[Buddha-l] [Fwd: Buddha - a Scythian Arian?]

[Christopher Fynn]

Dear HG

Does www.archaeologica.org really represent the "Archaeologic [sic] 
Press"? - Anyway the link on that site goes back to 
http://www.newkerala.com/

There we find the idea was first published in that august academic 
journal "The official newspaper of the Ukrainian Parliament" and that 
Prof. Bebik, who makes the claim, is a Doctor of Political Sciences. 
Further the article goes on to reveal:

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'It is quite possible that Buddha belonged to the Scythian nation of 
Budins that lived on the territory of Ancient Ukraine during the first 
or the second millennium BC. The name of the nation is still preserved 
in the names of Ukraine’s contemporary settlements-Seredina-Buda, Buda, 
and some others,'' he said.

''Everything is clear from the ethnic point of view. Buddha was a 
Scythian Arian, a member of the Budin tribe. The descendants of the 
tribe still live in the Sumsky and the Chernigov region of Ukraine, as 
well as on the neighbouring lands of Belarus and Russia,'' he said.

Bebik earlier also published a number of his articles in the official 
newspaper of the Ukrainian Parliament.

He wrote his previous articles for the paper to 'prove' the remarkable 
role of the Ukrainian civilization, which endowed the world with 
spiritual enlightenment, outstanding prophets, philosophers and leaders.

In 2008-2009, the Ukrainian professor shared his amazing observations of 
Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and the ethnic origin of Jesus Christ.

''The name of Egypt's major temple, Het-ka-Ptah, sounds very much like 
Ukrainian words 'hata' and 'ptaha' ('house' and 'bird').

The pictures on the Egyptian pyramids show that Egyptian queens were 
blonde women with blue eyes, just like many Ukrainian women. One should 
also pay attention to the fact that the trident, which is currently the 
minor national emblem of Ukraine, can often be seen there too,'' he wrote.

''We have already outlined the facts that placed in question the 
official, the church version of the ethnic origin and the Biblical dates 
of the life of Jesus Christ and the historical epoch, in which the basis 
of Christianity was formed. It looks like Christ actually lived 3,000 
years before his canonical birth and spoke the Coptic language, which is 
a close language to the ancestors of contemporary Ukrainians,'' the 
scholar wrote.
 >>

My guess is that Prof. Bebik's entertaining ideas ~ which should have 
been published a week from today ~ are unlikely to cause even a ripple 
of "new thinking" - though there may be a small wave of disbelief.

- Chris


h.godavari wrote:
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> 
> I sa this on another list.. How valid is this theory?
> regards
> hg.
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> http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-3900.html 
> <http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-3900.html>
> 
> This story just came in from the Archaeologic Press. 
> http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm 
> <http://www.archaeologica.org/NewsPage.htm>
> 
> I think this story shall create a tsunami of new thinking on this topic.
> 
> Jeff
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