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"Scotty (cattle, lat. scotti) - group of the Celtic tribes. Originally Scotty lived in Ireland and Isle of man. In Roman sources-Scotia usually called Ireland. The name of the tribes immortalized in the name of Scotland - "the country Scott")."
Great encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius, 2000.
Meritaton
A Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt Akhenaton (Amenhotep IV) in the XIV century BC. E. were trying to enter the country monotheism as worship the only God, Aton.
At Akhenaten and his wife, beautiful Nefertiti - had six daughters. Younger, Anhesenpaaton, married Pharaoh Tutankhamun and older, meritaton, for some Zaminkhara, announced at the end of the reign of Akhenaten his co-ruler. After death of Pharaoh Semencha rules of less than two years, giving way to the throne of Tutankhamun. And soon after died.
There is a version that Semencha was the illegitimate son of Akhenaten and he died a violent death, and the fact of his marriage with meritaton questioned.
But it is known that before the death of Akhenaten in Egypt struck the epidemic of some diseases, which claimed many lives. Former priests "resigned" gods, who lost together with their positions of influence and income, began to spread rumors that the true gods, rejected by the Pharaoh is a heretic, brought death upon him, and the country is a cruel punishment. Most people, kept the former beliefs, perceived the rumors seriously. There was a confusion.
There is a hypothesis that in this moment of meritaton together with her husband (apparently, this was not Semencha) fled the country.
Where known
In the Egyptian sources of information about it, but the story of the daughter "of some of the Pharaoh", who left his native country, is in the medieval books: History Brittonum (IX century) and the Book of Leinster (XII century). However, in these sources developments concerning the fate of the Royal Egyptian women, referred to as secondary.
But information about them give Scotichrononicon ("Chronicles the history of Scotland"), compiled in the XV century in Latin Walter Bauer. And most importantly, you specify the name of the Pharaoh, whose oldest daughter left their homeland. - This is the name Agencies. But just as the Greeks called Akhenaten!
Here is what is written in the "Chronicle":
"In the old days Scott, the Pharaoh's daughter, had left Egypt with her husband Hautelook and with a large group of supporters. They heard about the troubles that were to strike Egypt, so heed to the admonitions of the gods and fled the country."
However, there might be a doubt that the said Scott and Princess meritamon is one and the same person. Because the names of Scott and Hautlos clearly not Egyptian. However, doubts diminish, if to take into account that in the "Chronicles" used information from not extant "World Chronicle", made in the IV century Roman writer, historian and Bishop Eusebius of Caesarea.
It is known that meritaton had a high position at the court of his father that sent with diplomatic missions in Babylon. Besides, she was very beautiful. Not surprisingly, it made a strong impression on the king of the city-state of tyre during one of his visits to Phoenicia.
During excavations at Amarna, where once stood Ahetaton, capital of Egypt, built by Akhenaten, have been found letters addressed to him. In one of them the ruler of tyre calls meritaton their mistress herself - her servant, and shooting her possession. After these words it is hard to believe that they were connected purely diplomatic relations...
Beginning Odyssey
It is logical to assume that the fugitives went on ships at sea and reached the tyre. But at that time and there was raging epidemic, and, moreover, did not stop military confrontation with the Syrians. To stay in Dash was unsafe, and the fleet of meritaton again hit the road.
There is an opinion about the unsuitability of the courts of the ancient Egyptians for sailing in the open sea. But it is easy to refute. It turns out that in times of the old Kingdom (IV-III Millennium BC), the Egyptians were building large seagoing vessels.
The proof of this fact is a funeral boat of Khufu (Cheops), who ruled in the XVII century B.C. This boat was found in 1954 at the southern wall of his great pyramids at Giza. The device of the vessel shows that it is quite suitable for swimming in the sea.
There is also much evidence that the exchange of goods between Egypt and the coastal countries of the Mediterranean basin occurred since time immemorial.
We came to Africa...
So, the fleet of meritaton went out again into the sea. Bauer writes that the Egyptians in their ships entered into Africa, going up the river Apsaga, and for some time has stopped in the province of Numidia. But Numidia is the Eastern part of Algeria and Ansage - the city of Constantine, through which flows the river; obviously, its name became the name of the city.
Any traces of Scotty in Constantine have not yet found. But in neighbouring Morocco found evidence of visits by the Egyptians during the reign of Akhenaten - among rock reliefs there are images of the Egyptian chariots of those times. And in the Atlas mountains found a two-meter image of the solar disk, obviously symbolizing God Aton.
...and "guests" in Spain
"In the end, they left Africa - we read further in "Chronicles," and went to the island Cadiz in Spain".
This island does not exist, but there is the city of Cadiz on the Cape, far out to sea, so that the essence written above is true.
In ancient tombs of Cadiz find many items from Egypt. It figures sacred scarabs beetles with names Baranovichy dynasty (III century BC), statuettes in the form of mummies of Egyptian symbols, amulets with the names of the gods Osiris, Amon. The findings relate to the bronze age.
According to Bauer, local residents - Iberians is attacked by aliens. The Egyptians headed by Hautelook repelled the attack, were almost the entire country from South-West to North-East and went to the river Ebro, where he built the camp. In the center of the camp built the tower and surrounded it by a deep ditch, having filled the trench with water.
The ruins of the tower discovered in our time, it was located in the center of the settlement. On the territory of the settlement was found various bronze objects, many of them are dated approximately 1340 BC That is, it is very likely that Scott with his squad spent some time here.
The end of the journey and the death of meritaton
Description of the further fate of the Egyptian adventurer and its satellites could be divided in two versions.
Bauer argues that they landed on the territory of modern Scotland, where lived for a time with the natives relatively peacefully. But then quarrels and clashes, and the Egyptians moved to Ireland. But it soon had to fight with the clans.
According to other sources, Scott and her group moved from Spain directly in Ireland. Further events set out in the same way.
The feud intensified, and once there was a fierce battle. Scott, it lost, but its people have won. And the people of this tribe mil, or Scotty, received its second name in honour of the Princess.
Next Bauer writes that the aliens are Egyptians gained momentum and eventually captured the whole of Ireland. And after many centuries of their descendants crossed the territory of present Scotland, conquered the natives - Picts - and settled in the North of the UK.
Artifacts confirm the hypothesis
In 1956, during the excavation of the graves on the hill Hill of Tara in Ireland found that one of the buried a young man who lived in the second half of the FOURTEENTH century B.C. His skeleton was decorated with faience beads and necklaces made of bronze with inlays of amber and black Jasper, between which was placed a small conical turquoise beads.
Such ornaments were in those days widespread, but not in Ireland, and on the territory of Sumer and Egypt! The then Irish similar technologies were not available. You should also pay attention to the Dating of the findings.
Finally, there is a reliable way to confirm (or refute) the hypothesis about the origin of the Egyptian colonies in the British Isles over 3300 years ago. To do this "only" to compare the DNA of one of the members of the Royal house of Egypt from the XVIII dynasty (which belonged to and meritaton-Scott) with a genetic code of the remains found in the burial Hill of Tara, or any other remains from the bronze age.
Well, do you know where she is buried Scott?
To this question Walter Bauer gives affirmative, although not quite concrete answer: in Penscola.
If you look at the modern map of Ireland, in its South-Western part you can find the valley with the same name. In all probability, it is here and did that bloody battle, which killed an Egyptian Princess. So, another way to establish the truth is to start excavations in the valley.