Cult of Aton - part 12: The Milesians

The end of Akhenaton's reign in Egypt was in no way the end of the Cult of Aton. After the expulsion of Akhenaton and his Atonist supporters, the Cult of Aton fragmented to different branches. One of the most important chapter in this history of fragmentation is the movement of some powerful Atonists from Egypt to Western Europe. This is the story of Mile and Scota.

Hyksos kings - the creators of the Cult of Aton in Lower Egypt - had many allies around the Mediterranean. One group of their allies was called the Scythians. These people lived on the shores of the Black Sea, but they were Celts who were originally from the British Isles. The great scholar Michael Tsarion believes the Hyksos were ethnically related to the Scythians.

"The Atonist coterie, who were expelled along with Akhenaton were, like the pharaoh himself, members of this Hyksos dynasty of wealthy and powerful kings and priests. The Hyksos, we believe, were connected to, and possibly identical with, the Scythians of Northern Europe. These Scythians were Celts (or more correctly Gaels) displaced to Europe after the Age of Catastrophe. They were, we believe, originally from the British Isles. If, therefore, it is true that the Hyksos and the Israelites were one and the same people, as serveral investigators now allege, it means that the Israelites were in fact, in their earliest incarnation, Gaels from the North-West. We believe the legends and the etymology prove this to be very likely." - Michael Tsarion (The Irish Origins of Civilization)

Alliances are made by marriages. One Scythian royal prince called Mile was married to Meritaten, the daughter of Akhenaton, also known as Scota. Mile and Scota lived in Egypt in Akhenaton's court, and were among the expelled Atonists after the civil war between Atonists and Amenists.

Scota / Meritaten

Instead of seeking refuge in some Mediterranean royal court, Mile and Scota decided to go back to the lands of their forefathers - Ireland - with a large coterie of supporters. In Irish mythology this group of invaders was called Milesians.

"After the fall of Akhenaton (1400 BC), Scythian-Hyksos-Atonists made their way Westward to later invade Spain and Ireland. These conquerors - known in Irish mythology as the Milesians - were responsible for the destruction of the Druids. One of their elite members was Atonist Princess Meritaten, daughter of Akhenaton and Nefertiti. She was also known as Scota, a name derived from Scuti or Scut, by which Scythians were originally known. After the Milesian-Atonist invasion, Ireland was given the name Scota. Later, the Irish took their princess's name to Scotland ("Land of Scota" or "Land of the Scots or Scythians"). The Scythian-Hyksos-Atonists were none other than the "Israelites" and "Judites" of the Old Testament. A study of their symbolism leaves us in no doubt of this." - ibid

Scottish rite of Freemasonry - the name refers to Scota

But why on earth would some royals living in Egypt move to Ireland? Did they even know about such a place?

Yes they did. And this is the part the official history books do not want to discuss. Ancient Egypt had a very special connection to ancient Ireland. It was the Druids of Ireland who came to Egypt as Wise ones and Elders, and brought with them the wisdom and knowledge of the ancients. It was the Druids who planted the seeds of the great civilization of Egypt.

"Those who became known as "Jews" were, however, originally neither Israelites nor Hebrews, and were not racially Semitic. The term Hebrew (and possibly also Jew) comes from the Old Irish Iur, and the Irish Gaelic Ibur or Iburu meaning "Yew Tree," or "Men of the Yew." The yew tree was considered very sacred to the Druids and Egyptian Magi. The Ibaru (or Ibri, Abri, or Abari) turn up in Egypt as the "Wise Ones" or "Elders." The letter "H," added as a prefix, simply meant "the," and so the word Hebrew meant "the Ebru" or "the Ibaru." This is the origin of the word Iberia which signified Spain and Hibernia which signified Ireland. The word rabbi is a rendition or variant of this ancient name Abari or Ibaru. The Ibaru were Druidic Elders who had traveled to Egypt in remote periods and who had brought solar worship there. They were probably akin to the predynastic Shemsu Hor or "Disciples of Horus," the tall, fair-complexioned, technically proficient race whose remains were found in tombs in Nubia by the eminent archaeologist Professor Walter B. Emery." - ibid

For example, did you know the first pharaoh of the first dynasty traveled to Ireland, and was in fact buried in there?

"The first pharaoh of the first dynasty of Egypt, and founder of the great city of Memphis, King Menes is buried in Northern Ireland. [...] It is not surprising, therefore, that he should have wished to travel to Ireland, the original homeland of his ancestors." -ibid

Pharaoh Menes

The special meaning of the West for Egyptians can be seen in the titles of the Egyptian god Osiris:

"The mightiest of the gods, king of Lower Egypt, He who is seated upon his throne, Bull of the West, Conqueror of Eternity, Representative of the Stars, First of the Westerners, Lord of the West." - Adolf Erman (A Handbook of Egyptian Religion)

Osiris -  First of the Westerners, Lord of the West

It is also very likely that Nefertiti (the mother of Scota and first wife of Akhenaton) was from a family of Western origins.

"The Caucasian features described by Sir Elliot Smith are to be seen on the face of Queen Nefertiti, her sister Mutnodjmet (wife of Pharaoh Heremheb), and her daughter Meritaten (Scota). Indeed, there is little doubt in our minds that Nefertiti and her family were of Western ancestry. This explains why Scota, her eldest daughter, traveled to Ireland by way of Spain after the fall of Akhenaton's corrupt dynasty and why her grave was found, not in Egypt, but in Ireland's County Kerry." - Michael Tsarion (The Irish Origins of Civilization)

Nefertiti

So it was not at all strange for Mile and Scota to move to Ireland. But there is more to it.

The civil war during the reign of Akhenaton was between two solar cults - the Amenists and the Atonists. The former were close allies to the Irish Druids. Obviously the Atonist party of Mile and Scota had a grudge against the Druids of Ireland. So they came to Ireland as invaders with a revenge in their mind.

"More importantly, these legends [early myths] show us that it was indeed Akhenaton's Atonists who made the journey West after their expulsion. The story of Mile and Scota is the story of Akhenaton and his descendants. It is the story of the true Israelites. In short, the Milesian conquest of Ireland, was the Atonist conquest." - ibid

"What interests us is that these Milesians, the descendants of Celts from Scythia, have been linked with the Israelites whose exodus from Egypt occurred after the fall of Akhenaton around 1300 BC. Historians date the Milesian invasion of Ireland to approximately 1000 BC, but we believe it to have occurred at a few hundred years earlier. This is because a daughter of Akhenaton, named Scota, is believed to have accompanied the Milesians on their journey to Ireland. Her real name was Meritaten and she (or a namesake daughter) is buried in Country Kerry." - ibid

So the Atonists invaded Ireland thousands of years ago - so what?

There is a reason why it's important to know the story of the Milesians and the movement of the Cult of Aton to Western Europe. It's the Milesians that connect the dots between Akhenaton and the modern day "Elite".

But that's another story.