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Download Adobe PDF Document ...The Truth Is On The March... (Emile Zola, 1840-1902) by Edmond R. Mansoor ...In any event, I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat with more intense conviction: the truth is on the march and nothing will stop her! It is only today that this affair has begun, since it is only now that sides have definitely been taken: on the one hand, the culprits who want no light at all on the business; on the other, lovers of justice who would lay down their lives for it. I have said elsewhere and I say again, when the truth is buried underground, it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day when it bursts out, it blows everything up with it. We shall soon see whether we have not laid the mines for a most far-reaching disaster in the near future. (Emile Zola - Josephson, M. Macaulay, N.Y. 1928) ...Ce n'est pas, d'ailleurs, que je désespère le moins du monde du triomphe. Je le répète avec une certitude plus véhémente: la vérité est en marche et rien ne l'arrêtera. C'est aujourd'hui seulement que l'affaire commence, puisque aujourd'hui seulement les positions sont nettes: d'une part, les coupables qui ne veulent pas que la lumière se fasse; de l'autre, les justiciers qui donneront leur vie pour qu'elle soit faite. Je l'ai dit ailleurs, et je le répète ici: quand on enferme la vérité sous terre, elle s'y amasse, elle y prend, une force telle d'explosion, que, le jour ou elle éclate, elle fait tout sauter avec elle. On verra bien si l'on ne vient pas de préparer, pour plus tard, le plus retentissant des désastres...(Emile Zola). Copyright 1993 Edmond R. Mansoor New Address EDMOND R. MANSOOR 3288 North Sawtooth Court Thousand Oaks, CA 91362-3531 Phone: (805) 496-2012 Fax: (805) 373-6882 To Etienne Drioton "un des égyptologues les plus complets de sa génération." (Vandier) And to my father, M. A. Mansoor whose conviction about the authenticity of his Amarna Collection has always been unshakable. Contents Acknowledgements ..........................................................................................................................1 Sworn Statement by Edmond R. Mansoor ......................................................................................2 Avant Propos....................................................................................................................................3 The Beginning of a Sad Story...........................................................................................................7 A "Splendid Galaxy of Expert Opinion"........................................................................................10 Serious Errors on MFA Letterhead................................................................................................24 "Je Cherche un Homme..." (Sequel) ...............................................................................................29 "J'ACCUSE..." ...............................................................................................................................35 A Letter by Professor Leonard D. DuBoff....................................................................................52 Deplorable and Detrimental Statements by a Few Egyptologists .................................................57 Refusal by Stanford University Museum......................................................................................69 Letter by Dr. Fred H. Stross..........................................................................................................85 An "Expert Opinion" .....................................................................................................................88 Drioton: "Homme de Grand Savoir" .........................................................................................101 Dr. D. Wildung Joins the Non-Believers......................................................................................106 Re: Letter by Professor Andreina Leanza Becker-Colonna ........................................................106 An Open Letter to Prof. Dr. Dietrich Wildung............................................................................110 An Open Letter to Professor E. L. Ertman..................................................................................114 Re: "Artnews"--The Mansoor Amarna Collection .....................................................................117 Scientific Illiteracy Observed: A Report by IFAR .....................................................................121 Some Common Sense to Ponder...................................................................................................126 A Scientific Report par Excellence...............................................................................................130 Summary and Conclusions, Plus..................................................................................................141 - 1 - Acknowledgements The members of the M. A. Mansoor family find no words to express their eternal gratitude to all those who helped--or are still helping--us in our just cause. It is impossible to name here all the persons who stood by us, many--so generously and so graciously--donating their knowledge, precious time and effort to help us vindicate the Mansoor Amarna Collection. Their names are truly engraved in our hearts. Our deepest thanks to all and particularly to: Anderson, John P., Esq. Gruner, Professor John W. Arnal, Professor Robert E. Habachi, Dr. Labib Bach, Dr. Otto Karl Hay, Professor Richard L. Badawy, Dr. Alexandre Hutton, Professor C. Osborne Barbacki, Professor Dr. S. Iskander, Dr. Zaki Bariand, Dr. Pierre Kirk, Professor Paul L. Becker-Colonna, Professor Andreina L. Learned, Mrs. Terry G. Berger, Professor Rainer Lucas, Mr. Alfred Bernstein, Professor Marian McDermid, Dr. Nancy C. Blackwelder, Professor Eliot Majewski, Prof. Dr. Kazimierz Blanc, Dr. Philippe Mikhail, Dr. Edward H. Boreux, Dr. Charles Mustafa, Dr. Zahira Briggs, Mrs. Mitzi Nolli, Monsignor Gianfranco Cochran, Jr. John M. III, Esq. Peterson, John S., Esq. Compton, Professor Robert R. Plenderleith, Dr. Harold J. Corrigan, Dr. Robert A. Pozerikides, Ms. Dimitra De Freitas, Dr. and Mrs. Gabriel Prévot, Professor and Mrs. Jacques De Ment, Dr. Jack Protsch, Prof. Dr. Reiner RR Desroches-Noblecourt, Dr. Christiane Saad, Dr. Zaki Drioton, Abbé Etienne Silver, Professor Leon T. DuBoff, Professor and Mrs. Leonard D. Stross, Dr. and Mrs. Fred H. Du Bourguet, Père Pierre Trapp, Dr. Richard L. Ellis, Professor Linda Turner, Professor Francis J. Fogarty, Professor John P. Varille, Mr. Alexandre Frankenstein, Dr. Alfred Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gabra, Professor Sami Xanthos, Honorable Judge George Special thanks to Mr. Maurice G. Melkonian and Mrs. Terri Nigro - 2 - and to Edgard, Michel, Nabila, Henri, George and Christine Mansoor. E.R.M. - 3 - Sworn Statement I, the undersigned, Edmond Robert Mansoor, born in Cairo, Egypt in 1923, do hereby swear to God the following: 1) All of what I am writing now or will write later, quote, speak, or say about the Mansoor Amarna Limestone Collection is true. This is, of course, according to facts or events known to me, to the best of my knowledge and recollections - having always God as my guide and in my conscience. 2) My father, the antiquary, M. A. Mansoor, who also made it his profession to buy and sell Egyptian antiquities as well as jewelry and other artifacts, was a man of superior integrity, second to none. He has never attempted to sell anything that seemed to him to be doubtful, let alone fake. He was indeed more than convinced of the authenticity of his Amarna Collection and those who have known him and who are still alive will attest to these facts. 3) Although on a few occasions we did send, through attorneys, letters to a few museums and/or a few Egyptologists concerning the unfounded opinion, letters and/or rumors they were spreading and which were detrimental to the Mansoors and to their Amarna Collection, we never sued anyone or any institution. Our intention was to put an end to misleading and pernicious statements that are not in accordance with facts. Edmond R. Mansoor - 4 - Avant Propos It has been most distressful for me to write this dissertation or, rather, exposé to denounce some educational institutions as well as scholars for their acts regarding the Mansoor Amarna Collection. It has also been painful and time consuming to review events and all the facts of the last forty-six years. Plus researching Egyptological facts, to read and refresh my memory of what I learned years ago. Maybe someday, hopefully in the near future, a professional writer will write the whole story with all the facts surrounding the unique and magnificent Amarna Collection. Perhaps another Emile Zola will show up or possibly a journalist will do it. Is there a journalist who would like to volunteer for the task? At the beginning, let it be known that I am unaware whether some of the people mentioned in this publication are living or dead. I do know about some, but not all. Consequently, whatever I am about to quote or write will be done with all reverence and respect, both to the living and the dead, having in mind not vengeance, but redress. In most instances, I am omitting the words "the late" from my writing. • • • • • The idea of the present dissertation/exposé nurtured in me for twenty years, i.e., since the publication of "Je Cherche un Homme..." (1971). But what mostly prompted me to write it now is a shameful and revolting rumor that originated from a
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