Certain Egyptian monuments tell of invasions of Lower Egypt one thousand five hundred years before our era by blond tribes from the West.
The king opened the agricultural season by a great celebration, and, like the kings of Egypt, be put his hand to the plough, and ploughed the first furrow.
The chief characteristic of the Mound Builders was that from which they derived their name-the creation of great structures of earth or stone, not unlike the pyramids of Mexico and Egypt.
It will thus be seen that the area covered by the mound of Cahokia is about as large as that of the greatest pyramid of Egypt, Cheops, although its height is much less.
Not only do we find pyramidal structures of earth in the Mississippi Valley very much like the pyramids of Egypt, Mexico, and Peru, but a very singular structure is repeated in Ohio and Peru: I refer to the double walls or prolonged pyramids, if I may coin an expression, shown in the cut page 375.
Gliddon, "we have bones of at least two thousand five hundred years old; from the pyramids and the catacombs of Egypt both mummied and unmummied crania have been taken, of still higher antiquity, in perfect preservation; nevertheless, the skeletons deposited in our Indian mounds, from the Lakes to the Gulf, are crumbling into dust through age alone."
The presence of great truncated mounds, kindred to the pyramids of Central America, Mexico, Egypt, and India.
According to the traditions of the Phœnicians, the Egyptians derived their civilization from them; and as the Egyptians far antedated the rise of the Phœnician nations proper, this must have meant that Egypt derived its civilization from the same country to which the Phœnicians owed their own origin.
Sanchoniathon tells us that "Chronos (king of Atlantis) visited the South, and gave all Egypt to the god Taaut, that it might be his kingdom." "Misor" is probably the king "Mestor" named by Plato.
The religion of Egypt was pre-eminently sun-worship, and Ra was the sun-god of Egypt, Rama, the sun of the Hindoos, Rana, a god of the Toltecs, Raymi, the great festival of the sun of the Peruvians, and Rayam, a god of Yemen.
The presence of pyramids in Egypt and America.
It was only to be reached from Egypt by crossing the water, and it was associated with the ark, the emblem of Atlantis in all lands.
There is no evidence that the civilization of Egypt was developed in Egypt itself; it must have been transported there from some other country.
"As we have not yet discovered any trace of the rude, savage Egypt, but have seen her in her very earliest manifestations already skilful, erudite, and strong, it is impossible to determine the order of her inventions.
And how mighty must have been the parent nation of which this Egypt was a colony!
Egypt was the magnificent, the golden bridge, ten thousand years long, glorious with temples and pyramids, illuminated and illustrated by the most complete and continuous records of human history, along which the civilization of Atlantis, in a great procession of kings and priests, philosophers and astronomers, artists and artisans, streamed forward to Greece, to Rome, to Europe, to America.
The state of society in the early days of Egypt approximated very closely to our modern civilization.
The wife's status was as high in the earliest days of Egypt as it is now in the most civilized nations of Europe or America.
Those Greeks whom we regard as the fathers of mathematics were simply pupils of Egypt.
The word "chemistry" comes from chemi, and chemi means Egypt.
"Great and splendid as are the things which we know about oldest Egypt, she is made a thousand times more sublime by our uncertainty as to the limits of her accomplishments.
Under the soil of the modern country are hid away thousands and thousands of relics which may astonish the world for ages to come, and change continually its conception of what Egypt was.
"Now, in Egypt, it is notorious that there is no indication of any early period of savagery or barbarism.
All the authorities agree that, however far back we go, we find in Egypt no rude or uncivilized time out of which civilization is developed.
"Among the ancient cultured nations of Egypt and Assyria handicrafts had already come to a stage which could only have been reached by thousands of years of progress.
Even the obelisks of Egypt have their counterpart in America.
171, 172.) The columns of Copan stand detached and solitary, so do the obelisks of Egypt; both are square or four-sided, and covered with sculpture.
In Egypt we have the oldest of the Old World children of Atlantis; in her magnificence we have a testimony to the development attained by the parent country; by that country whose kings were the gods of succeeding nations, and whose kingdom extended to the uttermost ends of the earth.
I have often seen Indians of pure blood with blue eyes." Quetzalcoatl was represented as large, "with a big head and a heavy beard." The same author speaks (page 44) of "the ocean of ruins all around, not inferior in size to those of Egypt" At Teotihuacan he measured one building two thousand feet wide on each side, and fifteen pyramids, each nearly as large in the base as Cheops.
The video discusses the claim that the Giza Sphinx predates the dynastic period of ancient Egypt, potentially being 12,000 or more years old.
This erosion is attributed to rainfall, which proponents argue is indicative of a much wetter climate thousands of years prior to dynastic Egypt.
Current research suggests that the traditional dating of the Sphinx's construction during the dynastic period of ancient Egypt remains more plausible.
Barbara recalls her time teaching in Egypt, emphasizing that the energy and geometrical frameworks of these ancient sites remain intact.
Theories suggest the chamber could contain critical information about Egypt's ancient past, construction techniques, or even artifacts of great historical importance.
The conversation revisits the engineering marvels of ancient Egypt, such as the transportation and placement of massive stones weighing up to 1,000 metric tons.
Edfu is an ancient town located on the western side of the Nile River in Upper Egypt, approximately 96 kilometers south of Luxor.
The indigenous people of ancient Egypt referred to this era as a formative time in their history.
Scholar Eve Raymond's book, The Mythical Origin of the Egyptian Temple, explores these texts and interprets them as accounts of Egypt's pre-dynastic history.
This indicates the advanced technology available in ancient Egypt.
The effect of the cataclysm on the rest of the world was of the most serious character, and for the land of Egypt it was specially ruinous.
Up to this point Egypt had had an extensive western seaboard, and although the Sahara Sea was shallow, it was sufficient for the great fleets of comparatively small ships which carried the traffic to Atlantis and the Algerian Islands.
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Egypt (destination)
Route: Sahara Sea, south of Egypt to Arabia
Egypt (ruled by Atlanteans)
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Emigrants (some of whom were bribed to stay in Lower Egypt and later became slaves)
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Location: Poseidonis, Egypt (affected area)
People Involved: Various unnamed inhabitants of Poseidonis and Egypt
Location: Arabian mountains (refuge) to Egypt
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Location: Abydos, Egypt
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Osiris, Ancient Egypt's God of the Underworld, symbolized death and resurrection.
Osiris was murdered by his brother Set, scattered across Egypt, and resurrected by his wife Isis, resulting in the birth of their son Horus.
Horus, the God of the Sky and War, avenged his father Osiris against his uncle Set, becoming the king of Egypt.
There has been considerable controversy over his actual role in ancient Egypt.
Ra, Ancient Egypt's Creator God, shaped Earth, Heaven, and the Underworld, along with all living creatures.
He never visited Egypt but conducted experiments with a pyramid model in his backyard.
The context includes Aluna’s experiences leading a group journey to Egypt and their reflections on spiritual initiation and transformation.
The session highlighted Aluna’s trust in divine guidance while leading a group journey to Egypt.
Dragons were described as beings who interacted with humans during ancient times, particularly in Atlantis and Kem (Egypt).
Now, after the fall of the great empire, Egupt, her people migrated westward, hundreds of thousands of them, and they settled in western Uropa, where these people married with the aborigines. Their offspring were called Druids, Picts, Gales (Galic), Wales (Welsh), Galls (Gauls), and Yohans (Johns), all of which are Eguptian names, preserved to this day.
This interpretation ties to the biblical story of the Israelites' hardships in Egypt, which may have influenced the meaning.
Keep the nurses busy; give them little to mourn for coming out of Egypt (Uz); keep them at work; keep them in the rites and ceremonies.
Even as I drew the Israelites out of Egupt.
And to Yusalithth, successor to Osiris, of Vrigginyannah; and to Raxya, successor to Te'in of Ovella; and to Yadonya, successor to Sudga, of Tempissiv; and to Yima, successor to Egupt, of Rathyaya; and to Hidemmes, successor to Shu Wan Loo, of Wowahyotos.
And as to impoverished Egupt, I will send thither mortal armies sufficient to destroy everything in the land thereof.
And they became habituated in their meetings, in three places in hada; in Haractu, over Vind'yu, in Eta-shong, over Chine'ya, and in Hapsendi, over Egupt.
Hamonastas said: There stand without the city of Paradise, beyond the pillars of fire, and in company with your*** high-raised captains, one, Nu-ghan, delivered from one of the hells of Hassa, over Egupt, and he cry out continually: O God, Son of Jehovih!
Is this not one of the Pharaohs, who took up arms against the Faithists of Egupt?
Nu-ghan turned not his eyes from the glory of Moses and the etherean mantle, for he knew Moses, even as it were but yesterday they parted in Egupt, on the earth.
Until you hast raised a light sufficient unto Jehovih, that peace and love and the doctrine of good for evil be again re-established from the blood of the Israelites, even as by the blood of the lamb, I delivered Jehovih's people out of Egupt.
Rita, Gibbor, Gaal, Efrokin, Gargra, Thules, of the house of Thules, Etrus, Gadamon and Shofal; and all of these were of Egupt, and performed miracles, such as healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, and hearing to the deaf, and raising spirits of the dead to life; and they preached the doctrine of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
And the kingdoms of Egupt, and of Media, of Armenia [Oceas], and Phrygia [Boa], and Argos [Greece], and Scythia [Semia] and Noamedia, and of all the regions of Arabin'ya and the west, should know no peace till I have destroyed the worship of all Gods but the Triunes.
Nevertheless, if you wilt cede Egupt to me, you should have the army you ask''' for, for the space of one hundred years.
And immediately thereafter, Budha established a heavenly kingdom in Egupt, and called it, Celonia, giving its management into the keeping of Thoth, the Bertian, an angel, so named, because he was cunning, like a fox.
Moses said: I remember standing on the earth whilst the hosts that came out of Egupt passed before me!
Behold, the whole of the countries of Egupt, Parsi'e, Heleste and Uropa were in war; and the heavens of these countries were also in war, with hundreds of hells within them.
And your*** edicts should you call, bulls, and they should be written with lamb's blood, in remembrance of the sacrifice of the Jews in Egupt, through which sacrifice the Father in heaven delivered them.
Now, after the fall of the great empire, Egupt, her people migrated westward, hundreds of thousands of them, and they settled in western Uropa, where these people married with the aborigines.
And four millions of people, in bondage, marched out of Egupt!
But Thoth was anchored in earthly possessions, in Jerusalem and Te-theas and Egupt.
Because you hast a heavenly kingdom, and withal are master on earth, of Jerusalem and Te-theas and Egupt and Punjaub, you flatterest thyself you are a great God.
To glorify the Creator in after generations, by the wisdom of His choice, Who rose up great harvests in Vind'yu and Egupt and Chine'ya.
(Moses in Egypt.) Let my followers swear an oath against the Lord, for he is more hurtful than the stone idols, and they should profess the Great Spirit, E-O-Ih, only.
Many of their women had familiar spirits, and they prostituted themselves in counseling with the multitude on earthly things (Moses), and they thus invited into Egypt spirits of the lower heavens who would not raise up from the earth; and when young babes were born they were obsessed, and these evil spirits in justification of their sins, taught re-incarnation.
An evil man saith, I will war for Egypt, for this is my country; but I say unto you, all countries are Jehovih's (Moses).
Was it not because the unlearned desired a form or figure to worship that the Lord (Osiris) ruined Egypt, making slaves of the Egyptians, both on earth and in his kingdoms in Haw-we?
Iod, a stone figure by the roadside without sexual parts, and it is called God (Egypt).
And they became the prey of spirits of idleness and lust, who feast on sinful mortals (Egypt).
Egypt in time of Moses.
In some countries the gypsies, who are supposed to be descendants to ancient Egypt, still invoke spirits in this way.
After the Israelites left Egypt, the graven tables were abolished, but invocation at the family table was continued, and is even to this day amongst some of the Jews (so-called).20 Mithra the first was about 4,000 years before kosmon.
I AM THE I AM that brought you* out of Egypt.
But the woman, knowing it was a spirit, said: If I tell what I have heard, I will be accursed; for was it not the multitude of seeresses that brought the plagues on Egypt?
For three hundred and ninety-seven years after going out of Egypt, the Israelites lived without a corporeal king, or other government, save the community of fathers; and they attained to the number of six millions of souls, men, women and children.
In the four hundred and ninth year after the departure out of Egypt, the entire PEACE POLICY and NON-RESISTANCE of the Mosaical Inspiration was overthrown, and the Israelites became warriors, and even warred against one another.
Behold, when they persecuted my chosen in the land of Egupt, I shut out the light from them, and they perished.
Let the student compare the Faithists of Capilya in India with the Cojuans of the same country; and the Faithists of Moses in Egupt with the Eguptians of the same country.
Ashtaroth, cunning Goddess, flew suddenly down to the earth, to the mortal king of Egupt, Pharaoh, and through the oracle proclaimed:
Then Pharaoh, distracted by the flood of miracles and the superabundance of the spirits of the dead strolling over all of Egupt, embraced the oracle's fearful decrees.
Now whilst this was going on in Vind'yu, the Creator also labored through his angels in the land of Egupt, with Moses, of whom hear ye.
HISTORY OF MOSES OF EGUPT.
God commanded his loo'is, in the high heavens, saying: Descend you**** to the earth, to the land of Egupt, and raise me up a son capable of my voice.
The angels descended as commanded and searched over the land of Egupt and in the adjoining countries, examining into the flesh and the souls of men.
And they called unto God, saying: The land of Egupt is overrun with spirits of darkness (drujas), and mortals have attained to see them; and they dwell together as one people, angels and mortals.
Metissa bore him a son, Kohath, who, at maturity, was admitted to the Order of Avah, the third degree of Faithists, whereupon he was circumcised, and afterward called an Israelite, the name given to the Faithists of Egupt.
In these days in Egupt there were houses of records, where the affairs of the state, and of the king and governors, were recorded; and there were recorded also the births and marriages and deaths of people.
Accordingly, in the land of Egupt what was one year with the learned was two years with the Eustians and Semisians.
In consequence of these three calendars, the records of Egupt were in confusion.
Jehovih said: Because the kings of Egupt have outlawed My people, and denied them the right to obtain great learning, behold My people are divided also.
In like manner the king of Egupt was the Sun King, and his sub-kings (governors) were satellites.
A Sun law extended over all of Egupt, but a satellite law pertained to the minor affairs of a city or province; but it must conform to the Sun laws.
Now at the time of the birth of Moses, there were in Egupt thirteen millions of inhabitants; and of these, four millions were Faithists (Israelites), more or less.
For more than three hundred years the God Baal and the Goddess Ashtaroth had driven the foreign kingdoms to war; and in consequence of these wars the Faithists had fled into Egupt, and even accepted servitude rather than be slain elsewhere.
Now will I lead them into Egupt together and give unto them a great leader, and he should restore My doctrines unto them, and I will afterward deliver them into lands of their own.
And he espoused the cause of the king, whose dominions held seven kingdoms beyond Egupt as tributary kingdoms, which paid taxes to Pharaoh.
So Moses departed and traveled over the land of Egupt, and was four months absent, and returned unto Pharaoh.
Moses, My son, you should take thy people out of the land of Egupt; and I will bestow upon them the lands of the ancients, even whither I will lead thee.
Change not your*** laws, O king; let Egupt have her way; and let the Israelites have their way also.
The Voice said: Go you once more amongst your*** people and say thou: I, Moses, am come to deliver you out of the land of Egupt, and into an inheritance which should be your own.
So Moses and his brother, Aaron, traveled about in the land of Egupt, calling together Raban families,10 explaining to them, and urging the people to get ready and depart out of Egupt.
In those days Egupt was a land of glory and of misery.
Of the royal court and the nobles, there were two thousand four hundred and eighty, and they owned and possessed everything in Egupt, which was the richest country in the world.
Of the miseries of the land of Egupt, the half hath never been told, nor ever should be; for they were of the nature of the flesh, and of such kind that one may not mention them fully, for the history would also involve the beasts of the fields, and dogs, male and female, and goats also.
Meanwhile, Moses sent Aaron around about through Egupt, to inform the people of the commission, and also as to how they should make their outfits.
In the meantime, a whole year's drought came upon Egupt, and the rivers overflowed not, so that a famine was sure to fall upon many parts of the country.
The king answered the demand of the courtiers and nobles with these words: I am Pharaoh, king of Egupt!
These, then, are Heads, the chief rab'bahs appointed by Moses, and the places in Egupt whence they were to depart from:
When the time of the slaughter is at hand, the family should stand around, and the lamb should be in the midst, bound head and foot; and when the knife is raised for the blow, no one should speak, for that which is to be should be the covenant of the blood of the lamb against Egupt.
And when the throat is cut across and the blood flowing, they should all say: In Egupt the lamb of Jehovih is dead; His God should go hence with Israel, but Egupt should be accursed from this night!
Accept this, my covenant, with thee, O Jehovih (E-O-Ih!), for innocent blood hath been shed as a testimony before You* that, with to-morrow's rising sun, I rise to lie not down again in Egupt forever!
And now, on the eve of success to the Israelites, the king of Egupt, being at the point of death, sent for Moses, and Moses went to him.
On Nu-ghan's being crowned he at once issued the following decree: Behold me, I am Pharaoh, King of Egupt, and Ruler of the World.
Any multitude of my people, who are my servants, whom the God of Gods hath given into my hands to do my works, to till my earth, or to build my houses, or dig ditches, or make bricks, or gather harvest, or make cloth, or attend flocks, and to do all works whatsoever, who may design to escape out of Egupt, to go to my enemies, the foreign kings, should be deemed guilty unto death.
And Moses said: I am come to beseech you* to suffer my people to depart out of Egupt.
Now I declare a miracle unto you*, which is that you thyself should yet not only consent to my people going out of Egupt, but thou should send armies to drive them out.
And in His name declare I unto you* you should not only suffer my people to depart out of Egupt, but you should send your*** armies to drive them out.
For though all Egupt run blood, yet will I not do as you hast said.
And if the Creator lift off His protecting hand from Egupt, she should in that day become the plague spot of the earth.
And then came foreign kings, and robbed and plundered Egupt.
For such Israelites as hesitated about going out of Egupt, will now decide for themselves as to what they will do.
And it came to pass that the Israelites went away from their task-masters, and the rab'bahs sent them to the Heads; and the people of Israel were stirred up from one end of Egupt to the other.
And as for the Eguptians, save the courtiers and nobles, they were likewise stirred up, but without any purpose or order; so that all the great land of Egupt had no tillers nor builders; and cleanliness departed away from them; and the country stank as a dead carcass, so that insects and vermin filled all the air of heaven.
They should look and see the sun, and declare of a truth there is no cloud; but whilst they look up, they should see a cloud high up in the heavens, and it should be broad as the land of Egupt, a very black cloud.
Again I appeal unto you*, O king, to suffer my people to depart out of Egupt in peace.
And if you answerest not me, then should it come to pass in the month Abib, and on the ninth day and night thereof, Jehovih will raise His hand over Israel; but as for Egupt, your*** Lord should strike her in death.
And on the morning thereafter they will rise up to not lie down again in Egupt.
The king answered not Moses; and it came to pass that Egupt was overspread with frogs and reptiles, in every particular even as Moses had prophesied.
From all the different regions of Egupt they went forth to Sukkoth, westward.
Neither should Egupt prosper more till You hast subdued the whole earth unto You*.
Pharaoh, finding that the Israelites were not injured, decided to take the field himself; and accordingly, having impressed all the chariots of Egupt, went ahead, leading his army in person.
Thus delivered Jehovih the Israelites out of Egupt; and Israel believed in Him and in Moses, his servant.
And the number of Israelites that thus went forth out of Egupt was three million seven hundred and fifty-thousand men, women and children.
Behold Thy sons and daughters have followed me out of Egupt; how should I bind them unto You* and not unto me, O my Father in heaven?
Jehovih said unto me: Moses, Moses, what I say unto you*, say you unto the rab'bahs and unto the Heads; saying unto them: Not Moses, nor the Heads, nor the rab'bahs, brought you out of Egupt; you** were brought out by the Creator, Jehovih, Who is God of all, Captain of all, Head of all, Rab'bah of all.
Wherefore it was said: The Hebrews have two laws; one which no man else know; and one for them who are not eligible unto faith, being such as were called Leviticans, but not Leviticans in fact, but hangers-on who had followed the Israelites out of Egupt and who for the most part had no God, little judgment and no learning.
The scribes and recorders assembled in Kaona and appointed Feh-ya (An Eguptian) to write the departure of the Israelites out of Egupt.
And copies of it were sent to the large cities, and there recorded also, for such was the law of Egupt.
The inspiration of Genesis was from the God, Osiris, the false, and his emissaries, chief of whom were Yotabba and Egupt, who were angel servants to Osiris.
Thus end the history of Moses' deliverance of the Faithists out of Egupt.
And Capilya should deliver the Faithists of Vind'yu, and Chine should deliver the Faithists of Jaffeth, and Moses should deliver the Faithists of Egupt.
It was the emigration from this country that afterward made Egypt the greatest; though Persia continued to be great long after Moses' time.
And the names Dyaus became paramount to all other Gods in Vind'yu and eastern Parsi'e; and the name Te-in, in Jaffeth (China), and the name Lord God, in Arabin'ya (Egypt).
Their generals were: Hoin, Oo-da, Jah, Knowteth, June, Pluton-ya, Loo-Chiang, Wahka, Posee-ya-don, Dosh-to, Eurga-roth, Neuf, Apollo-ya, Suts, Karusa, Myion, Hefa-yistie, Petoris, Ban, Ho-jou-ya, Mung-jo, Ura-na, Oke-ya-nos, Egupt, Hi-ram, T'cro-no, Ares, Yube, Feh-tus, Don, Dan, Ali-jah, Sol, Sa-mern, Thu-wowtch, Hua-ya, Afro-dite, Han, Weel, Haing-le, Wang-le, Ar-ti-mis, Ga-song-ya, Lowtha, Pu, Tochin-woh-to-gow, Ben, Aa-ron, Nais-wiche, Gai-ya, Te-sin, Argo, Hadar, Atstsil, E-shong, Daridrat, Udan, Nadar, Bog-wi, She-ug-ga, Brihat, Zeman, Asrig, Oyeb, Chan-lwang, Sishi, Jegat, At-yena and Dyu.
For your efficient service, behold, I have given you these high-raised generals and captains: Jah, Pluton-ya, Apollo-ya, Petoris, Hi-ram, T'cro-no, Egupt, Ares, Yube, Ali-jah, Afro-dite, Ar-ti-mis, Ben, Aa-ron, Argo, Atstsil, Nadar and Oyeb, besides Peter, Yact-ta-roth, Haur, Abel, Said, Josh and Wab, who should be the conquering spirits to play on both sides in battles, urging stubborn mortals on to religious feud till both sides fall in death, or till one, to me and my Gods, bowe down in fear and reverence.
Over these people, to subdue them and destroy them, Osiris allotted his great angel general, Egupt, servant of De'yus.
Egupt called the region of his allotment after himself, Egupt, the same which is corruptly called Egypt to this day.
Though the Parsees who migrated to Egypt in early times also used the same word, originally signifying A FLYING BEAUTY.
Now when Abraham and his people came into Arabin'ya, especially into Egupt, the matter was entered in the records of the different kingdoms, with especial reference to Abraham's professing to hear the voice of God, for he had not a flat head, and moreover, had good judgment of his own, quite unlike the Æjins in the temples.
And these accusations, and many more of like wickedness, were heard of by the news gatherers, the scribes, and they wrote them down, not knowing of a truth what they were doing before God; and so, their records were entered into the libraries of the kings of Arabin'ya, especially of Egupt.
Ham, as the student is aware, is A'ham, the original name of Egypt (Egupt).
3 In all these countries, to wit, China, India, Egypt and Persia, there is still in existence a legend that, long ago, the chosen of God went on a long journey in search of their ancient brethren, and then ten tribes were lost in the wilderness.
The fleet named HAM landed south west, and the country was called the land of Ham for thousands of years, and is the same as is called Egypt and Africa to this day.
The Aztecs followed divine instructions for migration and governance, paralleling the Israelites' journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.
Solon and the Egyptian Priest: Solon, a famous Athenian lawmaker and one of the Seven Sages of Greece, is said to have visited Egypt around 590 BCE.
Significance: Egypt's connection adds a layer of antiquity and authority to the story, as Egyptian civilization was considered ancient and wise.
Given the ancient connections between the Mediterranean, Egypt, and the Arabian Peninsula, it's plausible that ideas about lost civilizations influenced multiple cultures, even if the linguistic similarity is coincidental.
If Plato's Atlantis story originated in Egypt and Nahuatl's "Atl" originates in Mesoamerica, both may independently tap into universal myths of water-related destruction (e.g., floods, and deluges).
Libya is usually described as the daughter of Epaphus, the king of Egypt, and Memphis, or as a descendant of Poseidon.
Belus: Becoming king of Egypt and fathering important descendants, including Danaus and Aegyptus, connecting Libya with Egyptian mythological traditions.
This geographical region, stretching west of Egypt, was known for its deserts, strange fauna, and mystical qualities.