 In 1889, the discovery was made of an inscribed rock on an island close to Elephantine, north of Aswan, eventually being partially deciphered in 1953, and appropriately named the Famine Steela, for the context of the text contained in the hieroglyphic inscriptions relating to a seven-year drought. These inscriptions contained many things that had been lost two times, and if it wasn't for the revelation of the Steela, we would be missing a huge gap in the history of the dynastic Egyptians, and indeed, this is a history that is lost and one in which we do not understand. Within the context of these inscriptions exist the name of the pharaoh Josir, his architect Emhotep, and the god of the Egyptians Shum, who is associated with the very first humans to walk the earth. The very mention of this god provokes thoughts of the pre-dynastic episode of the region, of which the dynasty of pharaohs in Egypt tried to re-establish the glory of the before time after the great Cataclysmic occurrences, as foretold in the biblical narrative that had separated civilization by thousands of years. The strange thing about this famine Steela is the fact that it mentions man-made stone. Could they really be referring to a type of pouring stone like concrete? In columns 6-18 Emhotep is describing to the pharaoh the site of Eleventine Island and what minerals and stones are available there, and then Josir describes how he had a dream when the god Shnum is telling how to build the pyramids and temples of the gods using man-made stone. Emhotep's account of the Steela is incredibly interesting. He visited the area of Eleventine on a state visit where he visited the temple of the god and saw the granite, precious stones, minerals, and building stones. He mentioned in the scribe Steela that the work of these rocks on both banks of the river in view of the town of Eleventine there is a stone in its middle and whose interior evil is contained it's called the rock of Eleventine. Learn the names of the stony materials which are to be found lying in the midst of the rocky mountain which are in the east and in the west which are on the island of the river. Eleventine which are in the desert which are inland of the east and west banks which are in the midst of the river. He then names a whole list of materials before he continues saying learn the names of these precious stones located upstream and are found at a distance of four miles gold silver copper iron lapis lazuli turquoise jasper and radish stone these are the kinds of stone from the interior of the land. The next section of the deciphered text named Joseph Decree mentions the encounter Pharaoh had in a dream with the god and although this section is referring to the seven years famine in Egypt at this time there is a stunning reference that has the world of understanding at a standstill and it reads when I was asleep my heart was in life and happiness I found the god standing I caused him pleasure by worshiping and adoring him he made himself known to me and said I am Shnoom your creator my arms are around you to steady your body and to safeguard your limbs I bestow on you ores with precious stones that were not worked before to build temples rebuild ruins and sculpt chapels for his master I am master of creation I have created myself the great ocean which came into being in past times according to whose pleasure the Nile rises it then goes on as a god's promise to flood the Nile area so that crops can be grown before finishing with the almighty statement that the land of Egypt is beginning to stir again the shores are shining wonderfully and wealth and well-being dwell within them as it had been before so it states that the god bestows the pharaoh with knowledge of how to rebuild the temples with auras and precious stones that have not been worked before and that he could use this knowledge to build temples and other structures that were fit for the gods shnooms instructions and eminhotep's revelation do not mention any constructional stone such as limestone or sandstone or granite blocks these materials are not found in the list in Joseph's dream which is the 19th column by the way the god shnoom is giving minerals and since former times nobody ever worked with them to build the temples of the gods to build monuments Joseph was given a list of minerals and ores whose hieroglyphic names have not been translated so far this is seriously suggesting that stone is made from minerals and ores and not quarried and transported the stone would be made on site and poured into a cast for perfect alignment and this of course does answer a lot of questions if it can be proven without a shadow of a doubt however most of the inscriptions remain untranslated despite many efforts to decipher the stela in the 20th century there simply does not exist the context to translate many of these hieroglyphics at the moment but more study is needed and this ancient diary could yet give us many answers as to the building techniques that the dynastic egyptians were trying to understand from much more ancient sources this is why pharaoh consorts with the god this is an open reflection by joseph of the ancient past in the time of the dynastic era an open understanding that the past had already occurred and the knowledge of the past had been forgotten in terms of building methods and therefore joseph shows that he is working with very ancient knowledge of which the dynastic egyptians were trying to re-understand during this era and this is immortalized later on in this stela there is a mountain massive in its eastern region of elephantine containing all the ores all the crushed weathered stones aggregates suitable for agglomeration all the products sought for building the temples of the gods of the north and south the stalls for sacred animals the pyramid for the king all statues that stand in temples and in sanctuaries there is in the midst of the river a place of relaxation for every man who processes the ores on its two sides learn the names of the stony materials which are to be found learn the names of the rare ores located upstream i found the god standing he spoke to me i am schnoom your creator my arms are around you to steady your body to safeguard your limbs i bestow on you rare ores upon rare ores since creation nobody ever processed them to make stone for building the temples of the gods or rebuilding the ruined temples anyway we just wanted to touch on the context of the famine stela and to bring these words to your attention to better understand what it may be referencing the steppe pyramid of this pharaoh for example is said to be the oldest pyramid built a hundred years or so before the great pyramid but this is the timeline that egyptologists would have us believe and the very fact that the mentioned god schnoom was regarded as the guardian of the source of the Nile river his significance led to early theodoric names of him for children such as schnoom kufue schnoom is my protector and this just happens to be the full name of kufu the apparent builder of the great pyramid of giza isn't that astonishing what do you guys think about this anyway comments below and as always thank you for watching