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I've restored the earlier version. Some of it was copyvio from [1]. Exposure Magazine, now called Hard Evidence, is a UFO magazine [2] and clearly not a suitable source. Ray Johnson was not an Egyptologist. Nor is von Sneff who doesn't claim a PhD on his Facebook page, just PhD studies in modern languages. [3]. See also [4]. Dougweller ( talk) 07:37, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
The block warning was solely for copyvio. How does von Sneff meet WP:RS and WP:VERIFY. What does ""Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt” An illustrated Guide to the Temples and Tombs of the Pharaohs" say about Australia(and on what page, you need to give page numbers for books)? What does "“The Tutankhamen Exhibit - Other Items”, Tour Egypt" say about Australia? The old version before you reverted (now reinstated) said "claimed to be authentic proto-Dynastic script carved by Egyptians about 5000 years ago." so I don't understand your comment on the alleged date. Dougweller ( talk) 11:02, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I must admit, my thoughts on this are coloured by my own investigations into the glyphs. I visited the site in 2005 with my wife, who worked at the local cinema in Raymond Terrace. When she mentioned the glyphs to a colleague, the colleague revealed that she used to picnic near them (there's a great lookout site just above the glyphs) in the 1940s. The alleged "tomb" is a case of natural erosion. There are a couple of rock slabs that appear to have been put in place place by human hands that stop soil from being washed down into the "tomb" entrance, so all of the soil under 2 or 3 massive boulders (I'd be surprised of they weren't several hundred tonnes each) has been washed away leaving a quite impressive cavity. A few hundred metres below the site are the stumps of a house that used to be there early in the 20th century and all the evidence that I could find pointed to the glyphs being carved by a former resident, who just happened to be a returned WWI soldier who had been stationed in (drum roll) Egypt. Since they were originally carved, there have been numerous additions and re-carvings. One of the additions was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for a 14 pin, dual-in-line integrated circuit that I mentioned at WP:AWNB. As I also mentioned, the "translation" of the glyphs originated with Rex Gilroy, who was the only person in the world able to translate them. -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 12:09, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
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I've restored the earlier version. Some of it was copyvio from [1]. Exposure Magazine, now called Hard Evidence, is a UFO magazine [2] and clearly not a suitable source. Ray Johnson was not an Egyptologist. Nor is von Sneff who doesn't claim a PhD on his Facebook page, just PhD studies in modern languages. [3]. See also [4]. Dougweller ( talk) 07:37, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
The block warning was solely for copyvio. How does von Sneff meet WP:RS and WP:VERIFY. What does ""Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt” An illustrated Guide to the Temples and Tombs of the Pharaohs" say about Australia(and on what page, you need to give page numbers for books)? What does "“The Tutankhamen Exhibit - Other Items”, Tour Egypt" say about Australia? The old version before you reverted (now reinstated) said "claimed to be authentic proto-Dynastic script carved by Egyptians about 5000 years ago." so I don't understand your comment on the alleged date. Dougweller ( talk) 11:02, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I must admit, my thoughts on this are coloured by my own investigations into the glyphs. I visited the site in 2005 with my wife, who worked at the local cinema in Raymond Terrace. When she mentioned the glyphs to a colleague, the colleague revealed that she used to picnic near them (there's a great lookout site just above the glyphs) in the 1940s. The alleged "tomb" is a case of natural erosion. There are a couple of rock slabs that appear to have been put in place place by human hands that stop soil from being washed down into the "tomb" entrance, so all of the soil under 2 or 3 massive boulders (I'd be surprised of they weren't several hundred tonnes each) has been washed away leaving a quite impressive cavity. A few hundred metres below the site are the stumps of a house that used to be there early in the 20th century and all the evidence that I could find pointed to the glyphs being carved by a former resident, who just happened to be a returned WWI soldier who had been stationed in (drum roll) Egypt. Since they were originally carved, there have been numerous additions and re-carvings. One of the additions was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for a 14 pin, dual-in-line integrated circuit that I mentioned at WP:AWNB. As I also mentioned, the "translation" of the glyphs originated with Rex Gilroy, who was the only person in the world able to translate them. -- AussieLegend ( ✉) 12:09, 29 June 2013 (UTC)