Introducing.. The Strange Archway (Alien?) Figure of Nazlet Village
What do You think it represents ? Read all about it below
Judith captured these images among many other strange similar images as we explored around the passageways of Nazlet village. It survives as an old archway, leading from and to nothing of any aparrent consequence. I will talk you through its features and maybe a visitor here will be able to offer a better interpretation. We will publish any replies at the end of this page.
Who can read the inscriptions below,taken from the arch ? It is the best I could do to lift the writing from the archway above the alien type figure and on the cat like figures, (see below). My efforts are probably not entirely accurate, and the left hand inscription was gone completely; but it should be enough for a visitor / scholar to interpret. Please get in touch via the following link if you can help.admin@richardgabriel.info
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We spent some time in the village and were spoiled for choice with so many intriguing things to see.
Throughout, there are a multitude of different styles of architechture ranging through modern brick and concrete block, to naturally carved stone, mud brick and many instances looking like very old cast stone.
It was often possible to pick out in exposed places where modern construction had taken place above mud brick, but with much deeper foundation constructions of granite, limestone, or cast stone. There are many places these can be easily chronicled - where mud bricks were used to scribe new walls around deeper massive stones.
Most amazing were the pieces of very old architechture which survived only because it had been incorporated into the modern day primitave shanty house buildings; just like the archway shown above. These examples, completely anonymous to the locals, show very unusual reliefs that seem completely out of place. The pics above are a first example, and the spaceman may not be a spaceman? The animals may be pure innocent symbolisim. The writing may have been scratched into the surface of the stone much later. At least we hope among the visitors here there may be experts who will be able to translate the writing for us. We throw this and any other feature open to suggestions. If you can help at all, please E Mail on the following link for now, and as stated, we will publish any notable comments.
The archway below for example is to be found on the opposite side of the buildings where the original arch is situated.
The archways bound an area where any former building is now gone. All that is left behind is a levelled patch of bare ground and you can see a little of this from a later photograph.
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We found it quite amazing that given the world wide interest and the number of tourists and professionals who visit Giza, there is only a tiny amount of information published about Nazlet el Samaan. The following link gives an idea of what there is to be found. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/nazlet.htm
The Village of Nazlet is filled with weird architectural anomalies which reflect many different aspects of cultural and religious difference. We have a large number of pics taken around the narrow streets of the village and these will be displayed with comments in the gallery section soon. Perhaps published material detailing the chronology and content is kept tucked away behind university or government office doors.
The public fascination with Giza, Nazlet, and the prize of antiquity which surely lies below its buildings, begs for the open publication of a historical survey of the area. We still hope that others who live there or who have seriously explored there will be able to assist with the story of the archways we have shown here.
Further down this page you will be able to read a roundup of the comments offered on various favourite Forums and Group sites about the arches. The same is true for the next page about the anomoly in the desert.We will continue to assist if anyone wishes to contact us for further information about them. Obviously also, the original high definition photographs give much more detail, and we have already shared these with some who have demonstrated a wish to
I spent some time playing with the contrasts and colours in the photographs in order to do the representative drawings of the writing on the (alien) arch. The writing could belong to the time of its construction. It could relate to the carved reliefs, or it could have been added later.Clearly the writing needs to be translated, and we hope a visitor here may be able to do just that. At least a translation may help to decipher the rest of the arch symbolism.The drawings are undoubtedly not completely accurate, but hopefully they are close enough for someone to understand what they say.
DECEPTIONS:
It is important to highlight the need for vigilance while checking these anomalies as the following example shows.
Taken from the Tomb of Ptahhotpe, Mastabas, N.Saqqara, the pics appear to show the image of another similar alien form. However the scene only depicts an elaborate vase brimming with food offerings.
Abduction of the Alien !
Towards the end of 2009 we returned to take another look at the Archway. Within moments of our arrival this time we were being noticed by 'unfriendlies' who began to gather. Very quickly we were able to take a look through the crack in the door and you can see the middle pic below. We had to extract ourselves quickly from the situation.
So the question is: What is so significant about this archway that it now attracts so much interest, especially when strangers appear. What would be such a significance that persons unknown would try to deface it since our first visit?
Take a look below to see what damage has been done to it. Further down this page you will see 2010 updated material that may offer a few explanations!
2010 UPDATE
Since these photographs were taken, a lot has happened. There was the illegal dig in the village leading to the suspicious deaths of several men.
There were the announcements of various suspicious archaeological activities on the plateau and elsewhere. There were the fanatical efforts from lofty levels to squash the reputations and information being revealed by some on anything to do with the village and the plateau.
We do know however that information is coming closer and closer to the surface for the likely presence of huge ancient archaeology beneath the village, and other tenuous links to ancient associated technology.
FEEDBACK FROM CORRESPONDENTS
Update as @ 21st May 2009
We were contacted recently by Alfred Ghazzi BSc. Alfred has a degree in Archetechture and within Military service has been involved particularly in the design of Air Force Military buildings. He is currently a software developer but for over a decade and half has studied and researched in areas such as Theology, History, Ufology, Archaeology and the Paranormal. Alfred has provided us with an invaluable translation of the writing above the archways and has given us other links, and solid information with opinion about the nature and dating for the stonework. Rather than trying to badly paraphrase Alfred's words, I reproduce them below for your consideration.
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Alfred : ...The writing is in Arabic…
The first one from the right is almost not readable. The middle 4 read as follows: “In the name of the merciful God”. It is used before reciting Islamic prayer.
· The first one of the four = “In the name of”
· The second = “God”
· The third = “the merciful” in a sense that he can be merciful
· The fourth = “the merciful” in the sense that he is merciful
The fifth is a name: The first part of the name in Arabic is pronounced as “Ismaeel” (English maybe as is “Ishmael”) the second part is either “Hamdi” or “Mahdi”. Both are Arabic names. It is more of “Ismaeel Hamdi” than “Ismaeel Mahdi”
I used the actual pictures to read the writing. So if you have a better picture of the first lion (or cat) send it to me and I’ll translate it for you…
I sent Alfred copies of the original pictures along with this note :
Another part of examining the pictures was to try and determine if the whole wall and arch sections belonged together, or if they had been rebuilt from different walling. There was also the question as to whether the writing had been added at a later time anyway? We felt there may be much to understand from the stylizing of the stonework and also in particular from all the figures which may be stylized icons representing a religious story or ideal. However our lack of Middle Eastern historical religious knowledge let us down again
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Alfred wrote back ;
Yes, as I was suspecting the writing on the right lion or cat is a name: 1 + 2 + Abu Khatab
1: most probably reads Hamdy or “Hameedi” (Unusual or very uncommon form of the name) or Mahdi
2: The first 3 letters are either Watho…. Or Matho… or Wasso… The first letter is either a W or M. If it is a W it could either be part of the word (or the name) itself or separate.
If it was separate then it reads as “AND” (in Arabic “AND” is represented with a single letter “W” pronounced as “WoW”) so it could read Hamdy and Tho… father of Khatab. I think this is unlikely and the W (if it was a W and not an M) is part of the word following it. Abu Khatab mean “father of Khatab” and Khatab is old Arabic name.
The lions are very familiar to me. I’ve seen them before somewhere else but unfortunately
I cannot remember where. But definitely I did… I hope I’ll remember and point you to them.
My first impression when I saw the pictures, I felt exactly the same: (Re: Architechture)
The structure is made of 2 parts each from a different era.
The writing of the “In the name of the merciful God” felt as if it was a later addition, engraved at a later time. I say that with some extent of certainty. The reason I cite is very simple: When an Islamic building is built with holy writings on it, the builders and architects will go to the nth degree to apply art, harmony and emphasis to the writings.
For example, the writings should have been engraved in a more centralized position on the arch and arch details should have filled the gaps between the words. What we have here is the opposite which tells me it has been added some time later.
The lions or the cats on the sides, from memory, remind me (not sure though) of artwork from the period of either the Dawla Al-Umaweya or the Dawla Al-Abaseeya period (More of the latter than the former) . See the following links for more info on these two periods.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyadshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasids
We are very much indebted to Alfred for his efforts and interest, and hope this will persuade
others to come forward with similar help or clarification on this mystery and on others featured
via the Links page on separate pages. (We are working on other leads now)
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