This isn't anything new. I'll probably misspell all of the following names, but I think you'll get the gist of it.
I believe it was King Tutankamun's father, Akenahten, who threw his world into a tizzy by rejecting the established religion and invented a new one that worshipped the sun. He went off a built a new city to go along with it too.
Well, the bureacracy of the day didn't like this at all because it messed with their job security. And as soon as he was dead, they went around hacking his face off anywhere it appeared (of course we're talking about monuments, etc., made from stone) and I believe they went after any mention of him in text (hieroglyphs) too.
And they almost got away with it and just about completely expunged his existence from their records. But they missed a few things and we've been able to piece together a little bit about him.
So anyhow, there's my Discovery channel understanding of that little story. What it means in relation to this subject I'm not quite sure. I thought it was a good idea to point out that this is certainly not a new issue.
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This isn't anything new. I'll probably misspell all of the following names, but I think you'll get the gist of it.
I believe it was King Tutankamun's father, Akenahten, who threw his world into a tizzy by rejecting the established religion and invented a new one that worshipped the sun. He went off a built a new city to go along with it too.
Well, the bureacracy of the day didn't like this at all because it messed with their job security. And as soon as he was dead, they went around hacking his face off anywhere it appeared (of course we're talking about monuments, etc., made from stone) and I believe they went after any mention of him in text (hieroglyphs) too.
And they almost got away with it and just about completely expunged his existence from their records. But they missed a few things and we've been able to piece together a little bit about him.
So anyhow, there's my Discovery channel understanding of that little story. What it means in relation to this subject I'm not quite sure. I thought it was a good idea to point out that this is certainly not a new issue.
I did 'zdump Pacific/Kiritimati' and it's an hour earlier than Auckland.
CNN says the first place is Kiribati Islands, which will have midnight at 5:00 A.M. EST.