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Nefertiti's 'Love Affair' With Moses to Hit the Silver Screen
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Posted on 04/08/2005 4:21:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway

CAIRO (AFP) - A Hollywood flick on an alleged love affair between pharaonic Queen Nefertiti and the Biblical Prophet Moses is soon to begin shooting in Egypt, renowned British producer John Heyman has revealed to AFP.

"Nefertiti married perhaps one of the first monotheists in history and the film will tell their story, which logically enough should be set in Egypt" said Heyman on a brief visit to Cairo.

"One can find in the Old Testament that Moses and Nefertiti had a relationship," he added.

The movie will also deal "with the return to the worship of the sun god," said Heyman.

He was referring to Aten -- the radiant disk of the sun -- whose cult was briefly re-introduced by Pharaoh Akhenaten, the 10th king of the 18th Dynasty also known as the "heretic king" for breaking with traditional religion in the 1350s BC.

The cult of Aten is considered by some experts to be a predecessor of modern monotheism.

Scholars generally agree that Nefertiti, often referred to in history as the "most beautiful woman in the world", was Akhenaten's wife.

But few have argued that Akhenaten and Moses may have been the same man, although there is no consensus on their respective dates of birth and death.

Others contend that Ramses II, the third ruler of the 19th dynasty, was in fact Moses while Jews believe the pharaoh king is responsible for their exodus from Egypt.

And founding father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud ventured his belief in "Moses and Monotheism", published in 1939, that Moses was in fact an Egyptian follower of Aten that brought the monotheistic doctrine out of Egypt as Judaism when he led the Israelites away from slavery to freedom some 3,300 years ago.

Ahmed Osman, on whose 1990 book "Moses and Akhenaten: The Secret History of Egypt at the Time of the Exodus" the script of Heyman's next film is based, admitted that "my argument is controversial and not widespread among many Egyptologists."

"But I have collected evidence proving that Akhenaten and Moses are the same person, which so far nobody has been able to contest," said Egypt-born Osman who has lived in London for the past 20 years where he studied Egypt's ancient history.

"Egypt's history is greatly ignored by the film industry besides 'Cleopatra' and 'The Ten Commandments' and that's it," said Heyman, referring to the two epic Hollywood blockbusters released more than 40 years ago.

The shoot "will not start before 2006 and locations will be between studios and along the Nile in Upper Egypt," he added.

Although he said it was too early to talk about the cast, Heyman said he had met "several Egyptian actors who are very good and charming, warm and kind".

British director Hugh Hudson, the acclaimed director of "Chariots of Fire," will direct the movie.

Heyman, who produced or co-financed major films such as "Chinatown", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Marathon Man", is also known for creating the Genesis project -- a scholarly endeavor to put all the Hebrew and Christian scriptures on film.

He also produced "Jesus," filmed on location in Israel in Biblical settings and subsequently translated in more than 850 languages.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 18thdynasty; akhenaten; amarna; ancientegypt; arabmoron; archaeology; craniorectosis; egypt; entertainment; exodus; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; hollywood; judaism; moses; nefertiti; nuttery; plagiarism
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1 posted on 04/08/2005 4:21:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

So this is Hollywood's idea of a "Passion" movie? I think they need a dictonary...


2 posted on 04/08/2005 4:22:40 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (I'm posting less and less in the last few weeks)
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To: nickcarraway

His next film will be about Robert E. Lee's affair with Queen Victoria.


3 posted on 04/08/2005 4:23:16 PM PDT by Publius
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To: nickcarraway
"British director Hugh Hudson"

Can you say "Box-office poison"?

4 posted on 04/08/2005 4:23:36 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (I'm posting less and less in the last few weeks)
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To: Publius; nathanbedford
His next film will be about Robert E. Lee's affair with Queen Victoria.

I'm still waiting for Abe Lincoln's affair with Nathan Bedford Forrest myself.

5 posted on 04/08/2005 4:24:50 PM PDT by Clemenza (Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
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To: nickcarraway

"One can find in the Old Testament that Moses and Nefertiti had a relationship,"

Is this guy on drugs?


6 posted on 04/08/2005 4:29:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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Sounds like "Moses meets the Davinci Code"...


7 posted on 04/08/2005 4:35:24 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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Another way to waste money and film. Yeah cant wait. (insert sarcasm here)


8 posted on 04/08/2005 4:38:06 PM PDT by duck duck goose
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To: BenLurkin
Is this guy on drugs?

No just another "Howard Dean" - type of believer who is "spiritual, not religious" but never bothered to actually READ the BIBLE, and think about its lessons.

9 posted on 04/08/2005 4:40:41 PM PDT by Clock King
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To: Darkwolf377

Can you say "Bomb"?


10 posted on 04/08/2005 4:41:18 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: PetroniusMaximus

LOL...good one.


11 posted on 04/08/2005 4:41:54 PM PDT by Kenny Bunkport
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To: nickcarraway
Everybody slept with pharaonic Queen Nefertiti, even me. My name was Bob at the time, but I remember it quite well.

FMCDH(BITS)

12 posted on 04/08/2005 4:42:57 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Clemenza

The union of Smith and Wesson was quite productive !


13 posted on 04/08/2005 4:43:06 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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..."my argument is controversial and not widespread among many Egyptologists."

Nor anyone else with at least half a brain.

14 posted on 04/08/2005 4:43:45 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Darn it , you beat me to it...!


15 posted on 04/08/2005 4:43:51 PM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: nickcarraway

I guess both will also be portrayed as Black.


16 posted on 04/08/2005 4:45:16 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: nickcarraway

Damn- I always thought Boris Karloff should have played Moses in the Ten Commandments.


17 posted on 04/08/2005 4:45:20 PM PDT by fat city (Julius Rosenberg's soviet code name was "Liberal")
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To: nickcarraway

So . . . 'Let My People Go' was just part of a custody battle in a nasty divorce. This will show Moses, pimples and all.


18 posted on 04/08/2005 4:47:07 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: fat city

Well the story of Moses is a work of fiction, why can't Hollywood screw it up more?


19 posted on 04/08/2005 4:48:11 PM PDT by libertarianben (Looking for sanity and his hard to find cousin common sense)
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Well the story of Moses is a work of fiction, why can't Hollywood screw it up more?

How do you know? Were you there?

20 posted on 04/08/2005 4:50:03 PM PDT by yarddog
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