MAORIS AND EGYPTIANS
The possibility of a connection between the Maori people, and the ancient Egyptians was remarked upon by Mr. Gore Adams when proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. W. L. Parore for his address on Maori art to the Auckland Society of Arts yesterday, states the "Neiv Zealand Herald" of today. It seemed remarkable that Ra, an Egyptian word, should be Maori for sun, he said. The lecturer added a confirmation that the rays of the sun andUhe pyramids were prominent features of the lattice work of much Maori interior carving. As much of this had been done a long .time before the Christian era, there could be no suggestion that these and other geometrical designs had been copied from the pakeha.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1939, Page 11
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125MAORIS AND EGYPTIANS Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1939, Page 11
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