the stars, and/or from outside their land.) We believe the aliens-in-Egypt theories are the product of people with a vested interest either in denying the validity of a successful pre-Christian religion (religious bigots), or who need some other reason to explain how an African society could flourish on its own, and be more "civilized" than any European society, thousands of years earlier, without help from a more "advanced" outside group (racial bigots).

See also:
The Black and White of Ancient Egypt
Truth


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