Gosford Glyphs, Australia

Having spent much time inside Sacred Temples, Underground Tombs across Upper and Lower Egypt, it was most surprising to see Egyptian hieroglyphs etched into vast sandstone blocks in the middle of Australian bush country but that was the calling that created the visit.

​A numerous variety of glyphs that span the many changes in writing style across most of the dynasties of the Old and New Kingdoms. These were not organised and uniformly presented in chiselled cut form across the rockface, but rather scratched crudely into the surface in a haphazard manner like hand-carved reproductions lifted from the pages of a guide / history book in modern times. There is an accompanying story regarding two Egyptian brothers who had sailed to Australia 5000 years ago and got shipwrecked.
Sent a copy to Sayed Adli in Egypt who confirmed immediately that these were not Egyptian in origin but by someone who had seen hieroglyphs in Egypt and had wanted to spend time recreating them back in Australia.
Most interesting though and praise to the courageous carver who persisted creating these whilst enduring a cloud of vicious biting mosquitos prevalent in this area.
It was certainly a special place with very large Grandmother Red Gum trees and numerous indigenous rock scratchings (petroglyphs) along the many trails and huge sandstone blocks.
Many thanks to my local guide, Kitty for taking me through the Australian Bush to reach this remote place