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what convinces me that the other peoples learnt it as a result of their<br />

contact with Egypt is that any Phoenicians who have come into contact<br />

with Greece have stopped copying the Egyptians with respect to their<br />

genitalia, and do not cut off their children's foreskin. And let me mention<br />

one more way the Colchians resemble the Egyptians: these two peoples<br />

alone work linen, and they do so in the same way. In fact, their lifestyles<br />

in general and their languages are similar. <strong>The</strong> Greeks call Colchian<br />

linen Sardonian, while the linen that comes from Egypt is called<br />

Egyptian.<br />

Powerful Sesôstris I destroyed many cities on his expedition. He<br />

sent back to Egypt prisoners as well as metal such as lead and silver. 177<br />

He also relocated Caucasian metalworkers to cities in the Levant and the<br />

Sinai under Egyptian influence. 178<br />

<strong>The</strong> famous Story of Sinuhe illustrates the extent of Egyptian<br />

subjugation of the Levant and Syria. <strong>The</strong> story has always been highly<br />

regarded. 179 Sinuhe was a courtier who unwittingly overheard state<br />

secrets at the death of Amenemhe I, father of Sesôstris I. Fearing for his<br />

life Sinuhe escaped into Canaan and traveled to Byblos (in the Lebanon).<br />

<strong>The</strong>re he turned homewards and traveled to Upper Rtnw, thought to be a<br />

town in Southern Syria, and became an adviser to the local king.<br />

Afterwards he became a rich man. In Rtnw, Sinuhe saw many messengers<br />

arrive from Pharaoh Sesôstris I and the Syrian princes offer humble<br />

deference to Egypt. He saw the resolve of the Pharaoh to smite the<br />

Bedouin and Asiatics, such as the Hurrians, infringing upon his<br />

suzerainty. Pharaoh Sesôstris I finally forgave Sinuhe. After many years,<br />

the Pharaoh invited him back to Egypt and there saw out his days.<br />

<strong>The</strong> proto-Israelites lived in the Anatolian Commagene after their<br />

priestly tribe, a cult of Brahm called the Calani, migrated from Bactria, on<br />

the border of Iran and Afghanistan. 180 <strong>The</strong>ir godhead Yahweh was to<br />

begin with the metalworking god Q're Adonai. 181 Q're means furnace or<br />

metalwork.<br />

We need to understand a little more of Q're Adonai’s widespread<br />

importance. Qera (or Ktr w hss) was the Western Semitic Ugaritic god of<br />

metalwork and artisanship. At the time of Pharaoh Tuthmose III, the<br />

Syrians worshipped him as the great god Kir.<br />

Curetes are young men who shaved their hair at the feast of<br />

Comyria and sacrifice these hair-trimmings to the God Q're. 182 Initially,<br />

they were the sacrificial king’s armed companions who attended the<br />

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