cladking Wrote:
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> Many millions of dollars pour into Egyptology
> every year to fund the status quo.

Yeah, sure, just look at all of the hard-headed, money-minded types turning down the Harvard Business School to go into Egyptology.

I’m trying to find a way of reading your statements which makes them other than just plain bonkers. Perhaps you’re mistaking the Egyptian tourist industry for Egyptology?

> Scott Creighton doesn't have governments throwing
> money at him. Most alts have no sponmsors and no
> funding at all.

Scott Creighton is doing his best to put himself in the Graham Hancock league. There is a revenue stream for those who succeed in the genre. I suggest you look at the site of Scott’s publisher and in particular the “All Authors” page:

http://www.innertraditions.com/authors

They seem to find it adequately remunerative. Perhaps they could advise you.

> To get funding one must believe in ramps, tombs
> and changeless bumpkins. As soon as an
> Egyptologist says he doesn't think the ancients
> believed in gods and magic his funding will dry
> up. You can't even get a degree in the field if
> you don't believe in the assumptions.

The ancients? Which ancients? That the ancient Egyptians “believed in” gods and magic is so conspicuously obvious that questioning it would put in doubt the questioner’s competence. That’s what it’s really about.

> This is the modern day reality. You won't be
> taken seriously if you don't believe.

Sorry, but I’m not seeing any compelling reason to take you seriously.

M.