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The image on the cover of this book is an artist's rendering of a genuine Egyptian face, painstakingly reconstructed, through the techniques of forensic anthropology, from the skull of Natsef-Amun an Egyptian priest who died around 1100 B.C. When the reconstruction was completed in 1989, Natsef-Amun's distinctly Negroid features came as a surprise to some Egyptologists. Were the ancient Egyptians black? Some experts say yes. If so, then Western civilization may owe its existence to black Africans. InBlack Spark, White Fire, award-winning journalist Richard Poe explores new and controversial evidence from linguistics, archaeology, and anthropology, suggesting that Egyptian explorers may have landed in Greece 3 to 4,000 years ago, reared cities and pyramids, established cults, and founded royal dynasties. In the process, the spark they lit may have kindled the fire of Western Civilization. Black Spark, White Firesolves the riddles to these questions and more: Why do so many of the cities, mountains, and rivers in Greece have names that are not Greek, but Egyptian and Phoenician? Who were the mysterious "Minyans" who built pyramids in Greece, some 2,000 years before the Golden Age of classical Athens? Did an Egyptian army once march across Russia leaving colonists in the Caucasus? Did the first Egyptian pharaohs come from Nubia a lost civilization deep in the heart of Africa?With all the suspense of a mystery thriller,Black Spark, White Firefollows a slender trail of clues that leads from the highlands of Ethiopia to the barrows of the Russian steppes. It pieces together the forgotten story of an Age of Exploration that ended nearly 3,000 years before Columbus a time when Egypt ruled the waves, Africa was the seat of learning and power, and Europe a savage frontier.

Richard Poe is an award-winning journalist, a <I>New York Times</I>-bestselling author, and the editor of //Frontpagemag.com, a popular conservative Web site. In addition, his columns have appeared on //NewsMax.com, an online newspaper rated as the sixth most visited Web site on the Internet by the World Charts Foundation. Mr. Poe lives in New York City.

FOREWORD

VIII

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

XI

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INTRODUCTION

XIII

PART ONE DARKEST EUROPE

3

(18)

1. "Like Frogs Around a Pond"

3

(6)

2. Who Discovered Europe?

9

(3)

3. Gold and Glory

12

(9)

PART TWO RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

21

(18)

4. "A Black Race of Men"

21

(6)

5. Were the Egyptians Black?

27

(4)

6. The Tell-Tale Sphinx

31

(8)

PART THREE SESOSTRIS THE GREAT

39

(44)

7. "Black Skin" and "Whoolly Hair"

39

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8. Father of History? Or Father of Lies?

43

(4)

9. The Herodotos-Bashers

47

(6)

10. Egyptians in Russia

53

(6)

11. Neferti's Prophecy

59

(5)

12. The Sesostris Enigma

64

(5)

13. Egyptians at Troy

69

(5)

14. The Belt of Destruction

74

(9)

PART FOUR THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES

83

(44)

15. Mystics and Madmen

83

(6)

16. Imhotep's Legacy

89

(6)

17. The First Philosopher

95

(6)

18. Secrets of the Temple

101

(5)

19. "Something Like a Freemasonry"

106

(7)

20. The Grand Master

113

(5)

21. The Egyptian Athena

118

(9)

PART FIVE WHEN EGYPT RULED THE WAVES

127

(42)

22. The Pax Aegyptiaca

127

(6)

23. The War Fleet

133

(6)

24. Land of the Gods

139

(6)

25. Explorers for Hire

145

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26. The Phoenicians

149

(6)

27. Kadmos of Thebes

155

(6)

28. The Pharaoh's Tribute

161

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PART SIX SECRETS OF THE MASONS

169

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29. The Sons of Daidalos

169

(7)

30. The Demiurge

176

(8)

31. The Shabaka Stone

184

(7)

32. Solomon's Temple

191

(7)

33. The Crafty One

198

(7)

34. The Grail Knights

205

(7)

35. The Murdered Apprentice

212

(6)

36. The Curse of Cain

218

(5)

37. Osiris the Civilizer

223

(7)

38. Son of the Widow

230

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PART SEVEN THE GREAT GREEN SEA

239

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39. Voyage of the Ra

239

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40. The Metal of Kings

247

(5)

41. The Bronze Lords

252

(4)

42. The Cocaine Mummies

256

(5)

43. Lost Knowledge

261

(5)

44. Secret of the Labyrinth

266

(7)

45. The Melting Pot

273

(6)

46. The Ptah Ship

279

(6)

47. The Sea Guild

285

(6)

48. Why Is Europe Called "Europe"?

291

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PART EIGHT THE PYRAMIDS OF GREECE

299

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49. The Legend of Danaos

299

(6)

50. Min, Minos, and Menes

305

(5)

51. The Marvelous Minyans

310

(5)

52. The Egyptian Herakles

315

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53. The Pyramid of Amphion

321

(5)

54. A Lost Civilization

326

(7)

PART NINE THE MASTER RACE

333

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55. The Taboo

333

(6)

56. Dumb Blonds

339

(5)

57. The Unconquerable Kushites

344

(6)

58. Black, White, or Reddish-Brown?

350

(6)

59. The Aryan Race

356

(5)

60. The Dorian Dilemma

361

(8)

PART TEN CHILDREN OF HAM

369

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61. The Curse of Ham

369

(4)

62. In Search of the "True Negro"

373

(7)

63. White Pharaohs

380

(6)

64. The Lost White Tribe

386

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PART ELEVEN THE FIRST MEN

393

(82)

65. The Battle Line

393

(7)

66. The Mother Tongue

400

(7)

67. Out of Africa

407

(6)

68. Wretched Kush

413

(6)

69. The Incense Burner

419

(5)

70. The Lost Kings of Ta-Seti

424

(6)

71. Faces of the Dead

430

(7)

72. The One-Drop Rule

437

(5)

73. What Does It Mean to Be "Black"?

442

(6)

74. Where's the Beef?

448

(6)

75. The Exorcist

454

(6)

76. Return of the "True Negro"

460

(6)

77. Black, White, or Biologically African?

466

(9)

PART TWELVE CONCLUSION

475

(27)

78. Toward a New Egyptology

475

(9)

79. The Nefertiti Doll

484

(9)

80. The Myth of the Pure Race

493

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NOTES

502

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INDEX

537

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